Becoming (and Being) a Freelance Motion Designer
I have been planning to write up some articles about motion design, and being/becoming a motion designer, for some time now, but have always put it off. Recently, however, I received an email questionnaire/interview from an aspiring Visual Communications student from the University of Technology, Sydney (who shall remain anonymous, unless they express a desire […]
In Sixth Gear – Motion Graphics Ident

This is a recent ident I made for In Sixth Gear (ISG), a sport and luxury car related blog, online store and now internet video channel. Modeled and animated in Cinema 4D with final compositing and color correction in After Effects. Sound Design by Daren Keck
K Alliance – Motion Graphics Intro

It’s been some time since I’ve updated my blog (thanks mostly to a constant stream of work over the past months), so I thought I’d put up a couple recent pieces. This motion graphics intro was created for K Alliance, an online e-learning company. It was made using After Effects with some Cinema 4D elements. […]
Conceptual Intro for Fender Guitars, Spain
I threw together a quick mograph piece for a pilot video we created for Fender Guitars Spain. Created in Cinema 4D, with the logo and other effects composited in After Effects.
Videmic Promo

Here’s the intro graphics/promo for the new show we are producing with Karina Stenquist (formerly of Mobuzz fame) called Videmic. The show will be all about what is what in the web TV and viral video world. The show itself will be launching some time in November early 2010 and will be regularly featured on […]
Show Reel Updated
For political and esthetic reasons I’ve updated my 2008 show reel to incorporate some additional projects from the end of 2008 and, out of sheer boredom, I reworked the outro. Enjoy! – Justin Metz
I’m In Cinema 4D Render Hell
What is it?!? The frame you see pictured above is a visual representation of the brutal beating my CPU is taking right now. It’s currently rendering at about 2 – 3 minutes per frame and the resolution is only 400×225 4 – 5 mins per frame (I’m exporting a higher res version now)… more than […]