Realistic Maya Alberta Trip Animation

I want to turn a favourite summer getaway to Alberta into a short 15-30 second animation rendered entirely in Maya. The look should stay realistic rather than cartoonish, and the final cut needs to feel exciting and adventurous—matching the energy my best friend and I felt on the trip.

You’ll have my photo-based storyboard to guide shot order, framing, and key moments. The must-include scenes are:
• sweeping nature landscapes (think mountains, lakes, forests)
• snippets of our activities and adventures—hiking, canoeing, and that quick cliff-jump

Please animate with believable lighting, textures, and camera movement so the viewer senses the rush of being there. Subtle sound design or music suggestions are welcome if they help sell the atmosphere, though the focus remains on the visuals.

Deliverables
• 1024x768 final video, 15–30 s, H.264/MP4
• Maya project file with all assets, textures, and scene setups
• A short read-me outlining render settings and any third-party plugins used

The work is finished when the video matches the storyboard beats, holds a realistic look, and captures that adventurous mood. If this sounds like your kind of project, let’s sync up so I can share the photo references and timing notes.

FINAL ANIMATION PROJEC

send me a .mp4 or video file

YOU MUST Upload your animation works

to VIMEO or YOUTUBE

and a Maya Master file of your main scene (.mb file)

Deliverables:

A Final Animation with a Storyline eg:

a funny short story

sound & titles

- a commercial for a real estate walk through

- a demonstration of an engineering process

- a short music video

:15 - :30 long

Rendered and edited at a resolution of at least 1024 X 768

30 fps

.mp4 format

Credits at beginning and end

- no use of copyrighted music without permission of the artist.

- Music, sound, sound fx

UPLOAD onto YOUTUBE or VIMEO – send url link for FINAL Submission