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Elisa Zorzella

🎥 Lo-Fi short animation

Role: Environment Artist for an Independent Project

Art director: Zyree Lovett

Background Artists: Elisa Zorzella, yeommmu, Liat Ramirez Netanel

Objective: Created original backgrounds inspired by a Lo-Fi film aesthetic. Used provided reference paintings to ensure stylistic consistency across all scenes. Style Guidelines:

  • No blending; broad, simple strokes with clean edges
  • Semi-realistic, Ghibli-inspired look with minimal detail
  • Emphasis on simple, readable shapes
  • Strong focus on lighting for atmosphere

Tool: Clip Studio Paint, Procreate

Background 1: City - Night scene

sketches
Research phase: early explorations sketches and mood.
explorations
Research phase: study of different building silhouettes.
thumbs
Thumbnails: higher contrast between the cold tones of the night and the warmer city lights was preferred and further explored.
final version
Final rendered version.

Background 2: Ocean - Evening scene

sketches
Research phase: early sketches for composition setting.
thumbs
Thumbnails.
alternative version
Initial version: simplification was needed so we went on with further exploration
final
Final rendered version.

Background 3: Street - Evening scene, after rain

sketches
Research phase: early sketches.
thumbs
Thumbnails: the composition was not decided yet, so we explored the mood of the piece.
alternative version
Initial version.
final
Final rendered version.