Carried Away (Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2021 - 1st place winner)

This entry was inspired by patch 7.23; for two months, couriers got to use items and be little heroes of their own. Behind-the-scenes / breakdown post on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w6...

——— FULL CREDITS

▶ Shaylyn "Chemical Alia" Hamm
▶   / chemicalalia  
▶ https://www.shaylynhamm.com/

3D character art (remodeled Bearzky courier)
Item models (Meteor Hammer, Dagon 5, Necronomicon 3)
Video thumbnail paint-over

▶ Alex Kern
▶   / zandraartt  
▶   / zandraart  

Additional 2D background art

▶ Maxime Lebled (that's me!)
▶   / maxlebled  
▶ https://www.maximelebled.com/

Animation, editing, environments, particle effects, post-production, rigging/skinning
All in-engine & Source Filmmaker work

——— AND ALSO

▶ Szabó Attila
▶ https://www.artstation.com/maxxy

Creator of the Sven remodel

▶ Bjørn Lynne
▶ https://www.shockwave-sound.com/

Licensed music: "Shapechanger", from his 1998 album "Wolves of the Gods". Most of his music can be licensed from his website! I highly recommend it... and check out his discography if you liked this song :)

   • Bjørn Lynne: "Shapechanger" (Bjorn Lynne o...  

——— & SPECIAL THANKS TO

Anomidae (   / @anomidae  ) for offering a couple of cool suggestions & last-minute help with locating some sound effects!

Wunkolo (  / wunkolo  ) for helping me troubleshoot some After Effects issues, and his Fringe plugin (https://wunkolo.itch.io/fringe), which I've been using for a couple years now.

——— HIGHER QUALITY

For the people who care a lot about quality like me, there's a HQ mirror here: https://vimeo.com/580017857

#TI10 #SFM #Animation