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The NMBS animation on a laptop and a phone: a collage poster in a bus shelter, and “100 years of connection”

NMBS

{ Visual Design }{ Motion Design }

A 30-second collage animation celebrating 100 years of NMBS and the journeys that connect people across Belgium and Europe.

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Year
2026
Project
school project

Tools

  • Photoshop
  • After Effects
  • Illustrator

Briefing

Create a short, silent motion graphic celebrating NMBS’s 100th anniversary, inspired by the theme “The journey continues.”

The folder of collage pieces made for the animation: trains, buildings, people and objects

Process

Concept

Inspired by Belgium’s railway history, I wanted to show how the work of earlier generations made today’s connections across Europe possible.

Visual design

I chose a collage style and contacted NMBS for archival imagery. However, the old train photographs were too low-quality to use, so I adapted my concept to feature modern trains instead.

Animation

I created the visual assets in Photoshop and brought them to life in After Effects, which I was using for the first time. I focused on transitions and rhythm to tell the story without sound.

A collage portrait being made in Photoshop
Diamond pieces for the collage, cut out in Photoshop
The houses of Bruges, cut out and turned black and white in Photoshop
The vertical animation in After Effects, with Antwerp’s central station and a train

Result

A 30-second vertical animation that was selected by my teachers as one of 12 student works to be submitted to NMBS for its anniversary art competition.

Video
The folder of collage pieces made for the animation: trains, buildings, people and objects
A collage portrait being made in Photoshop
Diamond pieces for the collage, cut out in Photoshop
The houses of Bruges, cut out and turned black and white in Photoshop
The vertical animation in After Effects, with Antwerp’s central station and a train
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