Unused Markiezenhof Animation

During my internship at Het Markiezenhof museum I tried out many different ideas in the concepting stage of my project. One of these ideas which was abandoned at an early stage was the idea of bringing the tapestry central to the project alive with animation. I selected the central character on the tapestry, the emperor on the horse, as the subject for a visual experiment.

Using Photoshop, I digitally cut the emperor out of the tapestry, and filled in the hole he left. I then filled in the missing parts of my cutout, separated it into small pieces, filling any gaps where parts overlapped (for instance where the emperor's leg covers the horse).

I made an animation rig in Adobe After Effects (a first for me) and made a simple walking animation.

It is not exactly a polished animation, you might notice the dislocated knee on the horse for instance. As this was only ever a test, its main use was never more than an experiment to come up with new ideas.

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