Being a big fan of soccer, I jumped at the opportunity to collaberate with a good friend of mine, Dennis Tan, on this short intro animation for the World Cup. Between the two of us, we designed, modeled, animated and composited the entire sequence in roughly 6 weeks. The modeling was done in 3D Studio Max, the texturing was done in Adobe Photoshop and the lighting was done with VRay. For more, check out www.pixelreborn.com