A project from a few years ago, but I thought I'd upload it. This was during a University module in which I was looking into pixel art and playing with some effects and abstraction, trying to encourage the notion that every detail needn't be shown and there can be more to aesthetics than hyperrealism. I created the animation as a way to play with beatmatching visual effects with sound keys, and trying to create a bit of a soundscape that can be understood in the visuals, hopefully getting the audience into minds eye of the character while they were listening to some music.
I didn't quite get the timing right on the notes though as I was using a pretty inefficient pipeline, and had limited understanding of AfterEffects so couldn't get the flashy visuals looking as nice as I'd have liked.
Note: the background music is "Electric Donkey Muscle" by RoccoW, which is available on FMA.org, and not music I created.
"Listen to the Pictures"