“For this we used the Sketch and Toon engine of Cinema4D, setting it to find the same style of drawing as the illustrator. For the flying papers, we created rows of soft bodies whose wind simulation is triggered just behind the camera.
Adrien Boutin at Manic Motion in Montpellier, France: “Leonin (aka Raphael Coqblin), is a French artist mixing classical and electro music. The universe for this video was designed by the director Olivier Bonhomme, an illustrator based in Montpellier, who produced fifteen plates in a surrealistic style and asked us to animate them.
“Finally, to remain faithful to the original illustration, we worked on the colors and the background in compositing. This allowed us to really mix the 3D animation with flat colors.
Artist: Leonin
“Considering the deadline of only two weeks, we suggested simple and light animations, to give a little life to each design. Nevertheless, the very singular universe motivated us to do more. Our problem was then to know how to transpose this artistic direction into animation in the time allowed.
“The basis of the clip is this long forward walk, with this vast scrolling desert. The main difficulty is to have something in motion, with scrolling textures on the ground, to achieve a depth effect while having a 2D treatment, and to be able to insert 2D objects (like the character) and 3D objects with physics (the sheets of paper).
“It was a real pleasure to work on this clip. Obviously, we would have liked to have more time to push some animations further, but we are extremely proud of the result for two weeks of production. A big thanks to Raphaël Coqblin and Olivier Bonhomme for trusting us.
Posted on Sunday, April 2, 2023
“Considering the deadline of only two weeks, we suggested simple and light animations, to give a little life to each design. Nevertheless, the very singular universe motivated us to do more.”
