2D hand-drawn pixel art animation

> View the animation HERE <

>The animation on Vaegabond’s social page<

Core Idea: bold and badass energy of fighter games + experimental fashion
Medium: pixel art
Outcome: 5-second hand-drawn animation
Year: 2020
Time spent: 4 months

A 5-second animation I created for @vaegabond.ces back in August 2020, taking heavy inspiration from fighting games’ pixel art style,
like The King of Fighters, Tekken or Street Fighter,
I was tasked to design a character from scratch and have them don a real-life set of clothing from Vaegabond.

Reference photos of the real-life outfit

Character Design process - getting more stylized and distinct through the many tweaks

With the finished design, then came the animation process.
Each animation frame was drawn and animated by hand.

Animation process - painting by hand each frame with immense detail

From ideation to finalization, the animation took roughly 4 months, a process I’ll always cherish and agonize over, as I was super duper meticulous and passionate yet relatively slow and undisciplined in my work.
Nevertheless I am forever proud.

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