Every once in a while I find something online that is mind-blowingly inspiring to me. This animated music video from Steffen Bygebjerg is one of those things. At first glance it might not seem like much, but after reading Steffen’s description of how it was made, I was dumbfounded. After animating the entire video in after effects, Steffen printed out every single frame on a photocopier, and then scanned every single one of the frames back in by hand. After assembling them, this is what he ended up with.
During my first watch through of this video I was trying the whole time to figure out how to recreate the effect myself. It wasn’t until I read the description that I realized that the reason everything looked so organic and the texture was so raw was because of his painstakingly tedious technique. I can only hope to one day be so dedicated to a project that I’m willing to work that hard for a project.
