Bad Fairies

At Leo Sanchez Studio I worked on the character surfacing and look development of Bad Fairies, where the goal was a bold, painterly look that reads as hand-crafted illustration rather than conventional CG.

To get there I designed and built a set of procedural systems for the painted style of the characters in Substance Designer, Substance Painter and Houdini: graphs that generate brushstroke patterns, painterly breakups and stylised colour variation, plus smart materials and generators that let artists apply and art-direct that visual language consistently across the whole cast.

The result is a look that stays faithful to the art direction while remaining fast to iterate, consistent between characters and easy to hand over to the rest of the team.

Bad Fairies is a subversive original musical comedy set in contemporary London about a badass gang of fairies who break every rule in the book.

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Locksmith Animation, the film is directed by Megan Nicole Dong (Centaurworld), written by Deborah Frances-White and produced by Carolyn Soper (Tangled, Bolt), with songs by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (Six) and an original score by Isabella Summers. Cynthia Erivo leads the voice cast.

Bad Fairies opens in theaters on May 21, 2027.