Strawberry Serum by Dot & Key

Strawberry Serum by Dot & Key

Introduction

Introduction

Dot & Key, a skincare brand based out of Kolkata, India approached us to create some videos of their Niacinamide Strawberry Serum for their brand kiosk at Nykaaland 2025, New Delhi. The goal was to craft a set of 10 short clips, made up of a combination of hero shots and some filler shots to be played on loop throughout the day.

Year

2025-26

Industry

Skincare

Scope of work

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Visualisation

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Animation

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3D Modeling

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Art Direction

Timeline

2 weeks

Introduction

Dot & Key, a skincare brand based out of Kolkata, India approached us to create some videos of their Niacinamide Strawberry Serum for their brand kiosk at Nykaaland 2025, New Delhi. The goal was to craft a set of 10 short clips, made up of a combination of hero shots and some filler shots to be played on loop throughout the day.

Year

2025-26

Industry

Skincare

Scope of work

/

Visualisation

/

Animation

/

3D Modeling

/

Art Direction

Timeline

2 weeks

Challenges

Challenges

Challenges

This required creating hyper-realistic models of strawberries and the product along with creating some complex fluid and rigid-body simulations in SideFX Houdini.

Production emphasized on realism, having a slow and smooth animation style while maintaining a saturated, colorful pop to the overall look and feel of the videos.

Final thoughts

Final thoughts

Final thoughts

The visuals showcased our skills with complex and realistic simulations, a unique and dynamic lighting style, and strengthened our technical prowess with handling post-processing for 4k resolution image sequence layers.

For Black Onion, this project highlighted our artistic vision—where technical complexity serves emotional storytelling and atmospheric brand building.

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Creative Director

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Aadarsh Narasimha

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Let’s talk.

Tell us about your project—whether it's product renders, animations, or full campaigns.

Quick response.

If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.

Clear next steps.

After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.

Creative Director

at BlackOnion®

Aadarsh Narasimha

For Black Onion, this project exemplified our lifestyle integration expertise—creating hybrid visuals where rendered products blend invisibly with real-world photography.