Six years after moving on from my full-time role with the Sacramento Kings, I had the chance to reunite with some old friends and also introduce some new friends at Capacity Studios into the mix for this arena open.
We teamed up to enhance their arena presentation to kickoff the 2024-25 season, incorporating branded elements, purple 'beams', and a CG lion rendered fully in Unreal Engine. In total, we delivered animations for 17 unique LED screens as well as the main jumbotron inside Golden 1 Center. Throw in some lasers, pyro, and lighting, and this is the end result!
Arena
Main Video
LED Preview
In Unreal Engine, we created 10 unique animations of our lion, the 'king' of the jungle. Having the flexibility to adjust lighting, camera angles, and laser beams in realtime gave us a huge boost in terms of creative flexibility without sacrificing visual fidelity.
My Role: Design, Animation | Ellerey Gave: Creative Direction, Animation | Davon Davis: Creative Direction | Gian Montes: Logo Animations | Rachel Kreager: Editor