Motion & Design

I have a background in Motion & Design which spans across all my work.  This page houses a few odds ‘n ends.

Text Animation
Here is a brief sample of some of my text animation.  
Graphic Animation

The Magazine Cutout Look


I’ve done a lot of cutout animation to the point where now people ask me to do it.  Often times it may look like a magazine cutout, but really I had to photograph the elements and make them look like magazine.  Such is the case with the nudes I shot in the first clip below (NSFW).
 

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

This took a lot longer to make than you’d think it would.  ;)
This one is just a simple cutout animation invitation for the same movie but features more nudes I shot.

Chanel


This is the same Chanel spot I’ve included elsewhere, but I’m including here in the context of graphic animation.

Analog & Digital  

A Real World, Handmade Look


I love working in digital but a lot of times, I don’t want it to look like I did it that way.  I’ve developed really good observational skills over the years, and because of that, I can pretty much reproduce any look.  

The Strokes


I made a couple of these little futuristic microchip animations for The Strokes ‘The Adults are Talking’ music video directed by Roman Coppola.  Made in X-particles/Cinema 4d and rendered in Cycles.




Mikki Ekko

These are a couple of visualizers I made for Mikky based on an old MTV logo bumper he sent me. 



Unrepresented Documentary


Here are some samples of raw animation I made for a political doc, incorporating a sort of pen & watercolor look and made with a combination of AE and C4D.



Snapchat

Lead Motion Designer


I worked as a Lead Motion Designer CW in the marketing department at Snap on and off for about a year and a half.  Here are a few samples of the work we’ve done together.



3D Snaps


In 2019, Snapchat rolled out a new feature that allowed users to take photos with a 3D effect almost like a hologram.  The effect is so striking on a phone, but at first glance, the effect didn’t translate as well to a 2D commercial. 

To address this issue, I designed a simple animation trick that telegraphed the 3D depth in the context of the spot.  I think the marriage of the 3D Snap technology and the motion design trick created a really unique effect that effectively communicated “3D” within a 2D medium.  


Lollapalooza


Above is some raw animation that was displayed on the giant stage screens at Lollapalooza 2019.  People seemed to like the animatronic/wooden puppet vibe of the animation I did.

Lens Fest 2


For Snap’s 2nd annual Lens creator conference/happening, we wanted to create unique branding that honored the diverse group of creators using the actual lenses they’ve created.  

A really talented designer I worked with came up with the stipe idea, and I figured out how some ways to make it move. The moving effect was really cool and became a kind of riff repeated in other design elements in the Festival. 

How to Use Snap Camera


This is a fairly simple, hyper quick tutorial explaining how to use one of Snap’s products incorporating animation from C4D and AE.


 

Disney Interactive


I spent over a year on permalance at Disney Interactive.  We worked on so many different projects.  This is one part of a series of educational animations designed to look like animated in flight pamphlets.