We made a music video for the song “Choices” by the talented Nobuhle Ashanti
the story was informed by the musician’s inspiration when writing the song.
my roles in this animation were storyboarding/animatic, animating and compositing
the animatic, made with Storyboard Pro:
I did a lot of experimenting with various 3D techniques to add mixed media to the film, such as motion capture; casting shadows in 3D in Blender; painting on 3D objects in Procreate. I learned a lot along the way but eventually went back to 2D animation to get the film done in time for our school deadline. The 2D animation was done in Toon Boom Harmony and I did the compositing in After Effects.
a mixed media experiment (the red shoes are a trademark of the artist):
3D stairs painted in Procreate
trying out distortion effects in After Effects
experimenting with casting multiple shadows in Blender
recording motion capture data