I'm going to start off with a little personal narrative, if that's okay with you. In 2009, I was in my basement, listening to DC101, when Jukebox the Ghost came on their local talent show. I was instantly in love. I bought "Let Live and Let Ghosts" that very night and they've been my favorite band ever since. They got me through high school, and I stayed a devoted fan throughout college and those weird murky years after. If you've never heard them before, here's one of my favorite songs by Jukebox the Ghost, Adulthood.
I wanted to do an animation with moving people, since I haven't really done that before. It was only fitting that I chose this band, and it also really helped that they only have three members. The characters were illustrated in Adobe Illustrator, and then rigged using DUIK. The animation was done in Adobe After Effects, and then exported via GifGun. The background features a texture from SpoonGraphic's
