Development

Together Harmony and I worked to create a story that reflected the “hero’s journey” she had in mind. In our concept development phase consultation, Harmony expressed she wanted the style to feel reflective, abstract, and dramatic. Harmony wanted the goal of this project to be a visual representation that expressed her journey as a local artist. She wanted to see the main character (herself) in a “hero’s journey” story.

To achieve this, I kept the character design simple and focused more on compositions that contrasted Harmony’s character against a greater, more mysterious world.

Animation Process

For this project, I created the finalized storyboard in Photoshop and developed the animatic in After Effects. After final approval, I developed the illustrations in Photoshop and did the animation in After Effects. There are a few elements of hand-drawn animations sprinkled in the final product that I created with the help of Clip Studio Paint. The final mix was completed in Premiere Pro.

Final Videos