COMING SOON IN MAY 2025: Join a tiny, whimsical duo as they journey through a lush magical world to restore their dying home.
Concept Art
Location
Map Concept: Flourish starts out in brittle, barren land and moves throughout a lush and vibrant forest.
Synopsis
Pleebo and Blorbo, two tiny spirit beings, live in a once-thriving land now reduced to a brittle, barren wasteland. Their crops and seeds have withered, leaving them with little hope of survival. One day, they glimpse a vision of a glowing seed far beyond their dying home. Desperate to save their land, they set out on a perilous journey to retrieve it.
Their quest leads them through harsh terrain and unseen dangers. Along the way, tragedy strikes—Pleebo sacrifices himself to protect Blorbo from a collapsing tree. Grieving and determined, Blorbo carries on alone, eventually returning home with the seed. With great care, Blorbo plants it in the desolate earth, and a spark of new life begins to bloom, offering hope for their future.
Characters
Pleebo: Curious, Playful, Reckless, Likes to spend their free time wandering and gliding through trees
Blorbo: Careful, Capable, A bit too serious, The mature one and is set on getting the job done
Early Storyboards
Animatic: In Progress
Previs: Part 1
Previs Part 1 Map using simplied shapes.
Previs Part 1: Using simplified map and shapes, we blocked out camera and character movement from the first storyboard.
Previs Part 2
Previs Part 2: Blocking out movement using 3D models.
Testing Textures
3D Modeling: In Progress
Team Roles
Ngan Nguyen: Production, Project Manager, 3D Modeling, Previs, Animation, Compositing
Desiree DiBella: CG Generalist, Rigging, Storyboard Design & Animatic, Animation, Art Concept, Project Manager
Chloe Yung: Art Concept, Story Development
January Yucheng Li: Composer
Special Thanks To
Leoandy Santana, Cal Freundlich, Daniel Llanos, Junshen Gao, Jessica Ye, Jessie Huang, Hannah Mangione