The Sweetest Gift

by VISA

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In collaboration with Energy BBDO we created this amazing little spot that warms your heart with a little story about the love between Ralph & Sarah, a gingerbread couple. A gigantic effort by The Mill to bring these characters to life, set into a gingerbread, magical world.

This project was really fun. I had the chance to think and design everything that was gingerbread related, from gingerbread houses to gingerbread vehicles.

Role

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Art Direction - Design - Animation
Created @themill

Selected Frames
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Design Exploration
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A big part of the project for me was concepting this gingerbread world. Went to several rounds of explorations and worked in tandum with our CG team giving them guidedance as how the enviorements and assets should look.

Credits
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Client:
VISA

Agency:
BBDO Canada

Director:
Matt Darnall 

Production:
Mill+

Executive Producer:
Brian Smego 

Producers:
Rachel Burke, Lauren Shawe

Creative Director:
Matt Darnall 

Art Director:
Luis Roca

Design:
Luis Roca, Adrian Navarro, Matty Deans, Maciej Sidorowicz, Sam Nassour

Animation:
Henning Koczy, Mari Chung, Nick Craven & Matt Sackley

Finish Artist:
Jamie Beckwith

Matte Painting:
Roger Kupelian, Mark Ross, Kristin Johnson

Color:
Oisin O’Driscoll

Color Assists:
Lindsey Mazur & Cassie Benedict

Editors:
Charlotte Carr & Al Benoit

2D Lead Artist:
Andrew Pellicer, Jamie Beckwith

3D Lead Artist:
Steve Eisenmann, Adam Carroll

2D Artist:
Matthew Doll, Jen Howard, Marc Rienzo, Marcelo Pasqualino

3D Artist:
Naotaka Minami, Greg Mawicke, Andrez Aguayo, Todd Dufour, John Pozo, Omar Taher, Michael Kash, Melanie Okamura, Bryan Eck, Dustin Tarr, Tom Graham, Ramesh Bandi, Asit Midya, Hubert Wozniak, Troy Barsness, Pratheesh, Sudakshina Sridharan, Amal Arjun, Justin Diamond, Abdul Rehman, Anish Mohan, Matthew Choy, John Volny