Visualizations inspired by Kohei Sugiura, and the need to play

I've been recharging my little introvert battery today, and came across the work of Kohei Sugiura. You should really check out his work if you're not familiar.

I thought it could be a fun experiment to create some visual animations, using Suguira's pieces as inspiration. I used Cursor, V0 and Goose to create 3 animations, as below.

I'm no motion design expert. And though I do have a foundational understanding of animation principles, this was more an exploration into whether i could quickly spin up some experiments that convey a feeling, without needing to manually adjust timing, rhythm, and easing.

I created these pieces as a reminder to spend more time playing with technology. Trying out new tools. Having fun. I'm sharing the results here for fun and posterity.

Graphic Design 06, 1962 (Animation - Cursor)

I started with this magazine cover, published in 1962. I really wanted to create some animation that varied the space between lines, both vertically and horizontally. I used Cursor to help me build this.

I was really hoping to convey a sensation of breathing … each side of the image to feel like a lung. It din't work out that way, but I was still happy with the output.

Design (Japan), 062, 1964 (Animation - v0)

For this next piece I was hoping to create a feeling of rain. Again, not quite like the original, bun a fun result that took about 5 minutes to create. I used V0 to make this one.

From the article, 'Japanese Modernism'.

I'm not sure the year that this piece was made, but I love it. For this final animation, I used Goose to try and create a pulsing animation. This was the result: