Character Mosaic | itskevinbauer

Originally started by Mark Reisch and Atia Newman in 2017, the goal of the Mosaic project is to build ethnically diverse 3D characters to address the lack of minority representation in animated films. Providing students and the animation community with a more diverse group of pre-rigs will hopefully lead to the creation more diverse stories.

I secured funding and took over the project in 2024. My role is to produce and lead a group of students in the creation of new, diverse 3D characters.

All creative work on the Mosaic project was completed by students in the School of Film and Animation at RIT.

Emerald is a racially mixed woman growing up in the inner city culture of Pittsburgh, PA. She has a quiet demeanor and tends to keep to herself.

Omar represents the working class from the country side across all Central/Latin America. He is humble and hard-working.