Rotoscoping and character animation for satirical music video about Trump
Here are some snippets from an animated music video I created for a satirical website in back in 2016, featuring a certain US president – at the time he was just a candidate. Continue reading Dark Force – music video
Rotoscoping, character animation and compositing for satirical comedy videos.
I was recently tasked with some rotoscoping and compositing work for a couple of satirical videos (to be released soon). Here’s a snippet of one of them. I rotoscoped Ariana Grande out of her Focus music video, replacing her with an animated Donald Trump character:I painted Ariana Grande out of the original video in After Effects. I then created a Donald Trump puppet in Character Animator – so I could easily animate facial features and limbs. Future videos will see him lip-syncing along to more songs, joined by other well-known politicians/psychopaths. Stayed tuned!
Some of you may have started playing around with Adobe’s new creation, Character Animator. If not, I’d suggest you check it out – it makes character animation a breeze.
However, if you’ve tried creating your own characters, you have may run into problems getting them to animate how you’d expect. Here are the most common problems and how to fix them: Continue reading Character Animator tips
