This is an animation I did while working for Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation. The goal of this project was to create an intro that showcased the legacy of The Rocky Mountain Collegian. This publication is over 100 years old, so I wanted to emphasize this longevity in the video. I did this by utilizing news archives and placing them in the animation as a focus. Even converting them to a texture by compositing them within the logo to create a unique and fun design!
This design was made for the purpose of being a "banner" animation footer for video projects. The challenge here was to find a way to use existing brandmarks to achieve a familiar look that fit brand guidelines. To do this, I decided to recreate the mountain shape into two separate parts to make a frame around the central logo design.
This video is a nostalgia piece for the radio station KCSU. While working for the Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation, I have been collaborating with the various brands within the company. KCSU has a long history, dating back to its founding in 1943. To showcase this legacy, I made a video that takes the viewer through time. To indicate the various decades in the video, I utilized wardrobe to match the time period and activated musical genres of the different eras. This, and the CGI cassette players serve as a guide through time. Given that this was for a DJ event promotion, I made the character a DJ logging on to a show at the end of the animation to connect it directly to this event!
"Just Say It's Bad" is a story created by Zach Smyrl and Garrett Ashford that I was asked to animate for. Zach sat down with me, and we discussed the timeline and overall visual style he and Garrett were looking for. Operating on a limited timeline, we were able to complete this short film in one month as a team! The story follows two individuals having a dialogue about how food reviews can be incredibly elaborate, sometimes silly in nature. This concept was interesting to me, so I tried to match their voiceover story with animations as accurately as I could. Overall, we were all happy with the result and posted the video on various social media platforms.
"Robot DJ" was a project for an Electronic Art class I took while attending Colorado State University. My goal here was to make something that joined music with a character that you may encounter in a virtual reality headset. I went with a "synthwave" styled grid and color palette. The purpose being to time up musical tempo with deliberately smooth animated movements. Essentially, this was an example of musical visualization.
This is an animation I made for Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation for the use of online advertisement. I wanted to make it simple and showcase simple, yet familiar symbols we use while doing online researhc
This animation was made as an experiment of a new workflow I have been refining. This style utilizes rotoscoping and image tracing to create more realistic and textured animations. While this style takes a lot of time, it makes for a blurred effect between video and animation that can be really fun to interact with as a viewer.