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A cinemagraph is a still image which has had motion applied to it afterwards. For this project, I created two digital landscape paintings in Photoshop in different styles and animated them using Adobe After Effects. The goal was to combine 2D animation with my interest in location design and landscape painting.
Piece 1: Windmills
Piece 1: Windmills
WindmillsFinalRender_1920x1080_v2.mp4Initial mood board
Rough thumbnails
Favorite thumbnail cleaned up
Color test
Style test 1: Geometric but painterly
Style test 2: Lined with texture below
Style test 3: Digital watercolors
Final Painting
Final Painting
I wanted a painterly style, so I ended up combining aspects from each of my style tests that I liked. For example, the foreground dandelions have light outlines, but the colors of the geometric test.
Piece 2: Subway Car
Piece 2: Subway Car
FinalTrainRender_1920x1080_v2.mp4Initial moodboard
Thumbnails + value studies
Initial color tests
I knew I wanted a style that would be VERY different from my first painterly piece, so I tried to aim for a more vibrant and less realistic palette
Bigger composition and render test
Revision 1
Revision 2
Revision 3 (final colors)
Flat color + line
I tried to exaggerate the proportions of the piece to make them more cartoony
Final render + Adjustments
Final render + Adjustments
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