Back again with some more Steem Monsters content! This design was screaming to be animated, and I had a lot of fun doing that. Watch the full animation below and let me know what you think in the comments below!
If you haven't seen my original post of the logo redesign, you can find it here. To clarify, this is not an official redesign of the Steem Monsters logo. They started their own rebranding intiative and you can check out the new logo here.
Sound effects by @louie-jr
To begin with this animation, I had to first take a few steps backwards. I originally created most of the elements as large single pieces. For instance, the stone wall was initially built as a single element. In order to achieve the effect of each stone rebuilding and meeting in the center, I essentially had to rebuild each stone from scratch so I could animate each one separately.
Animating something like this is very much a backwards process. You know what the final look of the logo needs to be, but you have to figure out where everything comes from and where it goes afterwards. The fun part comes once all of the key animation points are blocked out and you can watch everything come together.
This entire piece was brought to life by my friend @louie-jr, who took care of all of the sound effects that you hear. It adds a whole other layer of dimension that otherwise would have not been there, so big thanks to him.
I'm the Lead Graphic Designer and Associate Art Director for the creative team at The Imagination House in Orlando, Florida. I also freelance - living, working, and traveling out of my 1984 Volkswagen Van named Nathan. If you have a project you'd like to talk about, email me at [email protected]. I accept Steem and USD.
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Looks so crisp and the sound effects bring it to life. Awesome job!
Thanks duuuude :)
This is so amazing!!
Fantastic work, @mrgodby and @louie-jr!
Here's the animated GIF... :P
https://media.giphy.com/media/1qeGt6d2d8012W5M0e/giphy.gif
I can't wait for more, cheers,
Nice! Thanks for the support!
Love this so much! :-) Awesome!!!
Curious, do you have any Steem Monster cards?? I know people have multiple accounts - I was just curious. :-)
No cards just yet! I should have more time to dive into it now that this is all finished up :)
I sent you a set of the fire ones- excluding the Legendary lmao- I love your work though!! Keep us all posted with your van life that sounds awesome to start!
Awesome, thanks so much! I'll try to post more van stuff regularly to keep everyone up to date :)
Wow! Great animation! I also like your logo redesign!
That's so wicked. Think about it guys first he drew the logo as a finished work then went back to rebuild and animate it, that takes a lot of effort and talent I wish I had that skill.
If I built it with the intention to animate to begin with, I would've saved myself a lot of time haha. Thanks for the kind words!
Very cool! The entire segment feels smooth and polished.