A personal project, I set out to fully recreate a low-quality gif of a retro neon sign MTV logo from a VHS ad.
Client:
Personal
Role:
Designer
Date:
May 2021
![](https://andrewfraieli.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MTV-final-with-flicker.gif)
Illustrator
I first created a vector of the logo in Illustrator so as to separate the different elements of the logo.
![](https://andrewfraieli.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Asset-25.png)
Photoshop
Separating the elements allowed me to create the individual neon tubes and colors for each element from scratch in Photoshop.
![](https://andrewfraieli.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MTV-Photoshop-Final-1024x866.jpg)
After Effects
After creating the neon logo in Photoshop, I imported the image to After Effects and customized a final set of effects to give the look of color dissociation, tapes defects, and playback stuttering, culminating in the final gif below.
![](https://andrewfraieli.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MTV-final-with-flicker.gif)
Source Material Low-Quality VHS gif of MTV Logo
And this was based on this low-quality gif of an original VHS ad for MTV.
![](https://andrewfraieli.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mtv-vhs.gif)