We had a lot of different styles in mind for our animation project but after watching a lot of different types of music videos and animation clips, we both agreed that we want to do something with a more simplistic look + vibrant colors/clear color palette. Although we still haven’t completely decided on what the main colors of our animation are going to be, we have an idea for it.
I made some moodboards of the videos and animation clips that had inspired us during our process and still continue to work as sort of a ”guide” for this process.
First off we have Studio Killers’ music video ”Jenny”.
I actually had the pleasure of meeting the animator and character designers for their music videos a few years ago at an event and received a lot of great information on animation. They were also the ones that recommended I switch to using an iPad as they did all their animations at the time using it.
I really liked the vibrant pinks and purples along with some blues and yellows here and there. It creates a great atmosphere and is very inspiring to simply just look at.
Next we have Studio Trigger’s music video for the animation series BNA. (https://youtu.be/WWTFfEnMCCc)
Continuing with the blues and pinks, this time the colors get even more vibrant and simplistic. The color palette is easy on the eye despite being so bright because the colors chosen go so well together. This raised me the question — would choosing two main colors like this be something we would want to go for as well?
Here are two moodboards created using the animation of the music videos https://youtu.be/ugpywe34_30 & https://youtu.be/Dm2O_W6Rrss. The animator for both music videos is Komugiko, who actually hasn’t been doing animations like this for a long time but is already a big name in the Japanese animation circles.
Their use of quite desaturated blues and greens might be my favorite out of all the moodboards so far. The color palette is phenomenal and creates a peaceful atmosphere that adds some tension into the actual storyline once you watch the animations. It’s a nice contrast.
Last but not least, we have EVE’s music video: https://youtu.be/U7L-3VXAkSA
This artist and all of his music videos are always beautifully animated and have worked as an inspiration for me for a long time now. When this music video dropped out I remember getting a huge burst of inspiration simply after seeing just the first 15 seconds of it. The colors are stunning and create a mysterious, almost halloween-ish type of an atmosphere and I feel like this color scheme might be the closest to what we want to achieve with our animation.
I am beyond excited to see what we can come up with!
