Looping Sled Animation
This looping animation was created using an illustration I made for the Holiday Season.
The Thought Process
I started with the idea of making a Christmas card I could send to my family, and then thought of creating something for social media that could work for the December #kidlitartpostcard day! Fleshing out the thumbnail idea, I worked out what I wanted the kids to look like, and how I wanted them to sit on the sled.
The Illustration
Creating this illustration was very fun, and I liked the enegy behind the kids, so I decided I could take things one step further and animate it.
Animating
I chopped up and separated the different elements in the animation that I wanted to animate, and made sure they were filled all the way in.
Next, I took it into after After Effects, and animated it!
Final Product
Of course, video formats nowadays are both horizontal and vertical, so with some tweaking, I created both versions: