Art explores the world: "I, Pet Goat II" (animation)

Heliofant; The CG Bros, 9/25/13; Ellie Askew, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Heliofant's CGI 3D animated "I, Pet Goat II"

(The CG Bros) This is a story about the fire at the heart of suffering (dukkha). Bringing together dancers, musicians, visual artists, and 3D animators, this Heliofant short takes a critical look at current events:

God (celestial deva) communicates by dance?

A mysterious figure travels aboard a boat through a dark and desolate waterscape on a quest for inner peace.

Main software used: Maya, Vray, FumeFX, RealFlow.  Download the wallpapers at heliofant.com. Original soundtrack, "The Stream," written and performed by Tanuki Project (thetanukiproject.com). 

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Some of the stellar artists that worked on this short:

• strob.net
• huguescoupal.com
• sebastienlarroude.com
• arnaudbrisebois.carbonmade.com
• daverand.com.

Animation is roughly half keyframe animation and half motion capture. Motion capture recording by Lartech.

Winner of the Ocelot Robot Film Festival. Placed 14th (out of 100) best of 2012 | Fubiz The Future of Animation | SOTW Awards 2013 "3D movie creation" best film distinction | 4th International Animated Short Film Festival "Ciné court animé."

Based in the beautiful Laurentian mountains just north of Montreal, Canada, Heliofant is a nascent independent computer animation studio focused on creating experimental and challenging content. 

Bringing together artists from various fields, the company is very interested in exploring the common ground that underlies many spiritual and philosophical traditions in a lyrical form. Contact: info@heliofant.com.