Just like with the chess set, I want to do something a bit unique. I’m taking some inspiration from those animated loop videos that are “satisfying”. In theory this shouldn’t be much more complex than what the course will cover but if it does turn out to be so, I will gladly take on the challenge.
Overall design ideas with a bit of background “story” for the lamp to explain why it looks how it does:
Basic storyboard of how the video will go:
And the basic scene blocking in Blender: