Piccadilly Circus Wizard

A self-led piece, I wanted to combine camera tracking with cel animation. Back in April 2020 I shot an eerily quiet Piccadilly Circus, tracked the footage, added a character that I had created a few years back, simulated some smoke, and hand animated the magic spell overlays. Inspired by the film 'Into The Spider-verse', I also wanted to inject some comic-book style, which kicks in when the wizard unleashes his spell. For this I made a custom shader in Blender for the character and used Trapcode Form for the half-tone effect. Made with Blender, Cinema 4D, Animate and After Effects.