After being bitten by a parasite, a person falls in love with themselves to the point of self-destruction.
Looking Glass is a 3D animated film created in collaboration with choreographer Craig Hollamon and dancer Sasha Rivera, using motion capture to translate live performance into animation. Influenced by Flying Lotus’s Until the Quiet Comes, the project explores how choreographed movement and performance capture can function as emotional storytelling tools within 3D animation.
Motion capture was recorded in the USC SCA Performance Capture Lab using OptiTrack cameras. The captured movement was later retargeted in Maya and used as the foundation for a procedural vein growth system simulated in Houdini.
The character design was created through mixed media of collage and drawings and influenced by costume designs by Eiko Ishioka and the photography of Zhong Lin.