I’m so excited to finally share that I worked on this video for FireSmart BC. FireSmart BC is an “association… committed to raising awareness, providing information and developing forums to address common problems that encourage neighbourhood-based initiatives to reduce the risk of property losses and enhance safety in the wildland/urban interface” (FireSmart). The fox in the video, Ember, was created as a visual aid to help inform young children to adults about wildfire preparedness and safety.
Although I was only brought in closer to this project’s completion and worked on a small number of assets, it’s still cool to be able to point at something and go “Holy crap! I did that!”, even if it’s just a stack of logs. I guess it’s neat because it’s one of the few tangible projects that I’ve been part of that’s actually out there.
I’m sure it’s a feeling that I’ll get accustomed to as more of the projects I work on go live, but I want to be able to hold onto this feeling no matter how far I am into my career. Maybe I haven’t gotten quite so jaded yet that I’m able to say this, but I feel like it’s really important to acknowledge these feelings of accomplishment even if they start to become frequent, each and every one no matter how big or small, reminds me of why I chose to pursue design and art.
I’m glad that I was able to jump into this project without much trouble and was able to follow the illustration style. I guess it’s just a relief to know that I can follow instructions if they’re given to me and deliver on it! I know illustration is something that I’m comfortable doing, but I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to replicate the style or that I’d be at a loss as to how things should be laid out in certain scenes. Luckily I had lots of support from those who were involved in the project and I was able to reach out to them for any feedback.
To end this blog post, a picture of my mid-term check-in! It was a nice surprise that Kenji and Mark actually knew each other from way back, so I guess the design industry is a small world. It made me think about how the same thing will probably happen to me down the road and it’s exciting to imagine that I’ll be running into classmates and alumni doing all sorts of cool projects. The future is uncertain but I know that my classmates and I have some exciting things in store.