A loose acorn and a scampering squirrel set the wheels in motion as a cat, dog, and horse all jet across the street in a mad chase. The inspiration for the leaping cat was modeled after The Mill’s 2D Lead Artist Chris Knight’s own 4-legged tabby-tortoise mix.
The Mill’s 2D and 3D artists utilized multiple technologies to create the intricate traits of the CG squirrel, cat, and dog. All fur grooming was done using The Mill’s propriety software, “Furtilizer” while the dynamic skin simulation was developed by 3D artists, specifically utilizing the Finite Element Solver in Houdini.
The teams also did environment augmentation and clean-up to boost the Downtown Los Angeles scenery.