Phoebe Lee is a brand + motion designer and cat lover studying Communications Design and Animation at Carnegie Mellon University.
Phoebe Lee is a brand + motion designer and cat lover studying Communications Design and Animation at Carnegie Mellon University.
If you had made a different set of choices in life, would you be happier? I created a short animation based on the idea of meeting an alternate version of yourself, and finding out that they are in a better place than you are.
2 Weeks
Procreate
After Effects
Individual Studio Project
I wanted to explore the concept of parallel universes and jealousy. How far would you go to live your ideal life? The animation begins with two figures mirroring each other, one in color, and the other in black and white. The figure in black and white soon enters the other’s world, discovering a place full of color and whimsy and joy. At the end, when the figure in white must return to its own world, it pushes the other figure out, reversing their positions.
Creating this animation was a sprint from start to finish. I had two weeks to storyboard, find music, and animate. Making sure that the audience knew what was going on simply through the movement and gestures of the characters was a fun challenge. I used Procreate to animate the characters frame by frame, and used AfterEffects to composite all my cell animations and create the backgrounds.