As part of the intercultural media art project "Entangled Futures", a collaboration between NTU ADM Singapore and Hochschule Ansbach, Nicole Klaus contributed to the 3D animated film "Finding Home", created with Minh Tu Nguyen. Their responsibilities included modeling and animating fish and jellyfish, as well as designing the 3D frame for Singapore’s first energy-efficient LED 3D billboard, Ten Square.
The project won Gold in the DCC YoungSTARS category at the DooH Creative Challenge (DCC) 2023. "Finding Home" was showcased on STRÖER digital billboards across Germany, emphasizing the impact of intercultural collaboration in raising awareness of ocean plastic pollution and sustainability.
(Source of image and detailed information: https://www.hs-ansbach.de/startseite/news-detail/gold-award-fuer-vis-studierende-1/)
Entangled Futures: Cross-Cultural Media Arts Exchange (2022) Event "Entangled Futures", project between NTU ADM, Singapore and Hochschule Ansbach, Germany, which is about climate change and sustainability.
Nicole Klaus and Minh Nguyen created an animation with the name "Finding Home", which addresses the continuous problem of overwhelming plastic in oceans. Nicole Klaus contributed to the project by modeling and animating the fish and jellyfish, and by adjusting the 3D frame for Singapore’s first energy-efficient LED 3D billboard at Ten Square, which showcased the animation in November 2022.
(Photos taken by Markus Kenderes, Ten Square, Singapore)
“Finding Home” addresses the continuous problem of overwhelming plastic in oceans which makes it difficult for sea animals to differentiate prey from equal conspecifics. In our example, Jellyfish can’t identify themselves because plastic bags look just like them. After the pollution is removed, they find their way home to a clean and healthy ocean which is filled with colorful fish again. Modeling, Animating and Texturing the fish, jellyfish and the adjustment of the 3D Frame of the building were created by Nicole Klaus.
Jellyfish modelling, texturing and animating
Jellyfish modelling, texturing and animating, different texture and background
Spin Hologram Object 3D
Photogrammetry, from Photography of fruits to modeling developement in Agisoft Metashape to compositing and modeling in Cinema 4D
3D Modeling, Subsurface Scattering, Camera settings, Deforming, Texture, Material, Animation with Xpresso
Donut Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing, Rendering
Modeling of futuristic autonomous car, Modeling, Compositing, Lighting, Texturing
Keyvisual Science Magazine
3D Animation for client project "FIU - The 3rd Hand", Modeling, Lighting, Texturing, Xpresso done by Nicole Klaus (camera from cinema 4D Asset library, the 3rd Hand model belongs to FIU )
Hand Modeling, Subsurface Scattering
Lighting, Xpresso Nodes, Animation (Model sourced externally)
Animation, Modeling, Lighting, Particle
Finished Modeling
Modeling Process
Rendering
Rendering
Modeling, Compositing
Lighting, Material and Camera settings for Baroness Stock model (Model sourced externally)
Subsurface Scattering, Photorealism by Multipass Rendering (Model sourced externally)
Subsurface Scattering (Model sourced externally)
HDRI Photorealism (Model sourced externally)
HDRI Photorealism (Model sourced externally)
HDRI Photorealism (Model sourced externally)
HDRI Photorealism, Multipass Compositing GI Rendering (Model sourced externally)
Photorealism, Lighting, day scene (Model sourced externally)
Photorealism, Lighting, night scene (Model sourced externally)