As the 2011 winds down and I look forward to what 2012 holds for my career and family I think about what got me to where I am today. I remember back in 2006 I was just surfing the interwebs and came upon some work from a studio called Onesize. Up until this point I was content with living in the world of live action. I thought that writing, shooting, and editing would be the tools I used every day for the rest of my working life. I always enjoyed motion graphics and incorporated it into my work but never to the degree I use it now. So anyway, I found Onesize and took a look at their reel and I was just amazed.

http://www.onesize.nl/projects/showreel-2006

The airwaves are polluted with motion graphic work but this stuff was just so refreshing. At that moment something clicked in me to know that this is what I wanted to do. I already new After Effects a little bit at that point but I learned more and then I went out and bought Cinema 4D and started to learn it. I went back to school to finish a degree focusing on design. All of this started by me watching a reel. I hope 2012 is an epic year and if it is I think I’ll owe the people at Onesize a beer. Do you remember what got you interested in motion design?

Here is the finished poster I made for my daughter. It was a lot of fun to work on and I enjoyed putting all the little details in the type. And she hasn’t seen it yet because I’m waiting on the frame. Actual size is 20″x30″. I used C4D for all the 3D work and then Photoshop for compositing. I’ve never rendered something this large in C4D since most of what I do is used for broadcast so it surprised me when it took 10hrs to render one frame. Below is a closer look at the letters.

For Hannukah I wanted to give my daughter something unique that she would really connect with. So I came up with the idea of creating a poster for her that would connect her to her favorite characters from Pixar. Here is an early version of the poster, I still have a lot to do but the forms are there. Hopefully before Hannukah ends, it will be done and on her wall. I’ll post the end result when I am finished.

This week I started planning my trip out to LA for the end of January and I am very excited. All my friends are out there so I get to see them and catch up, but I’m most excited to stop by a couple of my favorite motion graphics studios and meet some of the faces behind the work. It is my family’s plan to move to Los Angeles in the near future. I hope I get enough out of this trip to make that happen.

If you know of any place I should go whether it be a food place I should try, a person I should meet, or studio I should visit. Let me know, I want to make this as productive a trip as I can.