TOMORROW WORKS by AFTER HOURS✨ Recraft Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/1cd82559-a3b1-47b5...

TOMORROW WORKS by AFTER HOURS✨ Recraft Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/1cd82559-a3b1-47b5...TOMORROW WORKS by AFTER HOURS✨ Recraft Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/1cd82559-a3b1-47b5...

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Mahnoor Khan

• 2h

TOMORROW WORKS by AFTER HOURS✨

Recraft Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/1cd82559-a3b1-47b5-bbb5-2bd1b5d0aa37 AFTER HOURS is a campaign set in the fictional world of Tomorrow Works, where dedicated workers quietly build tomorrow while the rest of the city sleeps.

At the heart of this world is Apprentice No. 367, the newest Night Maintenance Apprentice. Curious, patient, and endlessly sincere, 367 believes every small task matters. He dreams of one day earning enough trust to repaint an entire sunrise, even though he'll never actually see it.

As sincere as he is, Murphy's Law seems to follow him everywhere. Somehow, he always has the best timing... for the worst possible moment. 🤣

For this project, I designed the complete identity surrounding Apprentice 367, including the custom Tomorrow Works wordmark, character system, environmental artwork, hero posters, sticker pack, merchandise, toy concepts, collectibles, and short animations. Every piece was created to test whether the character could remain instantly recognizable across different formats while expanding the same fictional universe.

This was my first design competition and my first time building an original mascot from the ground up. More than designing a character, I wanted to create someone people could root for. A sincere apprentice working hard to earn respect, find his place in the world, and prove to himself more than everyone else, that he's capable.

This project challenged me to think beyond designing a mascot and instead create a complete, living world. I hope you enjoy exploring Tomorrow Works as much as I enjoyed building it!:

Creative Design Recraft recraftchallenge myfirstchallege

Mahnoor Khan

• 2h

TOMORROW WORKS - merch ✨

Mahnoor Khan

• 2h

TOMORROW WORKS - posters ✨

Mahnoor Khan

• 2h

TOMORROW WORKS - animation style videos ✨ These videos showcase firsthand how 367's dedication and luck work in parallel. Video #1 367 is spending a quiet moment in the Tomorrow Works break room just before dawn, rehearsing the day's maintenance routine over a cup of coffee....

Webshocker Matjaz Valentar

pro

• Jun 23

Path - website cover animation I created a while ago.

Animation 3D Animation Motion Design

Sharon Olusanya

• Jun 24

Awesone

Yeti ‌

pro

• Jun 23

✏️ Sketches on paper will never go out of style. At least, that's what I believe in an age of prompts, quick results and iterations that seem to lead nowhere. For many projects, I prefer paper to meaningless, quick scenes.

What do you think? I'm wondering how you manage to draft before moving any layers in After Effects.

Take a look at this animation on my profile 🙌

motion creativity

Aavirash Mitra

pro

• Jun 24

To a Motion Designer, its so crucial! Thanks for sharing

Alan O

pro

• Jun 22

Every street performer deserves a companion.

This musician cat was built for an app serving street artists — designed to feel friendly, charismatic, and alive inside the product.

15 states driven by a state machine: he plays guitar, piano, sax, flute, dances, thinks, celebrates, greets, and more. All triggered by inputs, all connected to what the user is doing.

Scoped and delivered end-to-end: concept, character design, and Rive animation.

#characterchallenge @rive_app