The Dance of Falling Leaves is a 3D animated short about grief and resilience
directed and produced by Freyyyya Xue and Cindy Shang
Thesis Instagram Page
Trailer
Film Stills
Oswald’s Library / The Study
I redesigned Oswald’s s library over the summer to create a more elongated and disproportional look, which matches his top heavy design (upside down triangle look)
Everything inside the library is slightly off centered and bent. Because straight lines are BORING.
Responsible for Design, Modeling, Lookdev in Arnold
Left: Initial Design and Model
Super cool ink test!
Middle: Revised, Elongated design, lighting test
Right: Final Design and lighting scenario
Lighting & Outdoor set dress by Freyyyya Xue
Character Turntable
Responsible for Design + modeling + Lookdev in Arnold
Character Design | Modeling
Props Design & Modeling
The production for our senior thesis film spans from January 2025 - April 2026
Responsible for:
Character & Environment Design
Character Modeling
Environment Structure Modeling
Props Modeling
Animation
Compositing
Editing
Please see the full list of credits and updates on our Thesis Instagram Page
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