At the end of 2020 I joined the animation challenge organized by Markus Magnusson, Motion Design School and Aescripts.
Every two weeks an Adobe Illustrator file was released with a nicely designed wizard. It was a great opportunity to practice animation and develop my technical skills. My goal was to focus on creating After Effects 2.5d sets to develop a proper workflow for vector characters with outlines.
See below what came out!
SHY WIZARD
After Effects - mix of 2d and 2.5d
HAPPY WITCH
Hat infront to hat behind - transiton test (Duik and Character Tool)
Hat infront - hat behind transiton test
Layers & motion curves
Final animation
The "Happy Witch" loop was awarded with The Magic of Walk Cycle Course and bunch of useful After Effects scripts.
DIZZY WIZARD
Fake 3d - head rig and 360º body rotation
4 views layout
ANGRY WIZARD
Animation process + head rig focused on facial expressions
posing
animation
head rig
layer stack
check up
FINAL LOOPS
Sound fx and music production (AE Boombox & Ableton Live)
