Dumpling Bag

3D Design, Animation
Personal
2025

Dumpling Bag is a journey from dough to leather that bridges the gap between food and fashion. Thorough meticulous 3D craftsmanship that particularly emphasises lighting and shading, the video mirrors the intricate art of making dumplings as well as high fashion bags. Enjoy.

Design

The design consists of the kitchen environment and the studio environment, to differentiate between food and fashion. The kitchen focuses on craftsmanship and the cosy feeling of cooking dumplings, while the studio presents the bag as a high fashion piece. In between, there is a glowing transition that highlights the transformation.

Iteration

Early R&D; not enough high end feeling.

Early shading test; uncooked dough, cooked dough, leather.

Production

Storyboard.

Dumpling modelling.

Dumpling shading. Procedural dough textures. Leather material uses an image texture asset, but with my own adjustments.

Dumpling animation.

Compositing with focus on achieving a “glowy” luxurious look.

Credits

Design and direction: Lisa Tobiasson.
Concept, script, storyboard, modelling, dumpling sculpting, animation, lighting, dumpling shading, sound editing, compositing: Lisa Tobiasson.

Sound: Epidemic Sound and Pixabay.
Wok pan and bowl model: Redshift Library.
Shaders except for dumpling: adapted from texture assets.