TO BLOOM: WE CAN NEVER GO BACK TO ARIZONA

When I’m not animating or drawing, I’m making music with my friends. To Bloom is my passion project; I sing, write lyrics, compose, illustrate, animate, and handle PR for the band.

PROCESS

I collaborated with my friend Priya Kakati on the artwork for my band’s latest single “We Can Neve Go Back to Arizona”. I provided art direction for the final illustration which was used as the the cover art. I then took the illustration file and began to break it apart to ensure all of the elements were animatable.

Illustration by Priya Kakati

Here is some behind-the-scenes footage for this project. I took Priya’s illustration into Procreate and hand-drew every frame of the fire. I then added textures and pushed the animations into After Effects for compositing.

PR WINS

I managed to get our last single “Wander” on both Spin Magazine and MetalHammer’s “Top Artists to Watch in 2022” lists. This was a huge win as it garnered us a lot of traction on both YouTube and Spotify.

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