2021 Olympics
The Concept
For as long as I can remember, gymnastics has been a huge part of my life. Years after having to step away from the sport due to injury and illness, there still isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about gymnastics. Due to my connection with the sport, I decided to craft an advertisement for the Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled to take place in 2020. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) postponed the Olympics to 2021. The Summer Olympic Games will now begin on Friday, July 23, 2021.
Process
In order to create this advertisement, I compiled video footage from previous Olympics in After Effects. I then imported the footage into Adobe Photoshop, and using video layers, I drew over top of the footage, producing a frame-by-frame animation. For this project, I chose to use the goros brushes and a dark background as a means to symbolize chalk, which is very prevalent in gymnastics.
