Living Shadows: Prologue Cutscene – Storyboard & Visual Development

This post showcases the creative process behind the first prologue cutscene of Living Shadows.

The narrative follows Theo Axis as he returns home to a strained relationship with his mother, only to find her in a coma. The sequence transitions into Theo experiencing a severe anxiety attack, leading to a mysterious encounter at a mirror with Axis—a character deeply linked to his fate.

Technical Process: As the project director, I was responsible for the script, storyboarding, and creating the key visual assets. To facilitate the animation pipeline, I designed the scenes in Photoshop with a specific layer structure, allowing a programmer to animate the assets directly within Unity using a technical approach to 2D storytelling.