Shirley Piotrowski
MFA in Media Design Practices - 2 Yr Path — Media Design PracticesSprite's Creatures
“Sprite’s Creatures” is a worldbuilding project that explores the creation of a cohesive fictional universe through 3D character design, narrative development, and symbolic visual language. Set within a quiet, surreal landscape, the project introduces a series of creatures that embody psychological conditions rather than traditional characters, each emerging from the internal and external experiences of the protagonist, “Sprite”. Developed through 3D modeling and cinematic still imagery, the work draws from folklore, speculative fiction, and graphic novel storytelling to construct a world governed by consistent visual and conceptual logic. Through character design, environmental storytelling, and narrative mapping, Sprite’s Creatures investigates how form, behavior, and symbolism can function together to build immersive, emotionally resonant worlds.
Creatures are modelled in Zbrush, and textured, lighted, and rendered in Blender and Cinema4d