I am reeeeeally pleased to present a collaborative project between ARTFX and le Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-Bains which was exposed at the Osaka World Expo 2025. The theme was "From one world to another".
With my peer, we recreated in Unreal Engine two models of two buildings that was exposed in Lyon : the Hotel of Milan and the Temple of Kamakura. I was in charge of the set-dressing of the Hotel of Milan.
Based on the myth of the 1000 Crane Paper, Zacharia Beloufa, Yacine Djemoui and I created HOSHI. According to this myth, if you fold a 1000 crane papers, one wish may be granted. HOSHI follows the 999th crane paper discovering the Temple of Kamakura and reuniting the other crane papers at the Hotel of Milan. On this particular project, I 3D modeled the crane papers, rigged and animated it in MAYA before importing it in Unreal Engine.
And yes, the way it is animated is actually how you fold a crane paper. I love Crane Paper.
Temple of Kamakura
Hotel of Milan