Erika Obama

Square One

Feeling lost? Backslidden to square one? No. It’s a new game plus. Keep going. Your journey continues.


Theme: On reframing the feeling of being lost and backsliding to square one after trying on something.
Conceptual Challenge: How to visualize the feeling and situation of going back to the starting point but it’s actually a similar scenery with a whole new level. Solutions: Showing our misunderstanding/the effect of reframing with the infinite growth of the stairs. Notes: How I made the growing stairs, sticking a character to a deforming object.

Theme

Sometimes, we feel lost. Sometimes, we even feel backslidden to square one after challenging ourselves to achieve/get over something. But, no matter how the situation looks similar to the past, we cannot be the same as who we were before. We’ve got an experience. We’ve got wisdom.
The starting point where you think you’ve returned is actually not the same place. It’s a stage of a New Game Plus.

Challenge And Solution

Conceptual Challenge

How to visualize the feeling and situation of going back to the starting point but it’s actually a similar scenery with a whole new level.

Solution

Showing our misunderstanding/the effect of reframing with the infinite growth of the stair.

Notes

How I Made The Growing Stairs

  • Array + Simple Deform + keyframes

Sticking A Character To A Deforming Object

  • Geometry Nodes + Copy Transform
    Blender 3D tips and tricks: sticking a character to a deforming object with Geometry Nodes and Copy Transform modifier

Square One (3D art)

Square One (3D art)

Square One (3D art)

Square One (3D art)

Square One (3D art)