Halski Video Transition Guidelines
Video brand guideline demonstrating how client footage (represented by gray diagonal lines) is interspliced with stock footage in bumper spots and transitions.
Quick L'il Walking Cycle T-Bone man
Conceptual mascot man for the beef/meat industry (hi-res animation may take a sec to load).
Working Concept for LcD Video Wall Interactive Piece
LCD video wall with touchscreen capability designed for use in museums. In addition to providing an engaging, interactive experience, displaying the graphic using a digital video wall allows the graphic to be constantly updated to coincide with the frequent advances in the field.
Motion piece
Part of a class assignment where we were assigned a randomly-selected 60-second segment of a string quartet by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók and instructed to create a motion graphic based on the segment.
For the motion piece, I wanted to explore a few specific techniques I have recently been interested in, like character animation and a walking cycle. Beyond these few technical goals, I sought to portray a semi-coherent (though abstract) visual narrative surrounding the concept of “suffering”, which was the central theme of this movement according to Zoltán Kodály, Bartók’s lifelong friend and colleague. My motion piece is a response to the somber, amelodic quality of my assigned segment of music, and includes a few interpretations of suffering according to various schools of philosophy.
(Warning pretentiousness ahead): The Existentialist perspective is represented by the lumbering, blue giant, whose gaunt, sinewy frame echoes Alberto Giacometti’s Existentialist sculpture. The blue giant, who is meant to represent human suffering, is a comment on the personal responsibility of the individual to overcome suffering and rise above the absurd condition of humanity. Existential nihilism, represented by the shrinking blue planet at the very end of the piece, implies man’s insignificance relative to the universe and therefore the absurdity of suffering. Aristotelian “flourishing life”, represented by the blooming flowering plant, represents joy and happiness, and suggests a more optimistic perspective that suffering is only a smaller component of a larger, fulfilled purpose.
Book Cover Concept
A quick book cover concept, experimenting with some different printing methods/materials; diecuts, debossments, limited color palettes. (Hi-res animation may take a sec to load)
"Invisible Cities" Book Design
Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is filled with stories about dichotomies — Heaven and Hell, living and dead, and mirrored, obverse realities. The design of this book is a representation of the yin and yang forces present throughout the stories in this book.
Sitemap and UX/UI Strategy Outline for a Genealogy Website
Web design and UX/UI strategy outline for a genealogy and DNA ancestry geomapping website.
