Meteor
Illustration · Animation
Objective
Take a finished still illustration and bring it to life.
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The goal of this project was to improve my animation skills and learn more about Adobe After Effects.
Planning
While I was illustrating this piece, I had to be considerate of how layers would interact with each other while animated.
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I had to keep my file well organized so it would be easier to break into pieces for animation.
Exploration
How could I make a super blobby form without
hand-drawn animation?
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A matte choker was the solution. Playing around with the effect gave me the exact look I wanted, and pairing that with wave warp really brought the meteor to life.
Final Output
This animation didn't take a long time to execute, but it had a long process of planning and experimentation.
Takeaways
Rigging is interesting.
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Going into this animation, I had no idea how I was going to animate the swaying leaves. I ended up rigging each one individually and then key-framing them. Rigging isn't too complicated, but it definitely forced me to keep my layers organized.
