Beahaunt

Beahaunt Logo Animation


Beahaunt is a haunted attraction in Portland, OR run out of the client's home. He's got great visuals and animatronics at his attraction, but wanted to get a little more reach on social media and wanted some strong visuals. I connected with him to animate the logo that he had.

SKILLS

Animation

TOOLS

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator

DELIVERABLES

Fully animated logo with background and sound effects

THE CHALLENGE

Animate the logo file provided by the client. I did not ask, but it appeared to be made using generative AI. Therefore, the image itself had to be rebuilt for animation.

THE SOLUTION

The biggest challenge right away was that there was no layered file for the logo. The client provided a static image, so the first thing I had to do was recreate the logo in Adobe Illustrator and build the layers so that I could easily move it into After Effects for animation. I layered the Illustrator file so I could animate everything seperately, such as the sails, flags, and netting. I thought it would be fitting to have a skeleton pirate who could hoist the flag on the ship. I brought the file into After Effects and got to animating everything. I added some glow effects, fog using displacement maps, and a map moving across the background per the client's request. To really make it a whole experience, I added some nautical sound effects.

Created a fully animated version of client's logo with added visual and audio effects

Collaborated closely with client to refine the small details of the animation to meet their vision

"This looks great. Love the guy in the crow's nest! I am super happy with how this looks! Thank you so much Zach!!"
Owen Beaumont
Freelance Client
THE WORK