Why I'm Animating A Million Beans | Motion Design Workflow

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  • Опубліковано 4 січ 2023
  • In this video, I'll be walking you through my design and animation process of creating an animation using Adobe After Effects and Illustrator. We'll start by designing in Illustrator, importing and organizing our assets into After Effects. Then, we'll dive into the fun stuff - animating our illustrations and adding effects to bring our project to life. This animation is for a collaboration with my students which I'll be revealing in the coming weeks.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 392

  • @globingoblin
    @globingoblin Рік тому +1371

    Implying you need an excuse to animate a million beans

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +231

      Otherwise the whole cherade falls down in a million pieces all coated in a sweet tomato based sauce

    • @sillygoose42069
      @sillygoose42069 Рік тому +29

      @@BenMarriott I eat beans with orange juice

    • @GrimblyGoo
      @GrimblyGoo Рік тому +18

      @@sillygoose42069 based af

    • @watchmychannelorelse
      @watchmychannelorelse Рік тому +12

      @@sillygoose42069 i eat mine with milk

    • @St_rs1123
      @St_rs1123 Рік тому +8

      The excuse is “because you can”

  • @cozybowl3769
    @cozybowl3769 Рік тому +71

    Thank you Ben for not destroying the space-time continuum with the detailed beans

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +15

      You are welcome. And to think... 99.9% of the world will never know how close we came to complete annihilation.

  • @ahsienyk
    @ahsienyk Рік тому +118

    after effects and beans, my two favourite things 😍
    bean ✅
    good ✅

  • @taebae2862
    @taebae2862 Рік тому +322

    I was just fretting the other day that I needed to make pebbles for my fish tank in After Effects, but no one on UA-cam understood my niche need...
    *two days later* Ben Marriot: Hey! I made and ANIMATED a millon beans that look alot like pebbles, let me show you how I did it!
    Thank for being that one UA-camr that understands what "niche designer" means 😂😂😂

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +29

      Amazing! Crazy how it works like that sometimes. Good luck with your pebble journey. The time to make the pattern seamless in the beginning is definitely worth it in the end.

  • @weamers
    @weamers Рік тому +111

    your editing is so professional and eye pleasing, i love everything you make

  • @belglula1372
    @belglula1372 Рік тому +5

    the editing and pace of the video is godlike, truely a masterpiece

  • @jakeynoobs5388
    @jakeynoobs5388 Рік тому +41

    Thank you for another cool beans video! I appreciate you including your experiment that crashed Ai, feels reassuring that it's not just me breaking things. Hope you have a good new year! To everyone else too!

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! Since getting into the bean niche I was never sure it was the right decision until this video.

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek Рік тому +1

    the best heinz beanz animation I've ever seen

  • @potentialpictures
    @potentialpictures Рік тому

    Bravo! Best yet! Thank you for sharing Ben!

  • @thedailyhappening416
    @thedailyhappening416 Рік тому +1

    Okay, Did it really take 12 weeks!!! That's insane ... Highly appreciate what you teach here on youtube for free man. Thank you.

  • @lucienbishop3776
    @lucienbishop3776 Рік тому +5

    Now this is what motion graphics is all about. ❤

  • @shonthelawn
    @shonthelawn Рік тому +8

    most subtle "flick the bean" of all time

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому

      Gotta be sneaky to get it past the censors!

  • @eddiea7460
    @eddiea7460 Рік тому +1

    Enjoyed every moment of this... Thanks Ben you're a real one.

  • @arancini-man
    @arancini-man Рік тому +1

    I think he filled the criteria very well, awesome job!

  • @MACKYBOY-41
    @MACKYBOY-41 Рік тому +1

    People who are skilled at design amaze me! Cool project.

  • @vink1954
    @vink1954 Рік тому

    These videos are super interesting. Your breakdowns are very insightful. Thank you.

  • @jamestheredd
    @jamestheredd Рік тому

    You know, I look at the beans on my desk every day. But I never thought to animate them. Clever.

  • @MotionHatch
    @MotionHatch Рік тому +1

    Beans! Thanks for the fabulous content Beany Ben. It's much appreciated.

