"On The Nature of Flights" is the latest release from the swiss band Xaon. It's a tale of loss and personal acknoledgement with some metaphors and weird stuff because yes, who doesn't like some weird stuff.
some wip images to show the original poses and ideas
null object positioning and animation diagram
path for frame by frame animation
more frame by frame animation study
before/after.
Everything has been illustrated and coloured in Photoshop while most of the animations were put together in After Effects. Duik (awesome software, go support the people behind it) was used as well, one of the most complete rigging software around and above everything: FREE.
and here's the final product. 1080p is totally encouraged.
