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Playing around with some textures and effects in ProCreate.

 

Will It Blend?

Basketball's Back

Rotoscoped some dunks // excited for bball's return

i miss basketball

remember sports?

Earf

Inktober Fail to November News

Fell one week short of doing a full Inktober. Did a few drawings I really liked though, and it kickstarted some of the creativity I've been lacking, so all in all not a total failure.

In other news, Hero4Hire's Hasbro campaign is finally out in the wild. I led design on these characters, and I'm super proud to see them in Target, on TV, and even Amazon. Shout out to all the artists and animators who've been on the project - hopefully we'll be seeing more of these guys soon.

Sesame Street Magical Car Races!

Honored to direct these three spots for Sesame Street, featuring an art style I'm particularly fond of. Kudos to the team at H4H and everyone who worked on these - these are racking up over a million views!

PBRcade

This little number grabbed third in the PBR digital art contest! A small homage to my love of beer + video games 🍻

Happy Holidayz

My holiday card this year was interactive! I designed the card with a sheet of ornament "stickers" - loved seeing the way people decorated their cards :)


Welp, need to start thinking about how to one-up myself for next year.

Tiny Jar Designs

I made some pins! You can finally buy some here!

Never thought I'd try my hand at designing something that required manufacturing, so this was a fun learning process. Pretty cool to make something that lives on outside of just a digital file. I'll keep using Tiny Jar to experiment with some small scale products and designs when inspiration strikes. This whole thing was just a side project that got too ambitious... and I had to follow through.

Maybe we'll give custom stickers a shot next.

Hey I'm Making Stuff!

Check it out! Been trying my hand at some enamel pins - figured it would be cool to design something that you can actually touch. And I gotta say, having these arrive at my door the other day was actually really exciting.

I'm working on setting up a small online shop with a friend, and we'll try to sell a few of these and other designs in the future hopefully. Keep checkin' back for updates, see a sneak peek at some early comps and a photo of one in the wild.

Animated Emojis

A few of the dozens of emojis I animated on Jibo - all made in Adobe Flash/Animate. Would call these animoji's but someone already took that name.

After Effects, I Will Learn You

Getting some basics down. Also got a mini SNES this weekend.

Jibro

This little guy is out in the wild and features some animated emojis that are uh, pretty sweet if I do say so myself /modesty/ Check out some of the spots I animated, he's pretty cute.

Little Red Riding Hoodie

Forest pals! I should probably animate these guys?!

After Effects

My first attempt at animation in After Effects. Trying to get up to speed in AE with all my Flash/Animate knowledge so I can combine mad skillz, yo. Hopefully. Someday. My computer might need more RAM.

Items

Character in User Interfaces

Been doing a lot more motion graphic stuff recently... I did a few motion studies for a talk at SXSW this year, exploring how motion in user interfaces can add character to menus and buttons. Character and motion are the next big steps into making technology approachable and liveable - no one has issues building interfaces, but making them enjoyable makes a huge difference.

This particular exercise explored if an interface were a toddler vs an old man. Click a gif to watch the full video.