Ashnikko - Halloweenie V: The Moss King (Official Visualiser)

The official visualiser video for Ashnikko - Halloweenie V: The Moss King

I was commissioned by Ashnikko/Warner Music to create a visualiser for her 2023 Halloween special 'Halloweenie V: The Moss King'. 

I was given the opportunity to direct the whole project, from concept to delivery and created, rendered and animated most of the video myself. The video uses a combination of CGI techniques, from Motion capture, 3D scanning, bespoke character design and 3D typography.

An enchanted Ashnikko is trapped by Moss goblins, within a mythic rendition of the Nine Ladies Stone Circle, as she transforms into her Mossy final form.

Nine Ladies is an ancient Stone circle, located in Derbyshire in Northern England, close to where I grew up and live.

The circle is traditionally believed to depict nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday. I felt that this story was a very patriarchal interpretation on the stones origins, and I wanted to challenge and deconstruct that through the use of Nine Ladies in The Moss King video.

The video also includes 3D scans of Mosses, faunas and other beings I have encountered while exploring the Microclimates of Gwynedd, North Wales.

It was an honour to craft visuals for such an amazing song, and to contribute to the long standing Halloweenie tradition.

Credits:
Director, CGI, Environment Design, Rigging, Animation and Editing - Nicholas Delap - IG @ndelap
Character design - Kerolaina Linkevica - IG @lai.i.naa
Special Thanks to Blaine Dunkley