A Walkthrough of Kotoe Kikuchi’s “Abstract-83”

Note: this is a follow-up to our interview with Kotoe Kikuchi. If you haven’t read that yet, be sure to check it out here!

Kotoe Kikuchi is a visual designer living and working in the Tohoku region of Japan. She majored in Computer Graphics at HAL Tokyo and Digital Hollywood Tokyo. After working as a CG designer at a game company, she began freelancing full-time in 2022, working on video production for projection mapping projects and events.

In this walkthrough, Kotoe describes how to create an audio-reactive visual using Notch’s Particle System. You can find the full tutorial and link to the project file and assets in our forum.

A special thanks to Kotoe Kikuchi for taking the time to sit down and talk to us about her journey as an artist. You can follow her on Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, Patreon, and Note.