Seauto Shark Cordless Pool Vacuum

Seauto Cordless Pool Vacuum

A robotic pool cleaner that makes keeping your pool clean as simple as the touch of a button.

brief

Create a series of shots showcasing the Seauto Shark's advanced filtration system and underwater movement capabilities.

execution

Getting that realistic underwater look can be tough, especially when you have to keep the render times low. To achieve this look, I faked the underwater caustics with a voronoi texture- adding extra realism without the extra load.

With a product that functions almost exclusively underwater, Seauto needed a way to showcase their product in action without dealing with the fickle nature of underwater videography.

I had a lot of fun working on this project, as it called for a unique split of motion graphic effects and 3D renders. The filtration animation I created (shown above) is a perfect example of this blend. Shots like this were interspersed with live action video and more realistic 3D renders. 

Another fun aspect of this project was re-working the treads on the provided model and rigging them so that they'd move automatically at the appropriate rate whenever the model itself was moved. 

Finally, I created procedural caustics with Blender's material nodes that animate naturally and appear only on the top of the object to which they're applied. These add extra realism to the underwater scenes without adding any additional heavy computation.

I had a lot of fun working on this project, as it called for a unique split of motion graphic effects and 3D renders. The filtration animation I created (shown above) is a perfect example of this blend. Shots like this were interspersed with live action video and more realistic 3D renders. 

Another fun aspect of this project was re-working the treads on the provided model and rigging them so that they'd move automatically at the appropriate rate whenever the model itself was moved. 

Finally, I created procedural caustics with Blender's material nodes that animate naturally and appear only on the top of the object to which they're applied. These add extra realism to the underwater scenes without adding any additional heavy computation.

I had a lot of fun working on this project, as it called for a unique split of motion graphic effects and 3D renders. The filtration animation I created (shown above) is a perfect example of this blend. Shots like this were interspersed with live action video and more realistic 3D renders.

Another fun aspect of this project was re-working the treads on the provided model and rigging them so that they'd move automatically at the appropriate rate whenever the model itself was moved.

Finally, I created procedural caustics with Blender's material nodes that animate naturally and appear only on the top of the object to which they're applied. These add extra realism to the underwater scenes without adding any additional heavy computation.

year

2025

timeframe

14 days

tools

Blender, After Effects