2021 Grad Show

Sohfi Janz

AUArts Grad Show PXL_20210521_184742197.PORTRAIT

VCD – Character Design & Illustration

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Self taught Blender enthusiast, accidental motion artist, aspiring game developer. Throughout my work I focus on the mood, atmosphere and feeling of place. Learning new programs and skills is probably my favourite thing to do, and I have a passion for passing on the things I've taught myself.

The Old Dirt Road by the Lake (Video) Three squished hours after you left the city, you can’t wait to get there.
We're All Here Hustle and bustle, tents all set up, a fire happily crackling in the pit. You stretch your legs as the treetops catch the last of the evening sun. You stay up late talking around the fire, sipping drinks and telling stories. You all grew closer together.
Carefree Summer Joy (Video) The next day, you go for a hike on a winding trail through the woods, the lake shining and shimmering in the distance You’ll always remember the sun on your skin, and the sounds of happy voices in the air
Dew (Video) The chill of the morning hangs still and quiet in the air A feeling of peace and simplicity that you find yourself yearning for, now.
Forever You know, deep down, these are memories you will hold forever.

Lost Days of Summer

Hot days, hazy evenings, and nights around the campfire. Concept work for game centering around the feelings, memories and friendships of a summer camping trip past.

Lost Days of Summer
The Old Dirt Road by the Lake (Video) Three squished hours after you left the city, you can’t wait to get there.
Lost Days of Summer AUArts Grad Show campsite with friends
We're All Here Hustle and bustle, tents all set up, a fire happily crackling in the pit. You stretch your legs as the treetops catch the last of the evening sun.

You stay up late talking around the fire, sipping drinks and telling stories. You all grew closer together.
Lost Days of Summer
Carefree Summer Joy (Video) The next day, you go for a hike on a winding trail through the woods, the lake shining and shimmering in the distance

You’ll always remember the sun on your skin, and the sounds of happy voices in the air
Lost Days of Summer
Dew (Video) The chill of the morning hangs still and quiet in the air

A feeling of peace and simplicity that you find yourself yearning for, now.
Lost Days of Summer AUArts Grad Show lakeside fire
Forever You know, deep down, these are memories you will hold forever.
Digital Character - Learning + Practice A digital character created from scratch - sculpting, retopology, rigging, textures, and materials were all done by me. (All steps were done in Blender)
Endless A piece I made for a group gallery submission, Endless is an expression of a dreamlike complacent dread.
2093 (video) Humanity looks up a dark age in the new century Where the Old Gods once stood, there is now only cities and ash Only once the world is burned over will the New Gods be appeased.
Lost Love (Video) Forevermore, she shall mourn him. Forevermore, shall he wait in stone.

Miscellaneous works

Some one-off works that I wanted to showcase

Miscellaneous works AUArts Grad Show 10
Digital Character - Learning + Practice A digital character created from scratch - sculpting, retopology, rigging, textures, and materials were all done by me.
(All steps were done in Blender)
Miscellaneous works AUArts Grad Show updated positions 4
Endless A piece I made for a group gallery submission, Endless is an expression of a dreamlike complacent dread.
Miscellaneous works
2093 (video) Humanity looks up a dark age in the new century

Where the Old Gods once stood, there is now only cities and ash

Only once the world is burned over will the New Gods be appeased.
Miscellaneous works
Lost Love (Video) Forevermore, she shall mourn him. Forevermore, shall he wait in stone.
Wovenwalk 2 using an image sequence as the input for the pattern, it is possible to animate the weaving.
Example 1 3 stiches skipped each way
Example 2 A simple plainweave
Example 3 Using an image as pattern input
Example 4 Showing the colour mixing at a more standard scale
Node Setup A screenshot of the Blender interface showing the node setup that drives the material.

Procedural Weaving Shader

A procedural shader I created using Blender material nodes. the entire effect is created using mathematical procedures, which means that many different results can be created by changing just a few values.

Procedural Weaving Shader
Wovenwalk 2 using an image sequence as the input for the pattern, it is possible to animate the weaving.
Procedural Weaving Shader AUArts Grad Show 1 – Example 09
Example 1 3 stiches skipped each way
Procedural Weaving Shader AUArts Grad Show 1 – Example 01
Example 2 A simple plainweave
Procedural Weaving Shader AUArts Grad Show 1 – Example 07
Example 3 Using an image as pattern input
Procedural Weaving Shader AUArts Grad Show 1 – Example 10
Example 4 Showing the colour mixing at a more standard scale
Procedural Weaving Shader AUArts Grad Show 4 – WIP 02
Node Setup A screenshot of the Blender interface showing the node setup that drives the material.
First Encounter A strange stone in a small, mysteries yet unknown.
Winter's Breath The winter's cold whispers can be felt at your heels, tickling in your throat.
Snow's Fall (Video) Leaves turn brown and fall, leaving bare skeletons behind. Everything must sleep through the cold.
With All They Have (Video) The Old Ones lend their power to the child, but will it be enough?
The Lost Valley - Trailer (Video) A short trailer for the game component of this project. Done with Blender and the Godot engine.

The Lost Valley

The Child finds themselves cold, lost and alone on a mysterious riverbank. In the Lost Valley, they discover the Old Ones, who have been trapped here for thousands of years.

The Old Ones have waited for someone to awaken them, turned to stone by the winter snows of the valley. They grant the Child their strength, their knowledge and their courage.

But will the child be able to prevail before the cold of winter sets in? The Lost Valley will not give up its secrets easily, and if time runs out, the Child, too, will be lost to stone.

The Lost Valley AUArts Grad Show a01
First Encounter A strange stone in a small, mysteries yet unknown.
The Lost Valley AUArts Grad Show a04
Winter's Breath The winter's cold whispers can be felt at your heels, tickling in your throat.
The Lost Valley
Snow's Fall (Video) Leaves turn brown and fall, leaving bare skeletons behind. Everything must sleep through the cold.
The Lost Valley
With All They Have (Video) The Old Ones lend their power to the child, but will it be enough?
The Lost Valley
The Lost Valley - Trailer (Video) A short trailer for the game component of this project. Done with Blender and the Godot engine.
Virtualized Belief (video) (headphones recommended)
Still 01 She left behind her body and entered into the digital world, and brought the Old Gods with her
Still 02 But she fell in love with a human, and pulled them into her world The Old Gods decreed she must cast out her lover, but she rebelled and destroyed them
Still 03 She was reborn anew in her digital world, her agency now realized
Still 04 She became the first of the New Gods, her partner by her side

Virtualized Belief

A poetic narrative set in the distant future, an acolyte of the Old Gods must choose between her identity and her faith

Virtualized Belief
Virtualized Belief (video) (headphones recommended)
Virtualized Belief AUArts Grad Show 01 Still
Still 01 She left behind her body and entered into the digital world, and brought the Old Gods with her
Virtualized Belief AUArts Grad Show 02 Still
Still 02 But she fell in love with a human, and pulled them into her world

The Old Gods decreed she must cast out her lover, but she rebelled and destroyed them
Virtualized Belief AUArts Grad Show 03 Still
Still 03 She was reborn anew in her digital world, her agency now realized
Virtualized Belief AUArts Grad Show 04 Still
Still 04 She became the first of the New Gods, her partner by her side

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