After Effects Animation

“The Sword in the Aspen”

Jayden Swann

The most gratifying aspect of this animation is the use of mixed media assets. All of the “still” assets are watercolor that was scanned into After Effects, while the “moving” assets were created using Photoshop and Illustrator.

“P4TCH-7: The Desert Drifter”

Jayden Swann

All of the assets in this animation were created using Adobe Illustrator. Heavily inspired by Wall-E, my goal with this project was to practice walk cycles and 2D animation, all while achieving a sense of depth and “cuteness”.

“Visual Music”

Jayden Swann

This animation employs the use of 3D planes within Adobe After Effects. I am a 3D thinker, so it was very fun to make a 2D animation made in a 2D program look three dimensional.

“Strawberry Goose”

Jayden Swann

I used this animation to practice the bouncing physics of three different types of “balls” or objects.