For my capstone project, I knew I wanted to make a motion video since it’s the field I want to go in to after graduating. In Birthday Cake, I tell the story of my 21st and 22nd birthdays spent in the pandemic. I saw an opportunity to make something really personal with this project-- to make something I wouldn’t normally get to make for class. I used 3 styles of animation in this project, with over 300 photoshop layers that I illustrated.
It is definitely the most personal and intensive project I have ever created, and at the same time I wanted it to be something everyone can relate to. Celebrating a birthday in a pandemic is a weird thing to experience!
It is definitely the most personal and intensive project I have ever created, and at the same time I wanted it to be something everyone can relate to. Celebrating a birthday in a pandemic is a weird thing to experience!