PROJECT
A short animation summarizing the main events that enable a cell to divide - starting at interphase, continuing with mitosis, until cytokinesis.
I often struggle with the plastic look of 3D molecular and cellular illustrations/animations. Therefore, I wanted to do my own take on this subject, making it as organic as possible and bringing some texture to the cell elements, while still working in 2D. I specifically wanted to animate the chromatin coiling, and the spindle apparatus produced by centrosomes that drags the chromosomes to a metaphase plate.
© Diogo Guerra. 2017
TOOLS
Adobe After Effects ®
Adobe Illustrator ®
MUSIC CREDITS
"Deliberate Thought"
by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under a Creative
TOPICS
#CellularBiology,
#Mitosis,
#CellCycle,
#Animation
#Medicalillustration,
#Sciart
/ still image from the animation depicting a chromosome and its structure
/ still image from the animation depicting separation of chromosomes during telophase
/ still image from the animation depicting the constricting action of the cleavage furrow
/ some of the elements designed for the animation
/ before and after screenshots of the storyboard
© Diogo Guerra. 2017