Xiidra “Not Today”

Our minute long spot for Xiidra shows you the reason for your dry eye: an irritating character named Inflammation is wreaking havoc inside your eye!

As part of the initial design work on this spot, we developed this brand new villain character to live within the Xiidra brand. We also created a set of high res stills of Inflammation to be used across varied media.

This animation was our first spot produced fully remotely from start to finish during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through the many transitions of this time, we developed an amazing working relationship with Arnold NYC, maintained a sense of community in our team through video calls, and sacrificed no standards of quality through the many challenges that arose.

 

Client:   Xiidra
Agency:   Arnold Worldwide
Director:   Anca Risca

Production Company
Nathan Love

Executive Producer
Jon O’Hara

Executive Creative Director
Joe Burrascano

Producer
Allison Robinson

Director
Anca Risca

Art Director
Tim Probert

Design
Tim Probert, Asher Horowitz, Sam Feske, Jesse Aclin

CG Lead
Michael Marsek

Character Modeling & Shading
Pedro Conti

Hair & Groom
Jin Fang Jiang

Hair Simulation
Jordan Blit

Environment Modeling & Shading
Michael Marsek, Laney Lai, Pedro Conti

Rigging
Rijah Kazuo

Animation Lead
Jordan Blit

Animation
Doug Litos, Paul Wei

Lighting Lead
Mirelle Underwood

Lighting
Laney Lai, Michael Marsek, Jin Fang Jiang

Motion Graphics
Sam Feske

Compositing
Jeff Dragon, Matt DeFranco

Editing
Sam Feske

Production Cats
Cookie, Sammich, Bean, Goldie, Beau, Thor, Riceball, Bugz, Chiggin, Nookie, Monkey, Girl Cat, Popcorn, Roxy

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