Aquaman

I got to contribute to this massive project as a Groom and Lookdev Technical Director with a focus on hair.

Main contributions were grooming digital doubles for King Neerus, Teen Arthur and the Baleen in the whale mouth.

Underwater Hair!!! It was a tough one to crack the underwater hair look and took many iterations to get the correct art directed look. King Neerus was one if the first looks to establish as there were alot of closeup talking shots where he was just floating around and his hair needed to look heroic and not getting into his face. Had to work closely with the Sim artist Jiet Shern to try and get believable drag, clumping and separation in each shot. This technique was then shared to the other studios for Arthur and Mera.

The inside of the blue whale mouth was also a challenging asset, finding the correct reference and look was tough given that these animals were rare to photograph and their tongue and mouth are really quite uninteresting.

The Dolph!

King Neerus CG hair and costume replace.
Textures and Lookdev by Joana Garrido
Hair groom by Katrina Tung
Additional in shot hair groom by me.

Teen Arthur CG hair and costume replace.
Textures and Lookdev by Joana Garrido
Hair groom by myself.

Teen Arthur CG hair and costume replace.
Textures and lookdev by Joana Garrido
Hair groom by myself.

Hero Blue whale mouth
CG hair and costume replace.
Hair groom, Textures and lookdev by me.
Additional textures by Katrina Tung.

Hero Blue whale mouth
Hair groom, Textures and lookdev by me.
Additional textures by Katrina Tung.
Also provided variants of bio luminescent plankton to stick to the baleen.

Some cool VFX breakdowns of Teen Arthur and the Atlantean Ruins I worked on.