Beautifully Animated Cute Sci-Fi Short - STRAY
Stray is a wonderful CG animated sci-fi short film directed by Andrew Atteberry. He was able to create this great little film with the help of others from iAnimate workshop and Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio. The short has a great look and cute story. It centers on a lonely man who's assigned at some kind of outpost station in the sky. While there he gets an unexpected visitor that brightens his day.
Here's a little background information on the film from the director:
An iAnimate.net internal student project, directed by fellow student Andrew Atteberry. About the project from the director: This is a collaborative short film project I initiated during my time at iAnimate, a series of online animation workshops created by Dreamworks animator Jason Ryan. I was very fortunate and lucky to have so many talented animators want to help me with this project that were also attending iAnimate at the time. In addition to the help I received from iAnimate, Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio helped me bring this film across the finish line by allowing me use of their render farm and a large portion of their staff. Magnetic Dreams went so far above and beyond the call of duty in helping me to get this project through all of the stages of production, I certainly could not have pulled this together without them. Solid Angle was a big part of the team as well, they graciously helped with render licenses for their proprietary render engine "Arnold" which really helped add a beautiful look to the final frames. Finally, music and sound design provided by wonderfully talented Cathleen Flynn and Tim Gilmer (respectively) They really stepped up when I needed something unique and fitting and gave this film its voice. I'm extremely proud of what this group of people, from all corners of the globe, accomplished together (especially considering the non-existent budget :) I hope that you enjoy STRAY as much as I enjoyed the experience of making it!
This is a great looking entertaining short, so I hope you enjoy it!
Stray short film from iAnimate on Vimeo.