It was the second edition of the second Dutch brony convention PonyCon Holland. Despite the mistakes made in the previous edition, I had been asked to create an animation again. However, this time it was okay to create a 15-second animation loop as a waiting screen on the main stage, just like I made last year. The second reason for the approach was my preparation for my bachelor study.
This edition, there was a new theme: Fairytales vs. Nightmares. While being the theme for the event and the animation, it became a game attendees where able to play on sight. I was not involved in the creation of this game, just the animation. The animation shows the main con mascot, Waffles/Stroopwafeltje, and his new buddies, Poffertje and Fan Brush, sitting around a campfire in a haunted forest where they enjoy marshmallows.
While I usually do most of my work in Adobe Animate, this animation is one of my first animations where I use After Effects, Animate and Photoshop. All animated assets and character rigging are all done in Animate, while I created the background in Photoshop and did the final adjustments in After Effects. In addition, the orchestal musical piece in this animation was, furthermore, composed by me. This music also functions as the theme song for the convention and was played multiple times.
