Shawn WangSelected work
Concept / Design / 3D
Additional selected work

Other Works

Sculptural props and vehicle concepts for animation, with selected character-design studies.

Sculptural prop

EPIC DOOR

Nested arches and orbital rings frame a sculpted figure.

Design, modeling, sculpting & material setup · Shawn Wang. Supporting sources ↓

Fig. 01Complete doorway assembly.3D / Assembly
Fig. 02Sculpted figure and layered metalwork.Surface detail
Fig. 03Doorway in motion · 20-second silent excerpt. Supporting material & camera credits ↓Film
Full project presentation · 2 min
Fig. 04Door presentation · Project excerpt. Supporting assets, animation and audio are credited below.Film
Film credits

Original production · Shawn Wang — door design, modeling and sculpting; original organic-form meshes; material setup and scene presentation.

Animated surface · Animated organic flesh material — balaganvfx ↗. Applied to Shawn’s black organic-form meshes.

Set dressing · Rusty Metal Barrel — Quixel ↗.

Camera & animation · Cinemotion 3 Real Handheld Camera Motion Kit — Cinetexture ↗, used in Sequencer. Additional animation · Mixamo.

Sound in the full presentation · Footsteps, Light Mud, A — InspectorJ (CC BY 4.0); Metal Teapot Impacts — sup_dude; Choking — braffe2; Squeaky metal screwed 01 — xkeril ↗.

Music in the full presentation · Baldur’s Gate 3 and Sushi Ben soundtracks.

Sculpt and front view
Fig. 05Figure sculpt before materials.Sculpt
Fig. 06Front view of the central assembly.3D / Detail
Vehicle concepts for animation

Vessel

Vehicle concepts for Vessel, an MA graduation animation directed by Weiyang Xu. After the first four designs felt too complex and realistic for the film, I developed a simpler silhouette to match its animation style.

Vehicle Concept Artist · Shawn Wang | Director · Weiyang Xu. Film in development when my contribution ended.

Fig. 07First round · Four vehicle directions exploring proportion, cockpit placement and shell construction.2D / Vehicle concept
Fig. 08Selected revision · Simplified silhouette and shell.2D / Vehicle concept
Character & apparatus studies

SILAS

2D character concept; 3D head and apparatus studies. The mechanical chest piece extends the character’s shape language into a separate prop.

Concept, sculpting, modeling & texturing · Shawn Wang

Fig. 09Full-body character design.2D concept
Fig. 10Mechanical apparatus · Untextured 3D form study.3D form study
Selected head & apparatus material studies
Fig. 11Head study · Facial folds and surface detail.3D head
Fig. 12Mechanical chest apparatus.3D prop
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