Title: Show Opener - Tropfest 2010 Duration: 00:30 Client: Nine Network Australia Art Director: Joseph Pole 3D (Maya): Joshua Czikowski Compositing: Joseph Pole Music Title: Rather Lovely Thing

  I'm not sure why but I love the way this logo animation turned out. I struggled with it for ages. The 3D department  supplied plenty of passes and it should have looked good but it just wasn't looking right. Then I decided to simplify the project and switched off a lot of the passes and started flicking through different blending modes with only 3 or 4 layers switched on. Suddenly this multicoloured surprise jumped out of the quagmire. I was thrilled but thought it was too psychedelic to ever get approved. Yet happily, it was unanimously approved and went to air in the fo

Here's an experimental project I made for fun and to test some of the new features in trapcode particular 2. It was fairly popular on vimeo and even recieved a complimentary comment from the legendary Peder Norrby - trapcode's creator. The general concept is trying to visualise what a sleeping Giant Squid's id might create if it heard the music of Aphex Twin. Yes, a worn out old genre I know. Giant squid are one of my favourite animals. Also, a favourite animal of the Sperm Whale as that's their primary source of food. The squid live about 1km below the surface of the ocean and tha