ROLE   CG DESIGN, FX

Created for Netflix, this teaser introduced Avatar: The Last Airbender through a restrained, elemental lens that honored the original series while setting the tone for a new adaptation.

Working collaboratively at Imaginary Forces, we developed an elemental visual language built around FX simulations, material detail, and challenging lighting transitions. We chose to avoid literal storytelling in favor of atmosphere and restraint, using motion and energy to build anticipation before resolving in a clean, symbolic title reveal.

Here are some early tests that didn't make the final cut. We ultimately decided to constrain the camera to one top down angle for a more graphic approach, and simplified the simulations and animation to unify the transitions from element to element.

CLIENT  NETFLIX
STUDIO  IMAGINARY FORCES

3D ARTISTS CALEB OLLIVANT, JAKE FERGUSON, CHRISTOPH GABATHULER, ALEX RUPERT, SCOTT BELL
LEAD COMPOSITOR MARTIN KARLSSON
EDITOR LEXI GUNVALDSON
PRODUCER JORDAN SHARON