It really happened. After 5 years I finally managed to finish my new reel.
Instead of making just a compilation of my best work I wanted this one to be special, a piece of art on its own.
Instead of making just a compilation of my best work I wanted this one to be special, a piece of art on its own.
To hone my skills I try to do as many personal projects as possible in-between client work. Due to the insane amount of time animation takes, those exercises mostly end up in short clips and loops for social media. I wanted to combine those little snippets with client work a give them a real stage and a new purpose.
Design process
First color explorations.
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First style ideas.
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who's in
Over the years quite some work has been accumulated.
The difficult part was to select for the showreel the pieces I was really proud of and gave the right impression of what kind of work I wanted to hired in the future.
The difficult part was to select for the showreel the pieces I was really proud of and gave the right impression of what kind of work I wanted to hired in the future.
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Adding some story
Not only did I want to redesign the whole material but also add an aditional layer of a story to the whole clip that takes the viewer on a fun trip.
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