OLGA COLLAB PIECES
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client
Olga Celikoglu
year
2023
duration
3 Weeks
location
Auckland, New Zealand
overview
In 2023, I collaborated with digital designer Olga Celikoglu on a series of motion pieces that bring her artwork to life. This page covers two of them: Isometric City, an animated version of her detailed Istanbul illustration, and Paper Collage Animation, which explores the human body as a factory in motion.
In both, the challenge was adding movement without losing what makes the original special: the depth and lighting of the isometric city, and the tactile, hand-cut feel of the paper art.
approach
Olga handed over layered Illustrator and Photoshop files, and I developed the motion direction and approach for each piece. Everything was animated and composited in After Effects without 3D tools, so every element had to be separated, layered and animated by hand.
In Isometric City, that meant preserving depth and lighting through a seamless day-to-night transition, creating a detailed, atmospheric loop. In Paper Collage Animation, it meant recreating the depth, texture and cut edges of paper, balancing organic forms with mechanical rhythm.
Deliverables
Motion Direction
Animation
