Director: Patrick Osborne
Production and Animation: Nexus Studios

Conceived and Directed by Oscar & Emmy winning director Patrick Osborne, and created using Unreal Engine, this REAL-TIME animated series follow a time-jumping teen who is transported into moments of other people’s lives by songs played on an old tape deck.

For this project, a team of real-artists faced the challenge of crafting the ‘Tape Deck’ world with a 2D aesthetic, created entirely in the Unreal Engine with no compositing.

Character rigging was quite complex, with an optimized version of the same combo of blendshapes and skinning joints I normally use for feature film rigs. It was incredible to see the characters performing in real time in Unreal. Animation looks superb!