Holy mother of Christ. So I’m chilling on Vimeo, cruising it up for awesome animations and (BAM), right in the face this one sucker punches me. The beginning of the video isn’t my cup of tee. I’ve seen hundreds of illustration based After Effects animations shoddily done, but something about this one made me linger.
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My friend over at The Game Critique alerted me to something called “BORT” otherwise know as “Blogs of the roundtable”. What an interesting name, and I couldn’t help but wonder what it was. Apparently it’s a group of game designers who get together and discuss game design, theory, and so forth. This [...]
I understand when you’re in design school, or you’re just coming out (school just let out for the summer not too long ago) you want to work but you find most positions at design studios, corporate firms, and other venues filled with hard working (theoretically) designers. So what do you do? You freelance. [...]
After the Parsons Thesis show, I saw a lot of awe inspiring animations, namely one stood out to me because of its combination of hand-drawn elements combined with after effects technology made for a brilliant piece (suffice to say the story involved was beautiful on its own). This piece, however, is not that one (sorry to disappoint you) but one that reminds me of it. Katy Davis has a strong aesthetic style and great transitions and succeeds in combining stop motion animation with motion graphics techniques. The music is by BIM and you should check out Katie’s work at her website here.
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