THE PROCESS
The main software I used is Adobe Photoshop with my digital tablet. I drew all of the characters with their separate parts that needs to move.
(head, eyes, hair, body, effects and accessories)
This step took a lot of hours from designing, sketching, line-art, coloring and finalizing.
I used wallpaper engine for animating the separated parts. I was able to apply all the complicated movements like blinking, shake, water waves, glowing and breathing effect.
I exported all the videos and used Premiere Pro for looping the animation and adjusting the timings.