lehtasun 

I achieved the final look using a CRT/retro TV plugin. It adds a subtle blur and light color grading, which fits the aesthetic perfectly since it's an older anime!

Since there’s no full character animation (just static images), I used camera shakes (like S_Shake) during outfit swaps to keep things dynamic. Combining shakes with subtle scale tweaks (like a quick squash and stretch on the height and width) really brings still images to life

I keyframed After Effects’ native Hue/Saturation effect so the background color shifts to match each new outfit. The keyframes create a smooth, seamless transition from one color to the next, which turned out really clean!

For a mermaid character or if your character was a mermaid! 

My reference board!

I was very inspired by Meeshell Mermaid when I re-watched Ever after high 💕🧜‍♀️

These 2 photos served as references for this idea: