It was my job to design the props for the film. I simply made a list of the props that were essential to the film, that would be seen in multiple shots and from multiple angles and then designed model sheets for them. I wanted to be extremely thorough with the model sheets so Ellie and I would be certain how every prop should look in animation.
The prop that I took the most time to design was Valerie’s phone, since it features so heavily in the film and I wanted to have some fun with it and make sure its design was an accurate reflection of Valerie.
The “alien skull” logo I designed for the phone case ended up being used in a few other places in the film, like on one of Valerie’s T-shirts seen in the background.