“Revision” is a fully computer generated short film, created by two-time Visual Effects Society Award Winner, and two-time Emmy nominee, Jesse Mesa Toves.
SYNOPSIS
Revision is a short film based on the main character of the graphic novel ‘Encoding Bushido.’ “Anjin,” the featured humanoid robot in Revision, is the pilot program for a new autonomous robot from the master roboticist, Takeshi Nakamura. Anjin’s development required many revisions and experiments, but a persistent and emergent personality trait made his journey difficult and dangerous.
Made in Z-Brush, Blender 3d, Trimble SketchUp, Davinci Resolve, Inkscape and Affinity Designer, this short film is the visual work of one artist. As of August 2026 it is nearing completion, post production is underway and I am also halfway done with the second part of the graphic novel.
BEGINNING WITH COMICS
In the earliest version of the Anjin character, he had hair, but the short film covers a time before his development of his final personality and physical changes. In that stage, he chooses to use some of his camouflage abilities to make himself appear more like the Oni and Yokai figures he was exposed to.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Many of the assets in Revision were initially built in Trimble SketchUp and featured in the early issues of Encoding Bushido. Sketchup was used to help flesh out backgrounds for comics pages, and when the production for the short began, they were exported to Blender 3D and cleaned, modified, textured and rigged.
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