A Typical Day in Summer is an independently created animated short completed during my time at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The project was developed as a personal interpretation of a daily-life assignment, which asked students to represent a fragment of their own life through animation in any medium. I chose to approach the piece in 3D, using the film to portray a boy—essentially a reflection of myself—caught in a chaotic summer routine of reversed sleep schedules and repeated late-night habits. From oversleeping through the morning to becoming fully energized in the evening, playing guitar loudly in his room, and staying awake until dawn watching movies, the short captures the looping rhythm of an unstructured summer lifestyle.

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Although the project was relatively small in scale, it became an important opportunity to explore several areas of 3D production. A major focus of the film was environment and prop creation, particularly hard-surface modeling for interior objects such as the monitor, desk, chair, sofa, guitar, phone, and room structure. In addition to modeling, I also explored character animation through a range of everyday actions and stylized poses, including guitar performance, exaggerated sleeping poses, and relaxed seated body language, all of which helped bring the character’s personality and routine to life.

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Another key area of exploration was compositing in After Effects. As part of the project, I incorporated live-action footage onto the screen within the animated environment using green screen compositing techniques, allowing the on-screen media to feel integrated into the scene. Through this short film, I was able to combine modeling, animation, environment design, and compositing into a complete personal project while further developing my understanding of 3D storytelling through everyday subject matter.