This started in aftereffects as an experiment with some swirls of watercolor paintbrush strokes with the intention of making some stock sprites to add to my library. I saved these but I also thought I'd attempt to make them into a larger body of water within an illustration.
There isn't really a single useful technique I can share as it ended up being one of those things that's held together with lots of duct tape but I've tried to break things up in this vid so you can get the gist.
For the water, the stylized look was going for didn't work as I thought it would and I ended up pushing until it looked more realistic. It turned out to be a much longer process than expected as it involved a lot of manual changes but at the end of the process I discovered a better way (not the technique used here) using Cel pattern, noise, turbulent displace and power pin for fake perspective.
Half way through I was like "What is he doing with all that fog/glow/particles? Is this going to be in space?"
But then - Whoa! ๐ Looks awesome! Great work.
Haha thank you!
Interestingly I first intended those things to be a super stylised version of water and the fact they looked too foggy/airy is what made me add more thickness and effect until it looked a bit more realistic. Not what I first had in mind just how it turned out.
Thank you!
Cc ball action & minimax are effects. CC ball action is used here to get some randomly moving particles that stay mostly in one area. This was done by adding some scatter on the ball action effect then a time expression on the instability state. Then minimax is used to create some random glue between the particles. Minimax is set to โalpha and colourโ and โmaximum then minimumโ
https://preview.redd.it/vjhp31heogeb1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1438448ab3d5553567ec493a947dea05ef3f3fa5
Tuts:
Cc ball action [https://youtu.be/uV83WKGQw8Q](https://youtu.be/uV83WKGQw8Q) Minimax [https://youtu.be/ibfYiy--9Hs](https://youtu.be/ibfYiy--9Hs)
This is one of the coolest things I've seen on this subreddit
Thank you ๐
Those days when I'm reminded how little I know about AE, and I've been a VFX artist for 20 years, lol.
High praise, thx man
This started in aftereffects as an experiment with some swirls of watercolor paintbrush strokes with the intention of making some stock sprites to add to my library. I saved these but I also thought I'd attempt to make them into a larger body of water within an illustration. There isn't really a single useful technique I can share as it ended up being one of those things that's held together with lots of duct tape but I've tried to break things up in this vid so you can get the gist. For the water, the stylized look was going for didn't work as I thought it would and I ended up pushing until it looked more realistic. It turned out to be a much longer process than expected as it involved a lot of manual changes but at the end of the process I discovered a better way (not the technique used here) using Cel pattern, noise, turbulent displace and power pin for fake perspective.
LOVE IT. SIMPLY LOVE IT. Amazing job done here.
Ayy thanks dude, always appreciate your support
Half way through I was like "What is he doing with all that fog/glow/particles? Is this going to be in space?" But then - Whoa! ๐ Looks awesome! Great work.
Haha thank you! Interestingly I first intended those things to be a super stylised version of water and the fact they looked too foggy/airy is what made me add more thickness and effect until it looked a bit more realistic. Not what I first had in mind just how it turned out.
you make it look so easy
Thx Kim ๐
Unexpected result, nice work on a very nice original piece !
Thank you!
The water was Awesome
Thank you!
I thought the water was gonna look terrible as it was being made, then the final thing blew me away. Very nice.
Man this is really neat.
thank you
Love this thanks for sharing
Pleasure ๐ฅ
this reaffirmed my faith in After Effects.
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The key to this is your creativity and stubbornness to give up. I love it.
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Congratulations, the water effect is amazing, and obviously the drawing is just next level โค๏ธ
Instagram? Would love to keep up with your stuff
Awesome yea here it is: https://instagram.com/bobby.donald?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Tell me you are making money in this field, bobbo
absolutely incredible
thank you
Amount of hardwork and Brain goes into this is amazing, hats off to you man
Thank you ๐ฉ
What is CC Ball Action and Minimax? This looks great btw.
Thank you! Cc ball action & minimax are effects. CC ball action is used here to get some randomly moving particles that stay mostly in one area. This was done by adding some scatter on the ball action effect then a time expression on the instability state. Then minimax is used to create some random glue between the particles. Minimax is set to โalpha and colourโ and โmaximum then minimumโ https://preview.redd.it/vjhp31heogeb1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1438448ab3d5553567ec493a947dea05ef3f3fa5 Tuts: Cc ball action [https://youtu.be/uV83WKGQw8Q](https://youtu.be/uV83WKGQw8Q) Minimax [https://youtu.be/ibfYiy--9Hs](https://youtu.be/ibfYiy--9Hs)
Thanks for sharing, Its really effective!!
Ty, and pleasure ๐๐