This was the first MMV (manga music video) I made and first project in Adobe After Effects. MMVs are music videos where existing manga panels are cut and animated to the song. I use a lot of motion design principles while making these MMVs since I am editing the still image panels in Photoshop (cutting the image into the parts that will move and drawing in the gaps), then taking those parts and animating them and adding any other video effects and transitions often through animating paths, masks, or compositing effects. The manga featured in this video is Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui.

Since this was my first time using After Effects, I learned SO much. When I started, I didn’t know anything about the program including the basics like keyframing, so I spent a lot of time watching YouTube tutorials and learning as I went. Overall, I had a lot of passion for the project and working on it was an invaluable experience.