Maxim Gehricke

A major challenge in rigging my robot character for SEN was getting the rotation of the wheels to work.
A world-vector wheel rig was the solution to the problem in the end:

SEN is a 3 min animated short, free to watch on senshortfilm.com

Made an Animation & VFX starter pack.  🎥🎬
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SEN - 3D animated short SEN is a 3d animated short film project by Maxim Gehricke.

Anyways, if you haven't seen the project yet, here's a link: senshortfilm.com

Also, I'm giving away 10 keychain attachments of the little robot!
🎥🎬 Share the film on your favourite platform, and use #senshortfilm to enter.
T&C's apply: senshortfilm.com/giveaway

When the flashes occured could then be freely timed in compositing as well, giving me maximum creative freedom.
The light cast on the environment was cobbled together in nuke based on exponential glows multiplied with some simple lighting and the actual renders, then plus-ed on top.

3/4

I traced some images of lightnings with a curve in Maya, then made a very simple rig with three controls to deform and place those lightnings. I animated them roughly, rendered them with an emissive shader and then only had to add glow in comp.

2/4

Probably the easiest task on my short film "SEN" was making these lightning strikes for the portal activation.

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A comparison of the various iterations I've done on the first shot of my shortfilm SEN.
One of the first finished shots, but also one of the last...

SEN is a 3min animated short film: www.senshortfilm.com

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"Make it exist first. You can make it good later."
Here some comparisons between the animatic/previz and the final shots of my short film "SEN".

🎥🎬 Have a look at senshortfilm.com if you're curious about the project!

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The explosion at the start of SEN was originally just a temporary 2d solution that I cobbled together from stock elements in nuke.
It ended up looking good enough to survive into the final film!

Watch SEN now on senshortfilm.com

One of my go-to lighting techniques to add shape and scale landscapes: cloud shadows!

This was especially necessary on shot #5 of my short film SEN.
I only had snow to work with, which naturally tends to become a flat, blown-out field of white.
More info on SEN can be found here: senshortfilm.com

Humans are legally allowed to be inspired.
Machines are not legally allowed to use copyrighted material at scale for commercial gain without licensing.

A cute little robot, the main character of the short film "SEN", looking up at text saying "Giveaway Time!"

A 3d-printed keychain attachment of the robots head.

My animated short "SEN" is now officially released on Youtube! 🎉
You can find it on senshortfilm.com

To celebrate, I'm giving away 10 keychain attachments of the little robot!

🎥🎬 Share the film on your favourite platform, and use #senshortfilm to enter.
T&C's apply: senshortfilm.com/giveaway

A cute little robot, the main character of the short film "SEN", looking up at text saying "Giveaway Time!"

A 3d-printed keychain attachment of the robots head.

My animated short "SEN" is now officially released on Youtube! 🎉
You can find it on senshortfilm.com

To celebrate, I'm giving away 10 keychain attachments of the little robot!

🎥🎬 Share the film on your favourite platform, and use #senshortfilm to enter.
T&C's apply: senshortfilm.com/giveaway

When I'm adding alt texts to images I'm always wondering what lovely ML model is going to be reading it later. It's the perfect training data if you think about it.

Thank you James!
That's a great compliment for my work, I appreciate it! :)

two robots meet at the edge of a crater, where a spaceship has crashed.

5 years of work, for 3min of film...
My shortfilm "SEN" is now available to watch on www.senshortfilm.com

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SEN is a 3-minute independent animated short film created by a single artist over five years. A curious little robot discovers the crashsite of a spaceship with a strange portal. It meets an old… SEN | A Solo-Made Animated Short Film

Releasing a short film online is strange.
You work in isolation for years, then it belongs to the internet in one afternoon.

Anyways, go watch SEN if you have 3min:
📽️ youtu.be/9xhoXIKlan0

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SEN is a 3-minute independent animated short film created by a single artist over five years. A curious little robot discovers the crashsite of a spaceship with a strange portal. It meets an old… SEN | A Solo-Made Animated Short Film

We’re live in 5 minutes.

🎬📽️ SEN - animated short film
📍 YouTube Premiere

youtu.be/9xhoXIKlan0

#digitalart #Digital3DArt #indieanimation #film #filmsky

a cute white robot playing a melody on icicles. Thumbnail for short film "SEN".

Today. 📽️

SEN premieres on YouTube at 4pm GMT.
I’ll be in the live chat for a short Q&A after.
www.senshortfilm.com

#filmsky

a cute white robot playing a melody on icicles. Thumbnail for short film "SEN".

Today. 📽️

SEN premieres on YouTube at 4pm GMT.
I’ll be in the live chat for a short Q&A after.
www.senshortfilm.com

#filmsky

SEN premieres in 24h! Screenshot of the Youtube Premiere badge because I'm excited!

24h to go!
So much time has gone into this project, part of me can't believe it's actually done!
senshortfilm.com

Final teaser before release.

📽️ SEN — a 3-minute independent animated short.

Premieres tomorrow, 4pm GMT.
https://www.senshortfilm.com

#senshortfilm #Digital3DArt  #filmsky

SEN - 3D animated short SEN is a 3d animated shortfilm project by Maxim Gehricke.

48 hours to go.

SEN premieres live on YouTube this Wednesday.
Short Q&A in the chat after the film.

🗓 14 January · 4pm GMT

https://www.senshortfilm.com

#Digital3DArt #indieanimation #filmsky

My animated short SEN releases coming Wednesday at 4pm GMT! 🎥🎬

There will be a live premiere with Q&A in chat. Hope to see you there!

senshortfilm.com

#animatedshort #filmsky #Digital3DArt

📽️ SEN was made entirely solo — modeling, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing...

No studio, no budget. Just time.

SEN premieres on 14 January at 4pm
https://www.senshortfilm.com

#indieanimation #Digital3DArt

first robot concept vs final robot model

Everything starts with a rough concept. Here some of the first images I created for my shortfilm "SEN"
SEN is releasing next Wednesday at 4pm GMT - on Youtube with a Q&A in livechat. 

🎥🎬 senshortfilm.com

#indiefilm #shortfilm #animator #concept #moodboard #sci_fi #fantasyart #animatedshort

Made an Animation & VFX starter pack.
Let me know if you want to be added :)

#animation #vfx #visualeffects

go.bsky.app/GZwmLhM

After 5 years of work, my animated shortfilm "SEN" premieres online on 14 January! 📽️🎬
Featuring an original score by Stuart Michael Thomas

Teaser + release updates: senshortfilm.com

#senshortfilm
#animation #digitalart #3danimation #indiefilm #Digital3DArt

Meet Rusty! He's old, decayed and muddy. But behind the rust, there's some wisdom. Will you listen to him?  

SEN premieres on YouTube - 14 January, 4pm GMT.
senshortfilm.com

#digitalart #3danimations #indieanimation