FilmLaab x Takeya - Pickleball Paddle
One of my favorite animations I made for the project, involving the pickle ball impact and deformation and just fun lighting and RnD! This was not included in the final edit.
Beauty render - view 1 of the final animation we sent to the editors at FilmLaab.
Beauty still render on white
Beauty render - view 2 of the final animation we sent to the editors at FilmLaab.
Beauty render of exploded view with materials.
Pickleball 3D model
Wireframe of mesh - SubD modeling
Clay Render
UV Checkers
UVs & exploded view of the base model.
UV Colors
Core merge RnD
Animation progression board, with a rolling motion instead of a sliding motion.
Pre-viz of the cores merging.
Reference image used to create some materials, which we did end up cutting from the 3d animations.
My main role in this project was 3D modeling the Takeya paddle and preparing it for animation. I animated some shots that including the two different core materials combining to create a more performant paddle.
I then assisted in directing/mentoring Brandon Ainge, a 3D artist in creating some of the simple animations. You can see FilmLaab's final edit further down the page.