For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, I worked with Psyop on an animated short film for Samsung that imagined a Space Jam-style showdown between the world's greatest soccer players and an invading alien force.

My role was to design the environments for the film and create the matte paintings that established each major location throughout the story. The project moved across a wide range of settings, requiring environments that could support both the spectacle of a global sporting event and the larger-than-life science fiction premise at the heart of the film.

Because the animation blended grounded locations with futuristic technology and extraterrestrial characters, the challenge was finding a visual language that could comfortably accommodate both worlds. Each environment needed to feel cinematic and believable while providing a dramatic stage for the action unfolding between the players and their otherworldly opponents.

The final film became a unique celebration of the World Cup, combining sports, science fiction, and animation into a project that was every bit as ambitious and entertaining as its premise suggested.