Loader Animation for digital Art Gallery - After Effects

I worked on a freelance project for a digital art gallery called Artfledge, where I was responsible for designing a complex loader animation for their web app UI. The client urgently needed a visually engaging animation to accompany AI-based features, as users would often have to wait for over two minutes.

Creating such a loader posed a unique challenge; it needed to sustain user interest without feeling repetitive or dull. The animation was themed around Art and Artists, and we chose to represent it through abstract shape animations that subtly narrate the creative journey.

The sequence includes three stages: the first symbolized internal imagination and intuition, the second illustrated the hands-on process of creating art, and the third depicted sharing the work with the world and receiving feedback. This narrative mirrored the design process itself, making the loader both meaningful and engaging.