2D Animated obstacle course
Fallen Apple
COMPANY
RCAD
ROLE
Designer, Animator, Creative Director, Sound Mixer
SOFTWARE
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects
YEAR
2024
Credits
Sound Mixing, Animation, Design, Concept - Me
Sound - Pixabay
Music - Universal Studios Productions
Project Description
For this project, I animated a ball navigating a custom obstacle course to practice animation principles and use of the Value Graph in After Effects. The 2D vector-based animation featured at least five obstacles, two with motion that interacted with the ball. I focused on believable weight, timing, and physics, adding sound effects and music to create a polished, expressive 10–30 second piece.
Process
Research & Planning
Starting off on this project, I needed to figure out what style and color pallette i wanted. For this i created a moodboard with mainly flat design as the style choice and a fall, cozy, nostalgic color pallette that could work for a pumpkin patch with and apple farm.
Design
After research, Design was the next step. Creating a layout for the ball to follow the path of as well as something visually interesting with the ball being able to contrast the course so that it could stand out.
Results
Finally, it was time to animate. After many animation revisions, I had this as my final result.