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Animated music video commissioned by artist Paul Abro for the release of his new album.

All elements were drawn and scanned, "inked" in Illustrator and coloured in Photoshop. The animation was done in After Effects, and timed using an animatic made in Flash!

Music by Paul Abro

Special thanks to Alexander Alaka

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Updated: 3 months ago

Music Video

Duration: 00:02:55

Definition: This Video is a High Definition (HD) Video

Dimensions: 1280 x 720

Size: 89.11MB

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All Production Elements: Adrian Burger Rating: 4.84

Tags: 2d adventure after effects animation dream fireflies firefly music video

Equipment: Adobe After Effects CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

Comments

Shiv Kumar

August 15, 2008 03:30 PM

Adrian,

Looking at the equipment you've used I'm guessing this animation has been done by drawing each frame? Or does After Effects have some tools to convert objects into some form of animation?

Either ways, I can't imagine what it takes to do this kind of thing. Looks like a hell of a lot of work!

This is a really good job!

DUSTIN LEWIS

August 15, 2008 06:53 PM

Breathtaking animation

Adrian, I am so impressed with this entire project, what a beautiful piece of artwork that you have created! The music was wonderful too! The entire thing was a joy to watch and listen too. I am so happy that I had the chance to see this. Thank you!

Tony Murnahan

August 16, 2008 11:16 PM

PHENOMENAL

This put a smile on my face. I'm overjoyed to see someone's doing work this amazing! Can't wait to see more!!!

-Tony

Charles Frisby

August 18, 2008 08:36 PM

Just awesome. Some of the best AE animation I've seen.

Vito Cardaci

August 21, 2008 05:07 PM

molto bello!

Todd VanSlyck

September 02, 2008 09:50 AM

Wow!

I love the whole thing! From a new father's standpoint, It's something I would love to show my son. From a technical standpoint, you nailed the art in Illustrator and all the subtle details of shading, etc. And you really nailed the physics of the motion of the character. It's VERY difficult to do that!

Brent Anders

September 03, 2008 01:22 PM

Good Emotion

I very much liked this video Adrian. The thing I always look for in a video is what type of emotion does it bring out of me and is this what the artist intended. The music fit perfect with the animation. I felt a sense of wonderment and a dreamy sensation of youth. Great job, please keep up the good work and post more animation.

Sean Sauber

September 04, 2008 07:38 AM

A joy to watch!

Thank you for sharing this. It was indeed a joy to watch. I loved being drawn into the story but also loved the subtle details like the fire highlights on the tree stump just before the boys comes back down.
Thank you!

Adrian Burger

September 06, 2008 05:38 PM

Thanks very much for the comments! Shiv - yeah, even though everything needs to be drawn and painted outside After Effects, if all the animated elements are split up and kept on separate layers they can be moved/rotated/scaled etc. over time without redrawing every frame... Much like cut-out animation in Flash, but with a lot more control!

Global Solutions

September 10, 2008 07:10 AM

Antonio

Congratulation.

Sounds like a poem.

Craig Stone

September 11, 2008 06:36 AM

Beautiful

I'm gobsmacked.

Beautiful animation.
Beautiful story.
Beautiful artwork.
Beautiful song.

A stunning blend of creativity and craft. Thank you for sharing it with us Adrian.