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Little Major Tom - Into the Unknown

"Little Major Tom - Into the Unknown" is a 20-minute short movie based on the children book series by the same name produced by Softmachine Immersive Productions GmbH and pixablestudios|mastersolution AG.
The movie will be shown in planetarias as a 360 degree experience.
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I was the Art Director for the movie and and I've drawn the storyboard, did layout animation for a few sequences and modeled and textured the characters.
We rendered the movie completely in Unreal but I took the chance to render the characters in Blender.
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The Spaceship was modeled by Eric Schubert.
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The rigging of all characters and mechanical units was done by Rico Herzog.
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Unreal Shaders and Lighting of the screenshots done by Oscar Juarez.

Stella

Stella

Little Major Tom

Little Major Tom

Plutinchen, the Robot Cat.

Plutinchen, the Robot Cat.

First version of the Father (Major Tom) with quick texturing

First version of the Father (Major Tom) with quick texturing

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Screenshot with the Unreal Engine Shaders

Premiere in the Science Dome of the "experimenta" in Heilbronn (Science Center in Germany)

Premiere in the Science Dome of the "experimenta" in Heilbronn (Science Center in Germany)

I've drawn the storyboard for the whole short movie. These are two pages from two different sequences.

I've drawn the storyboard for the whole short movie. These are two pages from two different sequences.