Branded Animations

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, 2019

Commissioned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to storyboard, design, and animate narratives featuring their branded characters and environments. The animations were created for television, web, and social media platforms.

SOCIAL MEDIA ELEMENTS

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 2018

Worked at the California Democratic Party office creating motion graphics for the Blue Wave initiative. Designed animations in multiple aspect ratios for social media platforms. Projects included kinetic typography for an Barack Obama rally speech, lower thirds, logo reveal and animation, “Mailboxes” typography, Blue Wave winning candidate animations, and Instagram Stories content.

 

NEXT FEST

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE, 2017

Sundance Institute commissioned a series of advertisements for television, film, web, and social media that aligned with the visual direction of the Sundance Film Festival website, featuring bold color treatments and glitch-driven video. One of the main challenges was transforming a set of still images into a cohesive animated sequence.

To avoid stock footage costs, I filmed original material of palm trees, the Los Angeles skyline, and the Ace Hotel Theatre. For the synchronized glitch effects, I used VDMX, a tool commonly used by live video artists, and recorded the visual manipulations in real time to match the music.

 

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YU+CO, 2016
Created style frames and visual assets based on client direction and storyboards, collaborating with a 3D artist to generate components accurately reflecting Chrysler vehicles.

 

ASCENSION

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2014

Initially commissioned to design a logotype for Ascension on Syfy. After the design was quickly approved, I was asked to animate the logotype and additional elements, including illuminating the United States flag.

 

GODZILLA

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2014

What began as a simple title-over-picture evolved into a larger concept developed independently at home over several days. I created rough boards exploring themes of dinosaurs surviving mass extinction, clandestine cover-ups, and nuclear weapons testing—drawing inspiration from a scene in Godzilla and the U.S. publication The Effects of Nuclear War.

The concept was presented to Gareth Edwards, who immediately greenlit the direction. The resulting title sequence ultimately influenced the production, leading him to reshoot a scene so it aligned with the tone established in the opening titles.

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SARASOTA FILM FEST

SARASOTA FILM FEST, 2008

Created a 30-second commercial for local television broadcast using graphics supplied by the Sarasota Film Festival on the provided PSD files. We asked Brendan McLaughlin to volunteer his voiceover, which we recorded at the Channel 7 Action News studio.

 

SARASOTA FILM FEST

SARASOTA FILM FEST, 2006

Produced a 30-second commercial for local television broadcast using graphics and footage provided by the Sarasota Film Festival.

 

ANGELS IN AMERICA

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2003

This was one of the first projects produced by Kyle Cooper’s Prologue studio. Kyle Cooper and I drew typographic inspiration from Ed Ruscha’s collection They Called Her Styrene, reviewing several word prints, drawings, and paintings. We selected audio from a courtroom scene featuring Al Pacino and highlighted words that would resonate with the series’ dramatic theme.

 

ANGELS IN AMERICA

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2003

This was one of the first projects produced by Kyle Cooper’s Prologue studio. Kyle Cooper and I drew typographic inspiration from Ed Ruscha’s collection They Called Her Styrene, reviewing several word prints, drawings, and paintings. We selected audio from a courtroom scene featuring Al Pacino and highlighted words that would resonate with the series’ dramatic theme.

 

HP YOU

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2003 & 2004

Developed the typographic theme for HP commercials, building on an existing brand vision provided by the client. The original type was centered within bordered frames and revealed according to the camera’s position, which evolved into typography that split apart along the edges of borderless frames.

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Created the typographic theme for this series of commercials. This was done by following guides given by an already intact vision for the brand. The type was originally centered in frames around the squares as a "destination". This was adapted in animated form sans-frames.
 

GHOST HOUSE PICTURES

PROLOGUE FILMS, 2003

Commissioned by Sam Raimi, we created a logo and logotype inspired by Kyle Cooper’s animated concept of a skeleton revealed through a keyhole. The design drew inspiration from Raimi’s campy and sincere horror films, such as Evil Dead. The typeface was adapted from a project I had created years earlier.