3D artist and motion designer, Yogyakarta

Light first, then form

Product films, motion identities and architectural animation. Every one of them starts with one question: where is the light coming from.

13 years of making pictures that move, since 2013
140 commercials finished with a team in Jakarta, 2016 to 2020
360 frames in a 15 second film that took three days to render
0 talking character animations I have taken on

Four pieces of work, and what they were for

Motion identity for a short film festival

A mark built from the light that falls through a gap in a door, in twelve durations from a cinema screen to an Instagram story.

Used three years running without a redesign. The delivery package is 2.4 GB, silent versions included.

Motion identityBlenderAfter Effects

A 15 second film for a bottled iced coffee

One bottle, one spoonful of ice and morning light. The client wanted it real, and there was no budget for a shoot day.

Entirely rendered in 3D, 360 frames, three days on two graphics cards. One colour revision, no revisions to form.

ProductHoudiniRedshift

A growing house in Bantul

An animation for an architecture practice: a 36 square metre house that adds rooms as the family living in it grows.

A 90 second film the practice uses to explain the design to the families who will live there, not to win awards.

ArchitectureSketchUpD5 Render

An earthquake film for primary schools

Three minutes on what to do in an earthquake, without words, for children who cannot read well yet.

Used in 40 schools in Bantul and Klaten. Made unpaid, with two volunteers.

EducationBlenderno dialogue

Tools, and what I do not do

3D

BlenderHoudini (the basics)Substance PainterRedshift

Motion

After EffectsCavalryRive

Architecture

SketchUpD5 RenderRevit (reading only)

What I do not do

Talking character animationModels for 3D printingRenders with no clear light source

Showreel and record

A two minute showreel and a one page record, sent by email with my rate per second of animation.

  • Freelance since 2020, one large project at a time
  • Four years leading a motion team at a Jakarta production house
  • Three years of architectural visualisation in Yogyakarta
  • Indonesian, Javanese and English

Tell me where the light comes from

I reply within two working days with a schedule and a rate. My next open slot starts in January 2027.

Tara Hapsari

3D artist and motion designer in Yogyakarta. Product films, motion identities and architectural animation, always starting from the light.

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Tara Hapsari. Showreel updated October 2026.