thirty
"I used to wake up with a smile and go to bed at night with a dream, but now I'm turning thirty."
INSIDE, Bo Burnham, 2021
For the entire first semester of 2023 I could only think about the fact that I would be turning 30 that year, so I had no choice but to turn that feeling into a gif 😿 I wanted to give special attention to the looks this time, so before I started animating I finished a very detailed style frame (something I should do every time, but personal projects are chaotic).
INSIDE, Bo Burnham, 2021
For the entire first semester of 2023 I could only think about the fact that I would be turning 30 that year, so I had no choice but to turn that feeling into a gif 😿 I wanted to give special attention to the looks this time, so before I started animating I finished a very detailed style frame (something I should do every time, but personal projects are chaotic).
A big design and animation reference for this project was Keith Pakiz, I had just found out about his work and was absolutely obsessed! I really like this gif because I feel like it translated perfectly something I was only feeling in my head, and it reminds me of why I love animation so much.
moodboard
style frame
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a17fd815-b6c3-4678-8075-1db23b5f70fe/89889486-8f77-419c-bbca-893a6839b1ce_rw_1200.jpg?h=e99dd269505ba73e90d79a60cc177e55)
rough animation
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a17fd815-b6c3-4678-8075-1db23b5f70fe/db0ecff3-7d3d-4f55-ab0e-b585f8f410d6_rw_1200.gif?h=f1f48268fcd9d84adeb8af06a9520981)
final gif
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a17fd815-b6c3-4678-8075-1db23b5f70fe/5ceb6b36-35ff-450d-b92e-07e9f43686c6_rw_1200.gif?h=ba283094927f155ecfd0576e32c8616a)