Bulb Heads

Lighting + Animation

Two lamps are thrown in a void of endless loop. However, it does not end for one..

Bulb Heads is a animation I made after getting inspired from looking at the Pixar Studios intro animation video. I find the idea of adding life to in-animate objects quite fun and rewarding. Taking the inspiration from Pixar logo animation, I wanted to play around with the possibilities of movements done by lamps. I also aimed to add a surprise and a slightly darker element to it.

Lamps are also great subjects to work in terms of lighting, since they have a literal source of light as their head. To expand on this, I decided to use EEVEE as it was a a real time engine and that would allow me to be more flexible in the process. It also meant that I could render it in a very less time. As a result, I also ended up learning quite a bit about the render engine. Finally, the project was animated in Maya, and it was textured and rendered in Blender using EEVEE.

I also wanted to create the animation clean looking with aesthetic visuals. I worked on this by creating appropriate lighting and also creating a custom colour palette which went well with the theme.