Carried Away (Dota 2 Short Film Contest 2021 - 1st place winner)

This entry was inspired by patch 7.23; for two months, couriers got to use items and be little heroes of their own. Behind-the-scenes / breakdown post on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w62nG9 ——— FULL CREDITS ▶ Shaylyn "Chemical Alia" Hamm ▶ https://twitter.com/ChemicalAlia ▶ https://www.shaylynhamm.com/ 3D character art (remodeled Bearzky courier) Item models (Meteor Hammer, Dagon 5, Necronomicon 3) Video thumbnail paint-over ▶ Alex Kern ▶ https://twitter.com/zandraartt ▶ https://zandraart.tumblr.com/ Additional 2D background art ▶ Maxime Lebled (that's me!) ▶ https://twitter.com/MaxLebled ▶ https://www.maximelebled.com/ Animation, editing, environments, particle effects, post-production, rigging/skinning All in-engine & Source Filmmaker work ——— AND ALSO ▶ Szabó Attila ▶ https://www.artstation.com/maxxy Creator of the Sven remodel ▶ Bjørn Lynne ▶ https://www.shockwave-sound.com/ Licensed music: "Shapechanger", from his 1998 album "Wolves of the Gods". Most of his music can be licensed from his website! I highly recommend it... and check out his discography if you liked this song :) https://youtu.be/QY9eR93uUlA?list=OLAK5uy_lc_h-B_ylfMV7Z66jmqnFrxZL9_XFdhNU&t=103 ——— & SPECIAL THANKS TO Anomidae (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILaGtQaYAh3wnkvg4Rxzqg) for offering a couple of cool suggestions & last-minute help with locating some sound effects! Wunkolo (https://twitter.com/Wunkolo) for helping me troubleshoot some After Effects issues, and his Fringe plugin (https://wunkolo.itch.io/fringe), which I've been using for a couple years now. ——— HIGHER QUALITY For the people who care a lot about quality like me, there's a HQ mirror here: https://vimeo.com/580017857 #TI10 #SFM #Animation