4.27.2011

Like an M-4



Who knew Med Student's were so gangsta?

This was a labor of love for my wife's med school. I recorded and mixed the song in Sound Booth, shot on a Cannon 5D, edited in Premiere, and did a bit of VFX and final color correction in After Effects.

I'm pretty pumped with the way it turned out, and the Medical student's loved it!

4.20.2011

3rd and Bird



One of the clips I did for 3rd and Bird, a children's show on the BBC. This was by far the coolest After Effects project I've worked on! The set-up for these characters was so innovative, yet so simple in concept it was mind boggling.

4.18.2011

NBA Playoffs 2011



Who needs dynamics? Not I, said the animator!

For one reason or another I animated all them dominoes by hand (well mostly, there are three shots that used dynamics - Hollywood sign @1:00, corner turn @1:27, and the logo @1:40).

4.17.2011

Powerball...or not?



Apparently you're not allowed to say "awesome" in Lottery-Land! I animated this piece of redacted goodness.

Elly



My first project with Mad Monkey! A whole lotta After Effects and a whole lotta caffeine! Other than a few design board, this is all me.

Riverbanks Zoo



Ever used Anime Studio? Then you'll know how much *fun* it is to animate in! (who needs undo?) Anyway, I animated the giraffe.

Rush's Logo



Fun bit of animation for Rush's, a local fast food chain in South Carolina. I even got to do a bit of modeling here too!

LeBron, Come Home



Another cool spot for TNT. I absolutely love the editing here, it totally makes it.

We did the shots of the Eiffel Tower being torn down and being put back up in Rio; the Great Wall being torn down, shipped, and delivered to NY; missing Lincoln; Lincoln in the Acropolis; and the fireworks over Athens.

4.16.2011

NBA Allstar



Fun spot I got to work on for the 2011 NBA Allstar Game. We did all the shots that don't look like basketball footage. We shot the guy building stuff against a green screen and added all the background bits after. Crazy tight turnaround, but I think it was worth it.

4.15.2011

South Carolina Lottery



Stop Motion!! Finally, a shoot I got to go on. This is the "making of" for the spot, but the actual commercial is at the end.

We shot with the Canon 5D and composited everything in After Effects. The only shot we faked was the end shot with the sign. We ran out of time during the shoot day so my boss (guy at the end) and I shot an empty road and added the ball from other shots later as well as the 3D sign.

Famously Hot



I got to "research" in the children's section of the Library for this.
This whole thing was animated in After Effects and was a blast to make!

KAIRE



Amazingly this is all After Effects. Well, okay, that's a lie, the car is 3D, but the texture for the car was done in AE. It was crazy stressful figuring out how to make the 3D text in AE, but it turned out pretty great. I think this is one of my favorite things I did with Mad Monkey

Bouncy Loops

Sometimes the simplest loops make me the happiest