The cel animation for these super stylized Pokemon trading card promos was a blast, some pun intended. The comp team did an amazing job with these spots. You should definitely check out the case study on our website. For the first spot I worked on water FX and the various energy blasts, and for the second I worked on FX for dust and debris under water.
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Role / Cel Animator, FX
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Role / Cel Animator, FX
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0c579c5a1f0a9362c17cfe5122c6770c/80aeab27714922b0a84ee765_rw_600.gif?h=bc7ccb45702bb23284a20d392b93a38f)
Beam firing animation
Water FX layer to mix with other elements
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0c579c5a1f0a9362c17cfe5122c6770c/612d755ef229ac2d14f34957_rw_600.gif?h=c3157af4439cbddcf0eb10a0d7c8c28a)
Cel animation variation
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0c579c5a1f0a9362c17cfe5122c6770c/ac4871783f2c906daa1bcd52_rw_1200.gif?h=cfa86e9e430dae3070c6827bb4fb6473)
Cel animation variation with handles
Cel animation variationin camera
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0c579c5a1f0a9362c17cfe5122c6770c/75422abcf735efc2cfdf5641_rw_600.gif?h=1d6d88e22325a5d4b1cb4eb1a9f4deec)
Lighting FX variations
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0c579c5a1f0a9362c17cfe5122c6770c/8d206323baae68037a9e066d_rw_600.gif?h=ac62a778f3afb673a305fbf96ca9bd90)
RGB colored FX blast for the comp team
FX through compositing pipeline