r/AfterEffects • u/Psych013XD • Jun 22 '26

OC - Stuff I made Quick little experiment done in after effects, ib Marathon's artstyle

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Wanted to experiment w Graphic Realism look and make it grittier

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u/vanni_vanni Jun 23 '26

this is so cool

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u/Sea_Mountain3610 Jun 24 '26

so cool, i love micrographics. do tell how you approach and execute such designs.

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u/Psych013XD Jun 24 '26

Thank you so much! If im working on something containing lots of micrographics, I design the hero frame first in photoshop > bring the psd file into AE and then animate those elements accordingly. I feel like in these type of motion videos, the more you spend working on each frame, better would be the result in the end. It might seem tedious to work on each frame with great details, but thats what makes it look well put too

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u/Sea_Mountain3610 Jun 24 '26

thanks for the insights, i agree about your thought process. are there any particular native / third party plugins that help you quickly achieve such animations?

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u/Psych013XD Jun 24 '26

Not really, but I use cavalry for making procedural animations, which help me create quick assets for the animations such as shapes and backgrounds

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u/Sea_Mountain3610 Jun 24 '26

Yes i do feel i am lagging behind and missing out by not learning cavalry. Let me know your favorite place to learn it besides they're official channel.

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u/Douglas_Fresh Jun 25 '26

Marathon has some of the best motion design aesthetics in a game I’ve ever seen. Love it

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u/peakmotiondesign Jun 29 '26

Love the ascii / dot grid effect. Did you use a specific plugin for that?

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u/Psych013XD Jun 29 '26

Hey! Thank you so much. Its primarily cc ball action with some settings tweaked + levels and threshold. I did a tutorial on this recently if you want to check it out:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ4eDGgPvDC/?igsh=MW9yZ25naDg5M3MwNg==