Wildlandia merchandise (2013) © Current Studios
December 2013
Wildlandia AR App
Dane Aleksander—graphic artist in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A land of adventure awaits inside your blankets, huggers and pillows. Help Tumble bring the Wildlandia animals to life by scanning your Wildlandia products. Play games to protect animals and their habitats. A world of fun awaits with Wildlandia. [1]
Wildlandia App Cinematic (2013) © Current Studios
Credits: San Jose Mathew (Director), Dane Aleksander (Technical-director of Animation), John Dyer (Animator), Jon Eisner (Compositor) and Eric LeClerc (Audio Engineer)
Wildlandia App cinematic (2013) © Current Studios
“Each Wildlandia product unlocks new games, new habitats and new animals. Explore the Savanna Grasslands, the Kopje Valley, the Great Plains and the Acacia Forest. See lions, hippos, zebras, giraffes and elephants burst to life when you view Wildlandia products through the Wildlandia app. Playing the Wildlandia games ensures the animal’s habitats stay safe and healthy so your Wildlandia animals can thrive and be happy.”
I was responsible for producing and rigging six animal characters for an in-house app named Wildlandia. I then produced the visual effects for a cinematic trailer for the app. I also help to develop the user experience design through phase one of the augmented reality game.
Here is our hero character ‘Tumble’ and a Madagascar-movie-style zebra. These are two characters that I rigged, and then were animated by San Jose Mathew. These rendered animations are provided by San. [2]
Wildlandia Tumble: character animation (2013) © San Jose Mathew, Current Studios
Wildlandia Zebra: character animation (2013) © San Jose Mathew, Current Studios
1 Wildlandia on Apple App Store. App Store Link
4 San Jose Mathew, Wildlandia, 2014. Website Link