  • @Let_Toons
    @Let_Toons Рік тому +3

    One way to do an easier "detailed bean" would be to use the radial grandient with Highlight, Light, Shadow (+ Light again if you fell like it) colours, in that order.
    That way you move the single gradient sphere and all the colours follow, and those can even become eliptical for a different effect.
    But overall;
    🍲Great Beans🍲

  • @beans4784
    @beans4784 Рік тому

    It's beautiful.

  • @andyhammond
    @andyhammond Рік тому

    that was amazing, love it!

  • @joemax.
    @joemax. Рік тому

    And I learnt something.
    Awesome!

  • @lowlyfirefly
    @lowlyfirefly Рік тому

    So good - you aced both criteria! Enjoyed the vid tremendously. Also nice that more and more of the animation terms are making sense to me now as I tackle the task of mastering AE (with lots of help of course!). As always, your contents is inspiring! Thanks, Ben!

  • @alexdelsolar7082
    @alexdelsolar7082 Рік тому

    I'm so glad I'll be part of the Lord of the Beans amazing collaboration 👏👏

  • @Crumboot
    @Crumboot Рік тому

    New Ben Marriott video.
    Cool beans.

  • @CodyNitcher
    @CodyNitcher Рік тому +6

    This is 100% the content I am here for. Also, excellent job again with the music bed Ben 👌

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Cody! The first track is my favorite yet. Still working on it for the full collab project which should be out in a week or two. Don't listen too closely to the mix I have no idea what I'm doing XD

  • @EvaNagedesign
    @EvaNagedesign 5 місяців тому

    Bean Marriott, the master of the bean world! May the beans ever be in your flavour... or something like that.

  • @highpotencyiron4529
    @highpotencyiron4529 Рік тому

    Doing any sort of work in After Effects and not going insane is worth a pat on the back.

  • @noobier9790
    @noobier9790 Рік тому

    now this is art

  • @maxvolumesoc
    @maxvolumesoc Рік тому

    Love your videos! Keep it up!

  • @davischu8134
    @davischu8134 Рік тому +1

    It’s my birthday today and this was an amazing present to wake up to

  • @nairsheasterling9457
    @nairsheasterling9457 Рік тому

    That's some gooooood beans!

  • @AleDavoli-ym2ri
    @AleDavoli-ym2ri Рік тому +9

    Hi Ben, I got an advice for your problem in assigning the texture to all the beans in the same time in Illustrator: you need to reset the beans orientation coordinates, so just create a merged object with all the beans, then separate it again (by selecting the whole new object and deselecting just one beans, then doing a simple cut and paste in the same position...). Let me know if this could help...
    And of course thanks a lot for your brilliant tuts!

  • @jamaldpeat7950
    @jamaldpeat7950 Рік тому +4

    I want to be honest for the first part if i were u i will jump to blender u can do that in 2 min with scattering objects using geometry node any motion design should use or implement blender in thier workflow that's being said the result looks fancy as always

    • @SUSLTD
      @SUSLTD Рік тому

      I would have just as soon suggested, if he wanted to keep this in After Effects, that he use Trapcode Form-but he purposefully laid out the beans in such a way that there are intentionally no overlaps, so I'd guess either programmatic solution might not reflect what he was going for. That said, totally agree, this is a great tutorial.

    • @LiiwTube
      @LiiwTube Рік тому

      Exactly! xD

    • @jamaldpeat7950
      @jamaldpeat7950 Рік тому +1

      @@SUSLTD working with a big amount of duplicate objects needs preclude work flow and animating every thing buy hand is a painful experience. And it is also possible to not overlap them at all and in a random matter as will as make their scale falloff from top to bottom using simple proximity

    • @jamaldpeat7950
      @jamaldpeat7950 Рік тому

      @@SUSLTD i dont have any knowledge of programming in aftereffects but it should have something for scattering and loop

    • @SUSLTD
      @SUSLTD Рік тому

      @@jamaldpeat7950 oh totally! In agreement with you there-there probably WOULD be ways to programmatically animate this, but it'd likely have to be C4D or some other 3D-native program. I just know that particle systems isn't something with which After Effects natively has any prowess, so I get why OP took the route he did!

  • @sonchapupka
    @sonchapupka Рік тому

    Damn I love beans and Ben sm

  • @broezinie
    @broezinie Рік тому

    love it

  • @Jimbo1221
    @Jimbo1221 Рік тому

    Cool!!!!!!

