… smoking …

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In the first sequence of the “Demons to Diamonds” music video, the main character walks through a dark and dingy city. One of the characters in the background is called “Creepy guy”.

“Creepy Guy” has a smoking problem and has just lit up as the main character walks by. At the resolution above, you can barley make out the red glow on the tip of the cigarette. I changed the color of the sky from a deep purple to a blue in order to make the smoke more visible.

Liz says it looks like the smoke is coming out of his head. I think I’m going to agree with her on this one. I’ll have to move it a little bit.

I also started masking out some silhouettes of buildings scrolling in parallax in the background. I’m not sure if they will be much more detailed than what you see here.

The main character still walks with a simulated walk cycle. I haven’t set out on creating the real one yet.