The most obscure motion artist of Russia - Max Zhestkov (previously) disappeared from the scene few years ago to work on his own short films production. He did a small come back year ago with Jupiter II movie that he decided to put down and focused on the release of another masterpiece named "SPUTNIK". Enjoy it now!

Making-of -- https://vimeo.com/151354752 www.facebook.com/ZhestkovMaxim/ www.zhestkov.com “Sputnik” is a Maxim Zhestkov short film about the evolution of an extraterrestrial mind, and its journey to the light. The project was created with the help of industry leading artists from all over the world, including: United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Russia. Production of the full CG animated short film took a year and a half. All crew members worked on the project remotely. Maxim directed it and produced from his HQ in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Credits: Director / Designer / Producer: Maxim Zhestkov Compositing: Alexander Kulikov Animation: Dmitrii Kolpakov Character design: Ben Mauro Mo-cap actor: Yaroslav Andronov FX artist: Artur Gadzhiev Character CG producer: Maxim Miheenko Character artist: Konstantin Illin Additional character artist: Nikita Replyanski Foley artist: Ivan Savelyev Foley recording: Anna Cigarkova Sound design / music: Alexander Plotnikov Representation: Scott Glassgold / Ground Control -- scott@groundcontrol-la.com

Some making of