My client reached out to me after seeing the stickers I had just made and asked me if I could take to bottle rocket and make a looping animation of it going off. He is throwing a bottle rocket competition and wanted a cool eye catching animation to go alone with his mobile flyers. He asked for it to be exciting and different.
Sketches
For these sketches I decided to do more of a story bored and show how I wanted everything to move. I wanted it to tell a story and to be dramatic. After sketching this I also sketch on my iPad to make more of a simple story board.
Bottle Rocket Draft
I got a lot of good feedback on this rough draft. I learned that I should ease into transitions and use scale or opacity instead of just ending the clip. I also learned that this is the concept that he wanted just executed better. I felt like I was in a good standing with this draft.
Final Animation
This animation was a lot of fun to create and it was a lot of fun to learn a new skill. This animation has a fun twist on bottle rockets because it is showing them blowing up into a mushroom cloud in the end. I think it is unique in the way that it is executed. My client really likes it and is excited to use it to announce their competition.
You can also watch this animation on YouTube here
