Montage of my Art Direction, Motion, Design and Illustration work for 2011. Includes work I completed at Thornberg & Forester, Gizmo Post, various freelance clients and a select few personal projects. You can browse my work list for an expanded view of individual projects as well as a description of my involvement with each.
Art directed and animated ODP Group's introductory video on their new technology. A Swedish company, ODP Group is developing an underwater turbine to gather power from ocean currents. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Additional animation and illustration: Adam Grabowski Creative Direction: Scott Matz
Worked on scenes from this years GEL Conference openers. The work is comprised of GEL’s branded stick figures and cartoon style overtaking live-action scenes of NYC. Along with a talented team, I illustrated, animated and roto’d select scenes. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Art Direction: Kyle Miller Creative Direction: Justin Meredith, [...]
Designed and animated this spot for the TBS mobile app “TV Everywhere”. The folks at Turner wanted the motion of the spot to mimic the interactivity of the app. Shows are laid out in a vertical carousel which all get pulled into a cell phone for on the go. All work completed on site at [...]
Art Direction and animation for a series of E*Trade commercials. E*Trade wanted a 180 degree turn from their previous talking baby commercials, the result was a gritty, fast paced and stylized product geared towards smart investors. I art directed and animated all of the online tool visuals. All work completed on site at Thornberg & [...]
Design and Animation for a series of looping displays for Turner Classic Movie’s Film Festival in Hollywood. This year’s festival was loosely curated around sound work, which each animation visually represented. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Creative Direction: Justin Meredith
The team at Bloomberg Insights wanted a fresh look to their data visualization series. Using the dots and lines of a stock chart, a simple yet sophisticated language was developed to present the info. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Creative Direction: Frank Pichel
Design and Animation for a series of Fidelity Investments commercials. One spot was strictly type driven while the other incorporated various charts and online tool illustrations. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Creative Direction: Justin Meredith
Design and Animation for all video content of the Sustainable Brands 2010 conference in Monterey, CA. Delivery included a viral video, day one’s conference opener and presentation interstitials. Posted at right is the viral video. All work completed on site at Thornberg & Forester Creative Direction: Scott Matz
Art Direction and design for all menu content on South Park: Season’s 12 and 13 Blu-Ray releases. For season twelve’s release, being both South Park’s and Comedy Central’s first ever Blu-Ray disc, the menus have an ironic amped up dramatic feel. The heavy concept plays on South Park’s cheap paper cut-out animation style and crude [...]
Designed and animated content for Nickelodeon’s 14 disc, epic release: “SpongeBob’s First 100 Episodes.” Menus were created following different themes within SpongeBob’s style guide. Fun, kinetic type animations were used as disc introductions which led to abstract menus, hinting at SpongeBob’s off-beat wacky humor. Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s1 = [...]
Concept and design for Comedy Central’s Important Things With Demetri Martin Season One DVD. Each episode of the season was focused around a single topic or ‘important thing’. For the DVD menus, Demetri wanted to feel like he was in a basement set. He sits surrounded by selectable objects illustrating an episode’s topic. A helmet [...]
Design and Branding for my wife’s business, Organize Happy, a blog about life organizing tips, healthy living and etiquette. We wanted the site to appeal to both young and old so the logo uses a silhouette in a curtsey pose reflecting an era of grace with style. View live site
The producers of The World Series of Poker have a sister series, The Asian Pacific Poker Tour. With the popularity of poker rising and the show airing on ESPN, the producers wanted a complete rebranding. Art directed by Sean Mcauliffe, we created an entire broadcast graphics package, including lower thirds, leader boards, bugs, sponsor tags, [...]
The creators of the Reno series wanted a new style for their sixth season on DVD. For the menus, using manila folders and filing as loose concepts, I created a texture-heavy montage layered over styled frames. Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s5 = new SWFObject(“http://aproductofhabit.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n5″,”600″,”339″,”7″); s5.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s5.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s5.addParam(“wmode”,”opaque”); s5.addVariable(“id”,”n5″); s5.addVariable(“controlbar”,”over”); s5.addVariable(“height”,”339″); [...]
Designed festival poster for touring indie documentary A View From Below. The film follows Karl Stanley as he funds and builds homemade submarines while offering public rides into the deep.
Installation for Christie’s Fine Art Auctions spring 2008 season in Hong Kong . A montage comprised of over 80 works displayed in the showroom along three large screens. The result of the sale was a combined total of $310.7 million – the highest total ever achieved per sales season in Asia. Art directed by Sean [...]
Branded on-air segments of player interviews, commentaries, bumpers and ranking charts for ESPN’s broadcast of the World Series of Poker. Created looping graphics for plasma screens displayed on set during production. Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s7 = new SWFObject(“http://aproductofhabit.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n7″,”600″,”339″,”7″); s7.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s7.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s7.addParam(“wmode”,”opaque”); s7.addVariable(“id”,”n7″); s7.addVariable(“controlbar”,”over”); s7.addVariable(“height”,”339″); s7.addVariable(“playlist”,”none”); s7.addVariable(“skin”,”http://aproductofhabit.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/skins/overlay/overlay.swf”); s7.addVariable(“width”,”600″); s7.addVariable(“autostart”,”false”); s7.addVariable(“bufferlength”,”1″); [...]
I was on the team of concept and developement for Comedy Central’s Home Grown. A compilation of their original programming focused around the humorous side of illegal substances. Art directed by Sean Mcauliffe, these mind-altering menus live in a world complete with Bob Ross as your tour guide. Where are you going to put those [...]
Designed and animated menus that blend seamlessly with the style-heavy show open. Art directed by Sean Mcauliffe and created for Comedy Central DVD. Get the Flash Player to see this player. var s9 = new SWFObject(“http://aproductofhabit.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/mediaplayer/player.swf”,”n9″,”600px”,”450px”,”7″); s9.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s9.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s9.addParam(“wmode”,”opaque”); s9.addVariable(“id”,”n9″); s9.addVariable(“controlbar”,”over”); s9.addVariable(“height”,”450px”); s9.addVariable(“playlist”,”none”); s9.addVariable(“skin”,”http://aproductofhabit.com/wp-content/plugins/flash-video-player/skins/overlay/overlay.swf”); s9.addVariable(“width”,”600px”); s9.addVariable(“autostart”,”false”); s9.addVariable(“bufferlength”,”1″); s9.addVariable(“displayclick”,”play”); s9.addVariable(“icons”,”true”); s9.addVariable(“linktarget”,”_blank”); s9.addVariable(“mute”,”false”); s9.addVariable(“quality”,”true”); s9.addVariable(“repeat”,”none”); s9.addVariable(“resizing”,”true”); s9.addVariable(“shuffle”,”false”); [...]
One of the best things about having a brother who looks like you is you’re familiar with his face. Over the years I’ve done many portraits of Dean in different yet classic poses, in true Hurley form.