I was given this concept art from the developer to create the characters.
![Water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/2fb06cd0-83d6-4bba-a163-5214a83b6182_rw_600.png?h=1b7a91afd2a5920c3b0c82a9621e35bc)
Water
![Fire](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/4a42e1e5-1b3f-4bb0-90fd-1151774af282_rw_600.png?h=60c4677627348902a35a40d891986ccc)
Fire
![Sniffy](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/4565a131-05b5-4275-91b4-b4234ef026e5_rw_600.png?h=6463878fbc712cd6f7a919972e48f585)
Sniffy
![Earth](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/8f98f66b-8af2-412b-b625-fbbdc3865311_rw_600.png?h=46fdf65ef9c2d530c1d9462f4716e927)
Earth
![Air](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/63cf841c-d812-4763-8fbb-2707a65a0338_rw_600.png?h=7361dc41725a69686ed569f811beb324)
Air
I shot each character performing each dance, as well as some transitional frames to go between dances, on a green or blue screen.
![Water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/115ecd65-4c23-4a1c-81f7-b22b4a2fc3df_rw_3840.jpg?h=80a4c076a6dc7bbbc4a713c257f1c7d5)
Water
![Fire](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/abcb5202-3a3e-4d63-8010-c9a2cf14b3ff_rw_3840.jpg?h=7abae7d3ddd90219cf81dc460dfc3900)
Fire
![Sniffy](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/7570e5ca-6612-407c-9a0a-41c2ff0bcfdc_rw_3840.jpg?h=23b2b1780104af3e8dfac49487966cb3)
Sniffy
![Earth](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/7602bd21-f8fe-4802-8f8c-6b4f9585b1be_rw_3840.jpg?h=ba4ea355be8caf4a7cda5599b7699307)
Earth
![Air](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/4e30d9f4-a2d6-4efe-93a5-4c37f6df2bb7_rw_3840.jpg?h=df6205cddd870d88414a5b0a6dcda12f)
Air
These animations were combined and looped in After Effects to create the final video.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/355e14fe-f5b3-4e93-a85d-f4eea374eb61_rw_1920.png?h=9c159b8f9f6f14ce9cde763a986dc0c6)
I created the shadows by making a duplicated, blurred and silhouetted version of the dancers and skewing it to be at the angle of a sunlight.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/87abf8a7-c821-4af3-9453-97e7b55c1e8a/caba1aa5-ed8e-4b67-b92f-bc304e5f1c0b_rw_1920.png?h=e3d9e1b1de0ec088fb10f898fefcac60)