Alexandra Mallinson shared a cool, painterly 3D prop animation of an audio cassette player, which is a twist on retro technology. The artist's stylized pocket player has two cassette slots, while real-life portable pocket players and recorders only had enough space for one cassette. 

Regardless, the piece looks similar to Toshiba's Stereo Walky pocket cassette player with a touch of Fisher-Price Pocket Rockers, famous for their abstract, colorful design. The transparent red plastic is reminiscent of the modern reimagination of the classic piece of tech from TOMASHI.

Mallinson did prop modelling in Maya and then used Blender for both texturing and compositing. The jittery Grease Pencil stroke effect looks a lot like Alberto Mielgo's art for Love, Death + Robots' third episode, The Witness, where similar painterly doodles appear on the characters' bodies, clothes, and other objects in the scene.

Alexandra is a UAL graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Animation and Visual Effects. She's a Junior Animator who creates beautiful stylized pieces. Check out her graduation project, Astray, on Instagram and follow her creative journey on LinkedIn. 

Are you a fan of painterly pieces? We've got many more for you to see: check out this 2D-looking 3D animation of a butterfly on a skeleton by Levi Magony, this 3D still life that looks like a real painting by Kem, and these trees that look like watercolor paintings by Gaku Tada. 

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