Rebecca Mock

Rebecca Mock is an illustrator and comic artist based in Brooklyn who creates illustrations with slight animation. She has created variant covers for the Adventure Time comics an illustrations for The New York Times.

The animation she uses in her images ranges from subtle to noticeable but still covering less than half the image. She uses this to tell stories and really set the atmosphere in her pieces, even if there is no text or actions happening. Her colours are also chosen very well, adding to the atmosphere and really letting you know what the setting feels like. This technique gives more depth to the image, looping perfectly so that you do not have to just watch one animated scene to see it.

I would like to create more animations/illustrations like this, to explore more sides of image making and illustration that I am not quite as strong at while still animating, and learning more techniques to make things move and interact. I feel like this could help me with my story telling, using still images to get something across while enhancing it with animation to make it feel much more alive. even just for my character designs, I could use small extra bits of animation like this to reinforce any of the character's personality traits through small movements, or important details that may move/glow etc. This would really make me think about how they act/look off of the page, and maybe with some moving environments too they could help to flesh out my characters a lot more.

My favourite piece of Mock's is the laptop one, above; the image holds so much life without there being a person present. The colours are very vivid and bright, imitating the environment that someone with this set up would really be in, drawing your attention straight away. The deep colours again help to give the image life and it feels much more of a living piece than a plain scene. It gives you just enough of a scene to be able to visualise a character, to put someone or yourself into this image. It is relatable, making it easier for the audience to connect to this image and I feel like it is very effective.