  • @thisisthelongestusernameribfvo

    Cool!

  • @nerdly
    @nerdly Рік тому

    Perfection.

  • @frankiesomeone
    @frankiesomeone Рік тому +1

    Desk Beans are often a good source of inspirations.

  • @SkittleToucan
    @SkittleToucan Рік тому +2

    Who else was excited to see Ben animating beans
    oh just me? okay.

  • @mariojr223
    @mariojr223 Рік тому

    i imagine blender being added on that part of workflow that beans with cartoon texture will be just fine

  • @Pllid
    @Pllid Рік тому

    really cool

  • @marcosfraguela
    @marcosfraguela Рік тому +1

    1:02 that is one neat transition

  • @oneodido1207
    @oneodido1207 Рік тому

    Realy good

  • @dweir2584
    @dweir2584 Рік тому

    Like the humour in your demos, Ben.

  • @AnanthaKrishnan1
    @AnanthaKrishnan1 Рік тому

    Idea was amazing!!! GOOD

  • @globingoblin
    @globingoblin Рік тому +6

    The best thing about the can planet is that it allows a round earth, a flat earth, AND a hollow earth. Everyone wins!

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +2

      Hollow earth! How could I not think if that. The can is truly the shape of the people

  • @sweetchillyphilly
    @sweetchillyphilly Рік тому +1

    When you're out with the boys, scouring the multiverse at 3AM looking for BEANS!!!!

  • @DaRealMilkman
    @DaRealMilkman Рік тому

    Very cool ✅✅

  • @yoshifly2337
    @yoshifly2337 Рік тому +1

    I wish my teachers did interactive exercises like that

  • @kelthekonqrr
    @kelthekonqrr Рік тому

    Stopped watching your videos for a while... But like all good things, if it's yours you get it back. I love this so muchhh!!! Haaahaha! Beans

  • @lunaqueer
    @lunaqueer Рік тому

    The prophecy is becoming, Beans Marriott

  • @rickardbengtsson
    @rickardbengtsson Рік тому

    Good tip about googling war crimes - will be using this hack for all my upcoming animations in after effects

  • @GHar94
    @GHar94 Рік тому

    This is some good beans.

  • @anchoviesonnachos7074
    @anchoviesonnachos7074 Рік тому

    Big fan of flicking beans myself Ben

  • @wise_beanss
    @wise_beanss Рік тому

    Thank you good sir for animating me

  • @adrienkulig
    @adrienkulig Рік тому +2

    To beans, or not to beans, that is the question

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому

      Beans, always beans. That is the answer.

  • @chaardewar
    @chaardewar Рік тому

    awesome

  • @mattcurr9931
    @mattcurr9931 Рік тому

    client note: can you make the bean juice on the cursor come off after the collision, like water off a windscreen, so that way the cursor is clean in the first loop. and it'll look better in subsequent loops.
    nah, that actually makes sense, it''s more an art director note. it's rare that clients actually provide logical notes.

  • @bman_the_mumbo_fan
    @bman_the_mumbo_fan Рік тому

    Beans. Well you’ve got my sub

  • @joe41040
    @joe41040 Рік тому

    Yes you did 🥰

  • @ekids.bassment
    @ekids.bassment Рік тому +3

    Nice work, ever tried using substance designer? It could have saved you a lot of time for the beans texture.

    • @minnow1337
      @minnow1337 Рік тому

      I’m not a designer by any means but I figured there must be some tool to help simulate 2 dimensional lighting

  • @FantasticSpam
    @FantasticSpam Рік тому

    Never thought I'd see someone flick their bean on UA-cam, but here we are!

  • @Mimr3D
    @Mimr3D Рік тому

    you should make one of these for the public where we can all compete

  • @Littlevfxx
    @Littlevfxx Рік тому +4

    Would it not have been possible to use a light in 3d space to light the beans? Great vid btw!

    • @bread3050
      @bread3050 Рік тому +2

      Right? Or maybe a flat texture with a normal map?

  • @-PZ-
    @-PZ- Рік тому

    Immediately subscribed 💀💀💀

  • @timmayvns
    @timmayvns Рік тому +1

    This may sound harsh but im just starting in adobe , no experience before and you can get better results in 10 mins not 12 weeks on the beans , or unreal engine would be even quicker with lumen and rtx

  • @lucascastaneda3920
    @lucascastaneda3920 Рік тому

    Bean Marriot with the win

  • @GEORGE1976able
    @GEORGE1976able Рік тому

    *"Sorry teacher, I couldn't finish my test, I was animating a million beans"*

  • @thomaskatter6836
    @thomaskatter6836 Рік тому

    great video 😂😭

  • @Gooblersnoobler
    @Gooblersnoobler Рік тому

    because its cool

  • @kookabruva
    @kookabruva Рік тому

    this is what i aspire to become

  • @zeadnasser4701
    @zeadnasser4701 Рік тому

    MORE MORE MORE !!!

  • @HELLS_BROADCASTER
    @HELLS_BROADCASTER Рік тому

    Everyone is talking about how good this was but who realized that he RANDOMLY hat a can of beans on his DESK.

  • @lengting
    @lengting Рік тому +2

    "At the time of recording" 😂

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +1

      Gotta cover myself and stay ahead of the news

  • @JAK_EDITS.
    @JAK_EDITS. Рік тому

    clicked and liked for merely this title alone

  • @neeronarow
    @neeronarow Рік тому +1

    my god this is tastey i like your style bean mariott

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому

      Thanks my friend! Do you prefer baked beans in tomato sauce.... or ham sauce....?

    • @neeronarow
      @neeronarow Рік тому

      @@BenMarriott tomato sauce for sure

    • @neeronarow
      @neeronarow Рік тому

      how to get good in after effects im still learning

  • @the_bee_is_me
    @the_bee_is_me Рік тому

    "Heinz beans war crimes"
    I like your funny words, magic man

  • @gebbygeb3547
    @gebbygeb3547 Рік тому

    prior to ben posting this, i watched a video of somebody replacing 3D texture assets in Iron Lung. One of such attempts was to turn an ocean of blood, into bean soup.

  • @scenenuf
    @scenenuf Рік тому

    This should be used for a Heinz Baked Beans advert.

  • @ahmedelbadry63
    @ahmedelbadry63 Рік тому

    you are amazing

  • @QuickimationsYT
    @QuickimationsYT Рік тому

    "Hey bro u animating again?"
    "Yea"
    "What's it about?"
    "beans"

  • @bs7916
    @bs7916 Рік тому

    Cool beans

  • @rundata
    @rundata Рік тому

    twparso will be proud and grateful

  • @Cup1-b5w
    @Cup1-b5w Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @LiiwTube
    @LiiwTube Рік тому

    The beans. There is a way to do on Photoshop using smart objects and saved FX presets using gradient and shadows on Global Light.

  • @lengting
    @lengting Рік тому +2

    This must've bean stressful but it paid off!

    • @BenMarriott
      @BenMarriott  Рік тому +2

      You can bet a celebrated with an ice-cold pint of beans that day after work.

  • @shrekenthusiast8703
    @shrekenthusiast8703 Рік тому +1

    Good Beans.

  • @thekingpotato346
    @thekingpotato346 Рік тому

    I ate beans alot so this is dope XD

  • @nivalshade
    @nivalshade Рік тому

    I read the title "million bears" and thought the picture shows the mid process of making bears.
    My mistake, but I don't regret watching this video. Cheers!

  • @alliexcx5576
    @alliexcx5576 Рік тому

    🫘 wow! So many beans 🥣🫘

  • @Tapuz0n
    @Tapuz0n Рік тому

    it feels like some kind of NFT

  • @mashakos5377
    @mashakos5377 Рік тому

    you're a mad man

  • @haha-uf4jw
    @haha-uf4jw Рік тому

    As a bean gang member, i approve

  • @tomlatvys
    @tomlatvys Рік тому

    Now Thats What I Call Beans

  • @kinkan5433
    @kinkan5433 Рік тому +1

    something you never animated before: something good

  • @funlabsdesignstudio
    @funlabsdesignstudio Рік тому

    Mmmmm Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit! The more you eat, the more ... Toot 🤣

  • @fire_bro0638
    @fire_bro0638 Рік тому +1

    The FBI agent watching him type "in heinz beans war" crimes: what is this guy planning with this information?

  • @WAVY.Y
    @WAVY.Y Рік тому

    youtubers saying that they're running out of content ideas
    Ben Marriott: