Carried Away (Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2021 - 1st place winner)

This entry was inspired by patch ; for two months, couriers got to use items and be little heroes of their own. Behind-the-scenes / breakdown post on ArtStation: ——— FULL CREDITS ▶ Shaylyn “Chemical Alia“ Hamm ▶ ▶ 3D character art (remodeled Bearzky courier) Item models (Meteor Hammer, Dagon 5, Necronomicon 3) Video thumbnail paint-over ▶ Alex Kern ▶ ▶ Additional 2D background art ▶ Maxime Lebled (that’s me!) ▶ ▶ Animation, editing, environments, particle effects, post-production, rigging/skinning All in-engine & Source Filmmaker work ——— AND ALSO ▶ Szabó Attila ▶ Creator of the Sven remodel ▶ Bjørn Lynne ▶ Licensed music: “Shapechanger“, from his 1998 album “Wolves of the Gods“. Most of his music can be licensed from his website! I highly recommend it... and check out his discography if you liked this song :) ——— & SPECIAL THANKS TO Anomidae () for offering a couple of cool suggestions & last-minute help with locating some sound effects! Wunkolo () for helping me troubleshoot some After Effects issues, and his Fringe plugin (), which I’ve been using for a couple years now. ——— HIGHER QUALITY For the people who care a lot about quality like me, there’s a HQ mirror here: #TI10 #SFM #Animation