Hamster Days is my own baby, which I also produced. This film falls under the Slice of Life genre, and is about a little girl and and her pet hamster who are stuck indoors on a rainy day.
Along with directing and producing, I worked on the storyboards, textures and animation.
You can read an abstract from my thesis paper here.
Character Designs by Stefaniya Dvoyak








3D Animatic
Camera, Layouts and Animation by Jahnvi Shah
Environment Modeling by Jonathan North
Free Character Rigs from Animation Mentor and Joe Daniels
Character Model by Jonathan Gilboa
Textures by Jahnvi Shah
Rendered in Mental Ray
Character Modeling by Christine Stuckart
Textures by Jahnvi Shah
Rendered in Mental Ray
Environment Modeling by Jonathan North
Textures by Jahnvi Shah
Rendered in Mental Ray
Animation by Jessica Cutrell
Animation by Maria Carla Yanta
Animation by Jahnvi Shah
HAMSTER DAYS – THE FILM
Sound Design by Colin Andrew Grant
Score by Charlie Sehres
CREDITS
Director, Producer, Story – Jahnvi Shah
Character Designs – Stephaniya Dvoyak
Concept Art – Jessica Cutrell
Layouts – Manjari Sahu
Character Modelers – Jonathan Gilboa (Chelo), Christine Stuckart (Finn), Anna Roan (Mom)
Environment Modelers – Jonathan North, Soumya Iyer (Props)
Riggers – Jonah Reinhart (Chelo & Mom), Rucha Muley (Finn), Haley Zutty (Misc)
Animators – Jahnvi Shah, Jessica Cutrell, Jagriti Khirwar, Maria Carla Yanta, Grace Same
Texture Artists – Aubre Garand, Sarah Lauinger, Maggie Miller, Jahnvi Shah
Matte Paintings – Madeleine De Caires
Lighting – Zih Shu Tai
Compositing – Jonathan North
Sound Design – Colin Andrew Grant
Score – Charlie Sehres
Title Design – Michelle Elie
End Credit Illustrations – Brittany Woodhull