Art Direction // Design // Animation
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How does one cram months of work into a 30 second reel? It wasn’t easy.
I was fortunate to work with Mic (mic.com) on the video series Empowered, Stories of Humanity + Tech: Presented by IBM.
Working closely with Mic’s Vantage Creative team, I was tasked with developing the visual design & animation of the entire 3-video series.
Check out all three videos here: https://mic.com/ibm/empowered/video/rethinking-food-banks
Also check out WCG: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action
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Here's an early design & animation that I was particularly fond of. The name changed a few times and sadly this concept never saw the light of day.
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