Matriphagy | Environment Design
The Battlefield | This is a matte painting I did for the opening sequence of the film, I extended it multiple times so it could be composited properly to the intense camera movements of the shot.
Development Sketches
Development Documentation
Statue of The Virgin Mother Mary | Being placed on the altar, she solemnly gazes down upon the actions of Isabeau and Amelie as the story unfolds.
Usually, statues of Mother Mary include a feature where her foot is stepping on a serpent which symbolizes her triumph over evil. So for our variation, we have her feet broken to foreshadow the eventual doom of our story.
“In 1940, we enter a remote town in France, where war ravages the lands and famine plagues the people. Two nuns are trapped within the crypt of a church, completely deprived of food, and one of them has to make an important decision.”
The story centers around the two nuns, the older one, Isabeau, is very protective of the young nun, Amelie. I had the privilege of working with extremely talented 2D and 3D artists in my final year collaborative short film project in The One Academy. Here's the collection of environment concept art I've done as the environment lead of "Matriphagy"!
The short film is out now! Watch Matriphagy on YouTube! https://youtu.be/tTeiDms83uM?si=r1NCaMIc27SNA1u8