WELCOME TO
MIMI AND BEBE'S TRAVELS!

Hi! My name is Naomi Mills, thank you for visiting my 2022 Capstone website. Mimi and Bebe is a morphing motion graphics project that I built and animated fully in after effects.

This website explores the relationship between the two cousins as Bebe shows Mimi around her hometown. You'll find a blog detailing their travels written by Mimi, a virtual tour from Bebe, and so much more!

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Initial Planning Sketches

The project originally consisted of five locations; the ramen restaurant, bus stop, street arcade, food cart, and cafe. Over time these locations and the order they appeared in evolved numerous times before coming to what it is today. It's fun to look back on these initial sketches and see how far the whole project has come. Some of the "lost" locations can still be found on Bebe's Virtual Tour.

I only just recently became interested in motion graphics and after effects so this project was very interesting for me. Hopefully, as I gain more experience I can revisit this project and add to it.

Some Inspiration

A lot of the inspiration for this project came from when I visited my own cousins living in Thailand. Although Mi Town is a fictional location inspired by many different places, shows, and images and does not reflect my exact lived experiences; I wanted to maintain that feeling of excitement I had visiting my family.

Initial Mood Board

At the start of this project I was rather ambitious about creating a scenic night life experience. Although the project quickly moved away from that style I would love to revisit that idea again!

Color Tests

Some initial concept images of the street arcade. Originally, the buildings would be much more detailed and with a wider range of color. Here are some of the color palettes I was debating between. Number 3 is the closest to what I ended up going with

Texture Tests

Still images of some animated texture tests I did early on. Back then I was debating between clean vector images or having a hand drawn imperfect look. This vending machine was yet another concept that got thrown out when I moved to more simplistic designs but was originally going to be part of the street arcades' background.

WELCOME TO MIMI AND BEBE'S TRAVELS!

WELCOME TO
MIMI AND BEBE'S TRAVELS!