SCADpro X NASA: Planet Paige 2D Background Design

One of two main projects I worked on as a SCADpro x NASA student collaborator with the role of 2D background designer for an animated short.

As fall turns to winter in the Northern Hemisphere, NASA Earth is thinking about the ways NASA satellites see our planet in every season. Spend a year with Paige the penguin to learn how NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite measures the height of our planet – from trees and mountains to ice sheets and more – every day of the year.

Animation and music made by SCAD students through a partnership between NASA and SCADpro.

Director: Qinye Xiang

Technical Directors: Madison Snow + Qinye Xiang

Character Design: Adriana Manrique

Character Modelers: Faith Zeng + Rebecca Lau

Character Riggers: Mason Smigel

Character Animators: Kazue Tng + Joshua Bates

3D Environment Modelers: Madison Snow, Kazue Tng, and Qinye Xiang

2D Background Designer: Cai Burks

2D FX Artist & Compositor: Dee Divakaran

Sound Designer: Caleb Green

Professor: Dr. Deborah Fowler

Procreate, 2022.