Here are some work I did for the short (:
concept art/prop model sheet:
some of the modeling i did:
some color scripts:
Actually, this was one of the first test renders that our lighter, Shane Simpson, did:
So cool to see how concept is interpreted and translated into 3D!
Basically, it is joints skinned to a lattice deformer that is unfurling the leaves.
WIP animation in its unattractive gray form: