Yu Hai Shen
In this page you will find projects that I worked on as a student.
The U_u Store.
senior thesis
Director, Modeling, Storyboard
This is my senior thesis short that I did at the School of Visual Arts, Computer Art. As a modeler, I wanted to showcase my modeling skills. I wrote the story and directed it. I made the storyboard and design the main character, plus the bunnies. For the rest of the models, I asked my friends for concept art as it would be more challenging to interpret it into 3D.
Score Compositor: Iain Brandam-Adams
Concept Artists: Shelley Chen, Joachim "eko" Sjoberg, Shendy Wu (Micho), Jeong Hyo Kim
Animators: Michael Altman, Misun Kim, Montaque Ruffin, Shendy Wu, Thomas Shek
Rigging: Eric Cunah, Tom Szenher
Texture Artist: Anne Yang, Brittany Ferrero, Dan Solomon, Eunju Hyun, Paul Kim, Tavvon Reynolds
Sound Design: Donia Liechti
The Krog.
Group project
Producer, Storyboad, Concept Art, Lighting and Rendering
This was a group project during my junior year at the School of Visual Arts. This project's goal was to get students ready for their senior thesises. We had four weeks to make the short from scratch. Each students were assigned a role during the production of this short. My roles were producer, co-designer, storyboard, lighting and rendering.
The krog is a unusual beast who only eats shoes. One day he encounters a young girl and they immediately teamed-up.
Director: Arsen Arzumanyan
Producer: Yu Hai Shen
Camera and Blocking: Arsen Arzumanyan
Animation: Theo Nazz, Yun Ah Oh, Nyung Le, Arsen Arzumanyan, Val Iancu
Modeling: Theo Nazz, Yun Ah Oh, Val Iancu
Concept Art: Arsen Arzumanyan, Nyung Le, Yu Hai Shen
Texture Artist: Nyunh Le
Rigging: Thoe Nazz
Sound Design: Val Iancu
Lighting and Rendering: Yu Hai Shen
Compositing: Arsen Arzumanyan
Music: Living in the sunlight, Tiny Tim
In this project I modeled the main character rice bug, Micho.
Micho is a story named after the main character, a hungry little rice bug, who is craving for a rice cracker. The chase begins when he finally discovers one, and when other creatures also have their eyes set on it. The law of the jungle jumpstarts this adventure Micho goes through, but who says the fittest has to win?
Character Modeling: Yu Hai Shen, Yun Ah Oh , Dusica Vujovic
Additional Set Modeling: Ryan Chong, Donia Liechti
Additional UV Mapping : Oliver Saintilien
Rigging: Jason Bikofsky, Jennifer Mendez, Tom Szenher
Compositing: Vicky Penzes
Sound Design: Derick Ramirez. Donia Liechti
Composer: Dean Landew
Micho.
thesis by Shendy Wu.
Main Character Modeling
Blossom.
thesis by Shelley Chen.
Main Character Rigging
Lightning Larry.
thesis by Hyun Jun Song and Dan Solomon.
-Background character modeling.
-Background prop modeling.
-Set dressing.
-UV layout to most of the props.
In this project I set up a character rig for the main character, Midori.
Animation: Morgan Winchell, JP Lavin, Ieva Sauciunaite, Shendy Wu, Darren Chang, Kyle Moy, Cody Han, Olivia Li
Rigging: Yu Hai Shen
Compositing: Sang Ho Lee, Shelley Chen
Camera: Arsen Arzumanyan
Logo Design: Dan Solomon
Score
Piano: Shelley Chen
Violin: Deanna Romero
Mixing: Wade Heckman
In this project I modeled some of the background characters (Firefighter and students), a few background props and also did set dressing for the scene of Larry's room to the hallway. I laid out UV for most of the background models.
STORY - Dan Solomon, Hyun Jun Song
ANIMATION - Dan Solomon
MODELING - Hyun Jun Song
TEXTURING - Hyun Jun Song
PREVIZ - Dan Solomon
LAYOUT - Hyun Jun Song
RIGGING - Tom Szenher
2D ANIMATION - Zack Lydon
2D FX - Hyun Jun Song
LIGHTING - Dan Solomon
COMPOSITING - Dan Solomon
ADDITIONAL MODELS - Yu Hai Shen, Ellen Su, Stephanie Lin, Ryan Chong, Eunju Hyun, Na Ha
ADDITIONAL ANIMATION - Andrew Collora
ADDITIONAL 2D FX - Alexandra Barsky
ADDITIONAL RIGGING - Eric Cunha, Dan Solomon
CONCEPT ART - Hyun Jun Song, Dan Solomon, Haejung Park
DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS - Diana Kim, Brian Pak, Dan Solomon
SCORE - Hyperduck Soundworks
SOUND DESIGN - Bob Kessler, Alcove Audio Productions
In this project I modeled some of the background prop, Painting's frame.
In an empty museum, two thieves square off for a fancy mustache in hopes of worldwide notoriety.
Co-director: Eric Cunha
Co-director: Seung Sung
Original Score: Darren DeFranco
Sound Design: AG Sounds
Thesis Advisors: Joe Burrascano and Seth Gollub
Additional Animation: Jeff Bryson, MontaQue Ruffin, Kyle Moy
Additional Modeling: Hyun Jun Song, Yu Hai Shen, Stephanie Lin
2D Illustrations: Genae Parks, Ellen Su
blog: marcelmovie.tumblr.com