Free Earth Destruction Project for After Effects

A few months ago I realized that the majority of the After Effects projects I was producing was just for paid work. This pushed me to do an everyday journey. While I am certainly not as strict about producing a new After Effects project every single day like Beeple (go follow him on Instagram), I usually try to at least get around 3 art pieces done each week. 

Today I want to share my latest After Effects project. I put this earth destruction project together over the course of a few days and it was certainly a learning experience. 

That being said I hope you’ll have fun dissecting the project file. My favorite effect is the molten planet wipe away that uses the fractal noise effect and a luma mask. It looks pretty awesome. And it was wicked-fun to create. 

Let me know if you have any ideas for making this technique any better. Maybe with the right tweaking it could be a tutorial one day.