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Adobe Flash
For this animation I used a series of complex masks to reveal the image underneath. I worked closely with an illustrator to achieve a hand drawn look.
Johnson Controls Executive Briefing Center
Opened Oct 14, 2011
Maxon Cinema 4D, After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
I spent four months at Downstream, a Portland based interactive studio, creating animated content for Johnson Controls Executive Briefing Center. Here’s a reel highlighting some of my work on the project:
Downstream focuses in digitally augmented environments. The Briefing Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin uses several interactive tables and touchscreen kiosks, as well as projected video content to immerse the visitor in the experience. Below are photos of the space, you can see the tables and kiosks in use.
Photos by Scott Brown
My tasks ranged from the production of a stand-alone, two minute, narrated video to the creation of sets of animations to be used on interactive tables and kiosks. I also oversaw and assisted in the production of a piece called the Global Welcome Wall, a looping branded entry animation that the visitor sees as soon as the elevator doors open. In addition to animated content, I was also tasked with rendering a dozen high resolution 3D images.
Nike Pro Combat Cold Weather Guide
Launched Nov 3, 2010
Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe Photoshop
I was brought in as a 3-D Designer on this project produced by Eli Shillock at Nemo Design here in Portland, Oregon.
Eastbay was publishing a winter catalog featuring Nike Pro Combat sportswear. Our team's job was to digitally enhance the printed content. We built a microsite with athlete video interviews, a product gallery, a photobooth and, most impressively, an Augmented Reality 3-D Experience. The AR used a combination of live action video and 3-D environments to bring life to the catalog's content.
I built six low poly 3-D environments used throughout the microsite. Since these models were manipulated in real-time through an internet connection, I had a strict budget for the number of polygons I could use. As the only 3-D artist on the team, I was also responsible for texturing and lighting. When the environments were complete, I worked closely with Motim Technologies, 3-D web developers, to ensure the models met their specifications.
You can see the live site at: www.eastbay.com/boom/
Bing & Decide
Launched Jun 9, 2010
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
While working with Razorfish here in Portland I had the opportunity to be a part of two projects for Bing's newest ad campaign.
After JWT produced "The Big Apple" and "Aggressive Octopus," two great television spots created for the "Adventures with Bing" campaign, Razorfish was tasked with bringing the campaign to the web. That's when I was called in.
For the first ad, I was given a storyboard, a photo of a T-Rex and a short deadline. I was asked to make the dinosaur peak into the frame, rear its head, and run across the screen. It was a fun opportunity to try out an Inverse Kinematics plug-in for After Effects.
The second web banner, made to continue the "Aggressive Octopus" spot, was to take place underwater. Again, I was given static images and asked to bring them to life. After a short swimming animation for the shark, creative use of After Effect's Puppet tool for the octopus, a few bubbles, color correction and some motion blur, here is the final product.
These banner ad's ran on Fox News, Slate.com, NBC Sports, and YouTube. It was another awesome opportunity to work with Razorfish and I was glad to be a part of Bing's first large multiple media advertising campaign.
The New MSN
Launched Apr 21, 2010
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
In December 2009, Creative Director Bill Karow, who was working with Razorfish, asked me to create an animatic for an ad campaign that he was pitching in support of Microsoft's re-launch of its MSN.com portal. The client loved the pitched concept and the campaign became centered around it. Over the next four months I continued to work with the Razorfish team to
refine and revise the ad. After Alphonse Swinehart put the finishing touches on the animation,
I was responsible for re-creating the ad to meet multiple specifications; 10,15, and 30 second
versions with resolutions from ultra-wide 995x119 to
vertical 160x600. In the end, I created 26 independent
assets for this project.
In April, Razorfish launched high impact placements on 13 websites including: New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Pandora, Wall Street Journal, CBS Sports, Rhapsody, CNET, Gizmodo and more.
2009 Demo Reel
Created Dec 13, 2009
Demo Reel Breakdown
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Exterro Maze
Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator
This project was done for Exterro, Inc. a company that provides tools for corporations to manage their legal governance. The concept was to show the Exterro logo “cutting through the maze of the legal process.”
I built the 2D vector layout of the maze with the legal terms in Adobe Illustrator. Then I modeled, lit, animated and rendered this scene using C4D. In After Effects I did some final color correction and compositing.
I also rendered several frames from this animation at print resolution which were used in magazine ad newsletters and other promotional materials for Exterro, Inc.
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Abstract 3d / Visual Sound
Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects
This is a personal project in which I used many of Cinema 4D's more advanced Modules including Mograph, Advanced Render and Thinking Particles.
I used audio frequencies from a song to drive a series of abstract animations, which I captured from several different angles. Then I edited and composited the final project in After Effects.
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Define Belief / Copious Self-Promotion
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator
Define Belief, a four color screen-print poster illustrated by Tyler Stout, started as a promotional print piece for Copious Creative.
I was put in charge of adding motion to this illustration. Starting with his Illustrator file, I began by separating and exporting layers, which were then imported into After Effects and arranged in 3D space. By animating the camera, the city's characters, and additional content, I brought the viewer a closer, more exciting perspective of the city.
