We Usually Don’t Show This… (Deleting in 24 Hours)

TL;DR

Psych2Go animator Rosie reveals the full behind-the-scenes process of creating one of the channel's animated psychology videos.

Key Points

• 1.Rosie builds every video in three tools: Procreate (character and background drawing), After Effects (lighting and color), and Final Cut Pro (layering all elements together).
• 2.Character design comes first — she creates design sheets with multiple expressions for the Psych2Go leaf character, then redraws over them scene-by-scene to maintain consistency.
• 3.Frame-by-frame animation is the most time-consuming step; even tiny movements like a hand wave take hours but are what make the characters feel alive.
• 4.The underwater-themed video included four types of bubbles, snorkel buddy side characters, handwritten and typed text, and coral/seaweed backgrounds — all small details layered to build a cohesive visual story.