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Mini Reel 2023

Mini Reel 2023
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I have always been enchanted by the traditional style of animating, where each frame is a drawing that, in sequence, gives the illusion of life. I was absolutely obsessed with Disney films and later Cartoon Network when I was a child.

It's why I went on to study animation in the first place. ​

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I then found a home in the motion design industry. Although I wasn't animating frame-by-frame for many years as a job, I was at least still bringing inanimate objects to life, and found great joy in learning the different techniques of doing so. â€‹

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Now, after 10 years of animating, primarily in After Effects, I've decided to go back to my first love, traditional frame-by-frame animation. Over the last 2 years I have focused on incorporating frame-by-frame into my personal and client projects.

 This is a reel of my favourite projects to date which includes, traditional frame-by-frame animation and character & shape animation in After Effects.

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For a breakdown on what I did on each of these projects, please see the version with captions on Vimeo.

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Below is a breakdown of some extra bits of animation that I did for the completion of the reel.

Logo Reveal

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I wanted to practice my traditional animation skills as much as possible, so I decided to do a hand-drawn logo reveal.

Although I did the"2d Animation" & "Illustration" text with shape layers in After Effects, I tried to adopt a hand-drawn feel by animating these using hold frames on every second frame. This does a lot to match the look and feel of the hand-drawn logo.

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Otter Roll - Breakdown

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knew I wanted to have my email address at the end, but it felt a little bland on it's own. I created this otter character rolling onto screen as another piece of frame-by-frame practice, as well as a visual teaser at the end.

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Thank you for watching!

Clients: MIGHTY, Blue Ribbon Classics, Qurio, Friends of Bash, Animade, Gyaldem Massive
Agencies: fullhd, We Are Batch

Art & Animation Direction: Gabriella Jardine

Illustration: Jaco Haasbroek, Miguel Angel Camprubi, We Are Batch

2D Animation: Gabriella Jardine, Lené van Heerden

3D Animation: Gabriella Jardine, Lawrence Jaeger

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A fun illustration inspired by the initiative "Girls Can Skate South Africa" and my friend Kate's killer style.

©2024 by Art of Gabriella Jardine

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