Logo Tanja Kerner
Logo Tanja Kerner

Commercial

Musical
Monkeys

Tasks:

Tasks:

Character Design, Modeling, Shading, Rigging, Animation,
Lighting, Rendering, VFX, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Animation Lead, Animation, Storyboard,
Lighting Assistance, Compositing

Software:

C4D, ZBrush, Akeytsu, Redshift, BMD Fusion

In this TV Commercial the animals from a children‘s book wake up and jump into the real world.
My part in this project was to bring the monkeys to life.

Character Design

The monkeys’ design was based on the actual illustrations in the book, but changed substantially to make them more appealing in 3D.

Illustration of a group of monkeys playing instruments in the jungle
Sketch of the adult monkey in T-Pose
First 3D Model of the adult monkey in T-Pose
Second version of the adult monkey posed playing a clarinet
Final version of the adult monkey posed playing a clarinet
Baby monkey swinging on a vine holding a coconut

Animation

Apart from creating the monkeys I also animated, rendered and composited the monkeys, graphics and effects in Shot 08 | 0:07 - 0:08.

Two kids sitting on the floor in a living room, while two animated monkeys play music for them

Breakdown

An animated monkey playing the clarinet in front of the title "Namoto + Ravensburger Character"
An animated monkey playing the clarinet in front of the title "Namoto + Ravensburger Character"
An animated monkey playing the clarinet in front of the title "Namoto + Ravensburger Character"

Credits

Ravensburger

Client

Namoto

Production

Manuel Kotulla

Animation & VFX Supervisor

Maggy Fischer

Post-Producer

Ravensburger

Client

Namoto

Production

Maggy Fischer

Post-Producer

Manuel Kotulla

Animation & VFX Supervisor

Inés Koßack

Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Manuel Kotulla

Character Design, Modeling, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Tanja Kerner

Character Design, Modeling, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, VFX, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Timon Patris

Motion Graphics

Inés Koßack

Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Tanja Kerner

Character Design, Modeling, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, VFX, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Manuel Kotulla

Character Design, Modeling, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing, Motion Graphics

Timon Patris

Motion Graphics