Mar 19, 2026

Creativity

Neon Summer

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A set of neon-sign icons, animated in After Effects, for the best season of the year.

Neon Summer
Just in time for hot girl summer ⛱: a set of icons drawn as neon signs, then animated to flicker on one by one, the way a sign buzzes to life at dusk.

The set is everything summer is made of: a flamingo, palm tree, pizza slice, cocktail, ice cream, platform sandals, lipstick, and a skull and a cigarette for the after-hours crowd. Each icon is a single line, drawn so it could plausibly be bent from real glass tubing, in hot pink, coral, and white on black.


A grid of neon-sign summer icons in hot pink, coral, and white on black, each flickering like a sign buzzing on: a hand, pizza slice, bikini top, cocktail, skull, platform sandals, palm tree, planet, ice cream, flamingo, cigarette, lipstick, and lips


Illustration and animation by me. After Effects.

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