Ballonerism - Animal grooms
Work breakdown
Porcupine color separated grooms without quills.
Porcupine: face groom without quills
Rat: first mullet iterations
In 2024 I worked with Creature Garage, in partnership with Hornet (New York), on the animated short film “Balloonerism – A Film Based On The Album By Mac Miller”, under lead groomer Jesus Fernandez.
**Role – Groom Artist**
I was responsible for three character grooms featured in the film:
Porcupine – Full groom development (all aspects) except color maps.
Rabbit – Guide transfer to the updated model and subsequent fixes/adjustments to the groom and maps.
Rat – Guide transfer, facial guide and groom clean‑up, and the first iteration of the mullets (later refined by Jesus Fernandez).
**Credits **
Client / Brand: Warner Records / Los Angeles
Production Companies: Hornet / New York; Stim / Paris; Wobbly Way / Paris
Director: Samuel Jerome Mason
Full credits: https://www.oneclub.org/awards/adcawards/-award/56874/balloonerism/
Film available on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRWGDF1Y
hornet page: https://www.hellohornet.com/projects/mac-miller---balloonerism-trailer
