Every animation starts with a storyboard, and every story needs a hero. Our hero is the 2021 Midwest Energy Solutions Conference logo.

I like to start with a hint, and then the big reveal, followed by a conclusion.

 

 

4 second storyboard
I created this short animated logo in Adobe After Effects. I took the logo into Adobe Illustrator, and changed the color profile to RGB, and copied the 2021 to a new file. I gathered my assets in AE, and animated it. The number graphic “2021” starts out at 0 seconds at 1500% and rotated 90 degrees. Below it is a white rectangle shape with feathered edges, that I use effectively as a mask. And on a layer below that is our hero of the story, the logo, who will be revealed as the 2021 and mask graphics rotate and scale into place. Fade to white. Fin.