“The Enlightened Monk” by Independent Artist – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“The Enlightened Monk” by Independent Artist




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    The Enlightened Monk

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Description:


    A large, dark monster attacks a small town in the mountains. The protector of the town, a young monk, learns to overcome the monster with light and prayer. Digital paintings combined with 3D-animated characters bring to life the land imagined by the young narrator.

Hardware:


    HP Workstations

Software:


    Autodesk Maya, RenderMan, Shake, Photoshop, Premiere, Tsunami


Additional Contributors:


    Director: Emily Tse

    Narrator: Emily Tse

    Faculty Advisor: Jamie DeRuyter

    Acknowledgements Thanks to my family, Jamie DeRuyter, Billy Merritt, Miriam Nagi, Lindsey Olivares, Kristin Palach, Julie Shin, and Joe Ark Sun

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