Tian: An Animated Short

My goal for this semester is to create an animated short based on the characters and world I started to develop in my previous projects. The storyline of the short centers on Tian and her "origin story," or how she was eventually adopted by the spirit in the image shown below:

The story takes place in the same spirit town shown here. While this model shows the town center, Tian's "grandmother" owns a dessert shop / cafe in one of the town's side streets. In this shot of the side street, the large red building can be seen in the distance. The home owned by Tian's grandmother is the building labeled with the sign saying "蛋糕城."

One fateful night while working in the bakery, the spirit finds a box left behind by one of the customers. She opens the box to find a baby girl inside. Although at first completely shocked and at a loss for words, the spirit decides to adopt the girl and names her Tian.

To start off, I have begun modeling a few of the assets for the scene and environment.

After modeling out a few more assets, I plan on fleshing out the environment as a whole.

So far, I have built the exterior of the house. The render below is lit to be around sunrise.

Next, I plan on building the environment for the interior of the café.