Magical Illustrations
In 2015, the 2.009 Product Design class theme was:
Magic!
I was asked to create a set of magical semi-animated illustrations to be used as backdrops to a fun video for the final presentations.
It started with quick storyboarding based on a rough script:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/032e2355290bc1c83fa3df9a1e5a906a50ff0daf3350a35440db82a61849c1b5/2.009-Storyboard-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15e869d519ae2d625d1f6432db74e8b5f0b9b3c6f7f1f37d9d9cf6f9bcc04e19/2.009-Storyboard-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddc3a005e520d7a3701ead3d87677a33a7d78e1b3252a5694a2e288730aff2d3/2.009-Storyboard-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b30a7a9253f51bf72f997ef3d2b3e72b1999196ea4dc64d4c81f1aa63e6f4dab/2.009-Storyboard-4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c1bc9cc5ae14458aeca2b9812ac5f8cccf10c7d1386725454270d8a8e1d4b14/2.009-Storyboard-5.jpg)
And then more detailed rendering in pen and pencil:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/487dde24a15326e7cd0c9c77359fc4e3cd20a06fa4de0d75e6a78294ff5c278b/2.009-Storyboard-6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e33a4d260c39ebd327007ca60eb3df15dea5f4392a782afa152932c7ce5b2723/2.009-Storyboard-7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55bfa7aa3ab5576bc6c6ac4ec12a358b3420e8aa0c0618927db1f86d82941b53/2.009-Storyboard-8.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb3264d0892a8e71159a4e4e2bc5abacb6e2ffbeb0d8e568597fd405f986f704/2.009-Storyboard-10.jpg)
And then I painted the scenes in photoshop, and layered them into after effects to give them a sense of depth through parallax:
Animated Animals:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0ab954c24db13a8b3031f878aaca4f01a626f31b175fa3475c9bd664bd3f6e9/butterfly.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f22d6e9016de47ca667ea9d2f79198794a31bc50a78266fad25e108b72a123d9/illustrated_CanadaGooseFlying.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58532c186e7235c0f04a65ffb6fff539baa1452ce0498d6c07a06c4636fffd19/moose.gif)