"Autumn" – loop animation for Procreate
I was commissioned by the makers of the popular painting application for Apple devices — Procreate — to create an animated looping scene for promotional use. As Procreate is my current go-to digital painting app on the iPad, and because they gave me a lot of freedom to create what I wanted, I accepted the commission.
I also wanted to test if a more complicated, animated scene can be created using Procreate since they added the Animation Assist functionality to the application. This commission seemed like a perfect occasion to finally do it.
Both the background and the animated elements were fully painted in Procreate on the iPad PRO. But because I also needed an application that could composite and loop video that has a transparent background and can be used to create simple particle effects (for the falling leaves), I decided to use Apple Motion to put the whole project together.
Tools:
- 12.9 inch iPad PRO + Apple Pencil
- Procreate
- Apple Motion
Each of the animated elements was drawn in a separate file: the character, the steam rising from the cup and the building, the two banners on the left. Then the loops of different lengths were composited onto the background using Apple Motion. The final step was to add effects (like the moving light streaks or the falling autumn leaves) in Motion also.
Rough images from the concept stage:
