I was contacted by a production company to help bring to life a company mascot. It had only every existed as a 2d drawing and was required to be 3d and interact with people in the real world.
I became VFX lead for the spot. I supervised a modeller / rigger to re design the character slightly with client approval, giving it more realistic proportions and details.
While the on-set team provided filmed footage I tracked the shots and instructed an animator on what performance was required.
Once the client was happy with the animation I lit, rendered and composited the finished character into the shots. Providing the frames back to the production company for final grade and audio.
I have links to the final videos which are sadly over the 1 minute limit of artstation