AE Sketch: Spiraling Shape

This came from helping someone animate text similar to the credits of an anime they like.

What I like is They Might Be Giants, so this is Spiraling Shape.

AE Sketches: Macrobinoculars Time Lapse

I recorded a time-lapse of the Star Wars binoculars shot from my last post for someone who requested it. The basic, boring answer to ‘how do I do a shot like that?’ is ‘throw a bunch of shape and text layers around.’

This shot is not my design, the requester shared a photo he snapped of his TV. I’m guessing from Rebels?

After Effects Sketches for 5/2/23

I’ve been spending too much time this week in Discord servers answering basic After Effects questions and trying out the shots that are giving people trouble.

After Effects Sketches: Cortex Podcast Art

I just liked the show art for this episode, and remade it while I was listening.

After Effects Sketches

I make little sketches in After Effects all the time, sometimes to help someone else figure out a shot, or just to recreate something I find interesting. I usually don’t share them anywhere, but what if I did? It might go a little something like this…

Now available in the lobby!

The project for this shot is a meme-fountain.