Armanda — Dances, Dressing Room and Play Start

Laughing Dragon Studios / Armanda / 2021–2022

Ten decades of dance, then the game flow.

My role: Character animation, rigging, Lottie conversion

Delivered: Ten decade dances as Lottie files (1920s to 2010s), the female and male Dressing Room sequences, and the Play Start sequence with its leave and enter versions

Tools: After Effects, Lottie

The brief

Laughing Dragon Studios needed their Armanda character animated and exported as Lottie. The work started on 23 November 2021 with Lottie conversions of a dancing character.

The build

The decade dances (20s Swing, 30s Jazz, 40s Latin, 50s Rock'n'Roll, 60s Robot, 70s Disco, 80s Worm, 90s Breakdance, 00s Hip Hop, 10s Floss) were converted between 23 and 30 November 2021. In December 2021 and January 2022 I tested the rig, baked the Play Start animation (several versions, including an Android test) and built the Dressing Room sequences, then finished Play Start with leave and enter versions by 1 March 2022. The project folder keeps the baked pre-renders next to the Lottie files.