Bringing Gi to Life 🎨➡️🎬
Creating our main character, Gi, started with a simple idea—and a lot of references. From early visual inspiration to concept sketches, modeling, texturing, and the final render, every step was a careful balance of style, personality, and storytelling.
In this post, you’ll see how Gi evolved from moodboards to a fully realized hero in The Rise of Blus.
Stay tuned—there’s so much more of Gi’s journey we can’t wait to share.
#behindthescenes : Today we reviewed the new Dojo environment where Master Chimp returns and takes on a few Frown Guards in the upcoming part 6! We don’t want to give away too much, but there’s going to be some stylized fight choreography here that takes Jackie Chan as an inspiration. (ft @ChimpersNFT@hkjay__ )
Translating a concept into 3D is never a one-to-one process, especially with a character as unconventional as this. This guitar character has no mouth, so we’re exploring a unique approach—using his arms to shape his words visually.
Check out the latest behind-the-scenes look with
our director @hkjay__
Watch the creative process behind the unique environment designs within the world of Blus, explained by our director @hkjay__#nounsmovie#BehindTheScenes
The 49th #ATLFF25 is almost here! We’re so excited to announce that we’re partnering with @AtlantaFilmFest for the screening of 'The Rise of Blus - A Nouns Movie'. Join us in celebrating Independent Film at one of the biggest Oscar-qualifying festivals in the country! Find out more at https://t.co/OwcQKyit4p
ep 4. is out! and thanks for everyone joining the livestream. we are excited that we are still able to do this and ep 5 will be coming out soon after 🫡
Thank you to everyone who joined the livestream today!
Nouns Movie EP4 is available to watch on
https://t.co/WtR5FHLEoA
It is token-gated so you will need
- A @nounsdao mint, or
- A @lilnounsdao mint, or
- A Yellow Collective mint, or
- Any of the @nounsmovie mints
to be able to watch it.
P.S. If you don't have any of the NFTs - Nouns Movie mints are forever open. Grab one on the website and you will have access to all the episodes.
The Saga continues.
We are so excited to share that @nounsmovie has been selected in two more film festivals this summer to screen as part of the official selection. Episode 1-2-3 will play at the Animaze Montreal International Film Festival 2024 and the Kids First! 2024 Film Festival
New Blus Locations revealed.
From the grand palace to the gorgeous outskirts to the mysterious burrows.
Who is lurking in the shadows. Find out in Episode 4. Coming to @NounsTown ⌐◨-◨.
Bored Anon? Well, we've got something for you.
The Rise of Blus : A Nouns Movie just launched on https://t.co/AsRRo3Ccq7 .
Come watch it to kick off your weekend! 👀
Directed by @ZenDoubt , @hkjay__
Produced by @atriumart
IP: @nounsdao
Built on @base
We couldn't be more excited to announce that "The Rise of Blus : A Nouns Movie" co-directed by @hkjay__ and @ZenDoubt has been awarded the 'Best Series' title at the 17th IFFA Animator Festival ⌐◨-◨ 🎊
@SemiFungible@Cabanimation@TDoxys@Claynosaurz Just a little fun fact, the animators on claynos are the same pool of artists that studios like pixar, Disney recruit from. So in terms of anim, I'm pretty sure it's there 🙂
Part 3 is now live! I still can’t believe we recorded an entire live orchestra for this, and I can’t wait to share more about it soon.
I really hope you’ll watch it, it looks absolutely stunning. The team has nailed it in every department.
Directed by: @hkjay__@ZenDoubt