MUSIC VIDEO TRADITIONAL FRAMES

MUSIC VIDEO TRADITIONAL FRAMES

In my studio setup at home, I have been drawing frames for my predominantly traditionally animated music video. The practice is relatively time consuming and encounters a few issues but the end result is satisfying.

The frames which represent characters were drawn using real videos as reference which are referred to constantly. the images above represent a loop of deep breathing for the opening of the video. to work with my shifting backgrounds I have drawn camouflage patterns on the t shirt using g colours which represent t fungus. The process of making each frame a layer in photoshop takes time but has taught me about keeping my drawings organised by grouping these layers in photoshop. this means that when in ~After Effects they are much easier to animate.

To create a psychedelic look for the film, many of the backgrounds will shift in colour and texture.

The frames below were drawn b y pencil and Japanese watercolour initially with a loose style. This meant that I could quickly sketch the movement before inking in and making them more fluid in animation, an issue I encountered when scanning the pictures was that the fluorescent colours wouldn't come out as colourful as I would have hoped. I tackled this issue by photographing each frame on top of the Lightbox on my peg bar, which made the colours much more desirable for my final animation.