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 […]
Salvation Mountain – Short Documentary
I shot some random footage at a rather amazing location back in December 2010, and finally decided to put something together with it. Salvation Mountain is located about 3 miles southeast of the Salton Sea near Niland, California. It sits on the hill just before arriving to “Slab City,” a notorious squatters camp in the […]
JUICESTAIN In Action – ISG Short Film
Cars, ‘Copters and Cleavage! In Sixth Gear recently uploaded a short film they made, featuring their new ident and bug motion graphics created by JUICESTAIN. Click “Read more” to watch! Description: A gorgeous girl, an arrogant rich boyfriend, a helicopter chase, and a Wald Lexus IS-F with custom forged 3-piece wheels and custom exhaust. Is the […]
New Logo, New Site, New Everything!
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally done some upgrading around here. The Portfolio is only partially complete, and there are a number of dead links and known bugs still abound, but things are looking good enough that it was time to just go ahead and launch the thing! Lots of plans in […]
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
Nikon D7000 Hot Pixel Firmware Update
The Nikon D7000 hot pixel firmware update is here. I seemed to be one of the lucky ones as my new D7000 had only one hot pixel out of the box (and only visible at very high ISO settings), but now the firmware seems to have corrected even that! I’ll have some test footage from […]
MacMillan Publishing House – Motion Graphics Intro
This is the second post/update for today (read below for details on my absence from blogging, etc.). This motion graphics intro was created for the MacMillan Publishing group (UK) for their video series. It was done entirely in After Effects. Sound design was a stock piece they selected that I customized to fit. I’m planning […]
McGraw-Hill Takeaway TV Graphics
Over a year in the making, we’ve finally completed the 60 episode English language learning series for the renowned publishing house, McGraw-Hill. Below is a short sample of the motion graphics package (intro, lower third, OTS, bug and background) that I created for the series.
reddit.com Intro
After a conversation with Reddit.com admin “hueypriest,” I offered to throw together a quick little intro for reddit’s “ask me anything” video series. I had originally planned on something a little more involved, but we’ve been swamped with McGraw Hill (should have some examples of the final motion graphics work for that project soon). So […]
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.
