Salmon and Science
“Salmon and Science” is a animation that I created for the Local Government Commission. This piece visualizes a Storycorps recording of two CivicSpark™ Americorps fellows discussing their work studying the salmon population along the American River.
Recognizing their passion, my goal was to create a visual style that would allow the audience to connect with their story. I wanted the tone to be light and heartfelt, and for audiences to care about their work as much as they did.
For this piece I wanted to use 3D animation in a nontraditional way. By using flat shading and animated outlines I sought to achieve a more textured, hand-drawn effect. All of the scenes in this video were created using Blender 3D and composited using Adobe After Effects CC.



A test pose and render for Cassie and the salmon.

The walk cycle for the final scene in the animation showing the basic armature for the two main characters Kat and Cassie.

The wireframe, materials, and final render for the salmon character.