The most tedious task was to design the opening sequence, where the smoke trail transforms into the animated title sequence. I tried experimenting with a couple of smoke brushes in Photoshop but failed miserably. After spending time online researching, I found out I can create my own brush in Adobe Illustrator.
Since I wanted the poetry animation to be culturally authentic, I chose the hindi word for sons and mother “Ama ra Chora”.
After much ideation, I moved on further to actually animating it using this brush. But before this I had to block out the scene.
It is oddly satisfying to see, the smoke trail come-together. If I add a bit of box blur to this then it will help sell the effect even more.
References
http://www.youtube.com. (n.d.). How to Make an Illustrator Smoke Brush. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbsV6OwBpU&t=381s [Accessed 23 Apr. 2023].
Arsalan Awais 