Granny's Birthday Club

I was approached by the good folks at GIV3 to create a 2 minute video showcasing the story of 'Granny's Birthday Club'. We met and discussed the many possible approaches we could take to creating a video like this, and agreed upon a style that we all thought was best suited to the message of GIV3. [nggallery id=9 columns="1"]

Despite the simplistic visual style of this video, the process in which it was created was anything but simplistic. It required many steps of drawing, printing, tracing, scanning, compositing, tweaking, and that is before all the editing even begun! Enjoy the video and have a look at some production stills below.

This video was a lot of fun to work on, and I am always glad to be able to collaborate on projects for a good cause. Check out the video, and 'Like' or 'Share' it below!

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For an informative tutorial of how some of this video was created, have a look at my After Effects Handwriting Tutorial!

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Dance for Kindness

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The Book of Y

December 2011

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After Effects Handwriting Tutorial

This is a helpful tutorial to create an animation of a marker writing out a logo or a few words, followed by a slick reveal to an actual logo. This is my first tutorial. I hope you enjoy it!

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Here is a quick step by step guide... 1. Create your final image 2. Print the logo only without any backgrounds. Just the part you are intending to trace 3. Trace with a thin marker 4. Scan the image 5. Adjust the levels in photoshop 6. Import into After Effects 7. Size scanned image to line up with original artwork 8. Apply stroke effect 9. Use the pen tool to trace over scanned image 10. In the stroke effect, change to reveal original image 11. Increase brush size 12. Animate the end from 0 to 100% 13. Add marker graphic 14. Keyframe the position to trace the drawn image frame by frame 15. Tweak as you like!

March of the Living 2012

I am very proud to announce that I have been hired to film and edit the March of the Living trip for the Montreal delegation for the third consecutive year. The trip means a lot to me and it is always a privilege to be a part of it. To see some clips from years past, please click here.