Yente Vanhoudt

Tennis — 3D Motion & Style Frames

An exam brief: produce a short 3D video, style frames and a moodboard for a sport of my choice. I chose tennis — leaning into clay-court tones, tactile materials and a single dramatic light source to make a still tennis ball feel alive.

Style frame of a tennis ball lit by a single warm light source on a clay court
Style frame of two tennis rackets pinching a tennis ball, shot from above on a clay court

My first ever animation in Blender — it isn't my best work out there, but we all start somewhere.

The reference board that shaped the direction before opening Blender — sun-warmed clay courts, minimal editorial styling and close, tactile shots of rackets and balls.

Tennis moodboard collage of court, racket and editorial reference photography
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