Operate

Similar to the other illustrations in this ongoing series, I did this in the etching/scratchboard style I've been really loving. But first I pulled a bunch of reference of very old machinery and more modern guitar effects pedals. After mocking up a face plate in illustrator, I built a model of it in SketchUp so I could dial in the shadows and perspective for reference for the final drawing. The animation was all done in css on top of svgs.

Here's an excerpt of the process step that this image pairs with:
Cranking it to eleven.
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See the live version of the animation on the site: Simple Thread - How We Work