​Xinran Han
Mona
Whisper of an Artificial Soul
cooperated graduate film.
Role
Character Modelling/ Texturing/ Lighting
Background
Embracing more desire for innovative creation, my team engaged in an animation project about AI painting. Our story is about a poor girl who acquires a little magical monster with magical creative powers. From the effective use at the beginning to the uncontrollable use later, it suggests that the future of the current AI art creation ability may have unexpected drawbacks. In my opinion, with proper use and development, AI technology is surely becoming a successful tool for many fields. However, AI’s excellent ability to learn and create should not be the reason for anyone to abandon their own thinking and creative process and be overly dependent on AI.
Character
Design
The main character Mona is an orphan that wish to live a better life through selling handcrafts.
The little monster is the representation of AI painting, this is its initial appearance design.
Challenge
Due to a lack of adequate communication and a shared understanding of the goals, we encountered some problems. One of our group members had some difficulty finishing their part on time. After discussion, we asked another classmate to help with that task. Fortunately, they agreed and we could finish the following part by that semester. And we offered help for his project next term. The experience has made me reflect more on teamwork and communication. In the next cooperation project, I will pay more attention to communication with my partners in the early stages to ensure that we have a common understanding of the goal and a clear plan. At the same time, the project also improved my proficiency in character design and material creation, as well as my problem-solving ability.
Prototype
Tool
Maya
ZBrush
Substance Painter
Redshift
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Duration
2023.9-2024.4