Thinkers Project 2025

The Viking Voyage

Max's journey to create a classic longboat animation.

Max
Start the journey
Original Pencil Drawing
1

The Sketch

1. I found a video tutorial online on how to draw a Viking longboat.

2

AI Design

2. I imported it into ChatGPT, to improve the design little.

ChatGPT Interface
Improved Boat Art
3

Refining Art

3. I improved the longboats design with ChatGPT, and found the wave art on Google.

4

First Draft

4. I made the animation with Adobe Animate, but the longboat and waves still needed improvements, but I was happy with the way the arrows looked.

Animation and Arrows
Sound Effects
5

Sound Design

5. I then added sound effects to my animation.

6

Remastered

6. Once it was finished, I then went around making a remastered version, which had better art and sound effects. For this remastered edition, I used Adobe Animate, instead of FlipaClip because it has more features and was designed for Windows.

Adobe Animate Remaster

The Final Animation

Created by Max
Thinkers Project 2025