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Shared the full story in my original post, but the short version is: took on this challenge, didn't win, but had a blast trying out a new creative field with the Envato toolkit.
Along the way I built a custom storyboard tool, which let me sketch every frame and visualize the story before generating the final clips.
Entry and toolkit are below if you want to check them out.
I'm Emanuele, a UI/UX designer from Italy, and for this challenge I decided to step outside my comfort zone. I wanted to see how far @Envato's creative toolkit could take me, so I created "The Spark", a short film about humanity's relationship with change.
Before explaining my workflow,...
Really awesome submission. I was rooting for this
Hi Dylan, thank you so much! Knowing you liked my project means a lot, especially considering the incredible talent showcased in Contra's challenges.
The livestream was really enjoyable too, full of enthusiasm and amazing entries. Hopefully I'll make the winners' list one day. Until then, keep rooting for me! 😄
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For this one, I took one simple piece of Envato’s identity, the logo, and pushed...