Neiman Marcus Love to Give Collection ~ Happy Holidays!

Hello and Happy Holidays one and all!

I have been very busy lately; just finished a large project that should be released soon!

In the meantime, here is one of the team at Janimation's latest creations for Neiman Marcus. It is a promotional video for their seasonal Love to Give Collection.



For this piece we worked with entirely still images and utilizing After Effects, made them appear to be animated in a stop motion style. I handled many of the finer details in the spot, including various 2D effects. I dealt with much of the roto work, and was in charge of keeping track of the hundreds of images that made up the sequences you see in the final piece.

Also, I would like to share on of my first motion graphics projects in After Effects from 2013. I had just begun tutorials, and had produced one or two logo treatments, when I was handed this piece to complete. It was a very enjoyable experience!



Thanks for stopping by!

Merry 4th Quarter to all!

~Julia

Gator Wrestling!

Howdy folks!

The latest spot in Janimation's ad campaign for Al Boenker Insurance can be viewed here! It features a new character that was quite a lot of fun to work with. :D



I was again responsible for Pre-Vis and Layout. Greg Punchatz and Mitch Lotierzo worked with  Face Robot to handle the lip-sync while I handled much of the the body animation of these two characters.

I learned quite a lot from this project. Mostly that Alligator Wrestling is not only something that humans do, but is considered a sporting event with some historical roots. I honestly had no idea, despite living in Florida for roughly 5 years!

Also, in pouring over reference, I learned that alligators and crocodiles are simultaneously goofy and terrifying at top running speed:

Croc Run Video Reference

That's it for now! Thanks for stopping by. :)

~Julia

Animal Animations!

One of my more recent animation projects at Janimation was just published by the client on YouTube!



As you can tell, we were influenced by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. :) It was good timing too, because I had just gained a lot of experience with quadrupeds:


Quadruped Animation Cycles from Julia S. Bacak on Vimeo.

I had the honor of working with the team at Element X Creative to produce an ipad game for National Geographic called Quest for Survival. In the game, you play as a lion stalking and hunting various animals. These "prey" cycles were among many I animated in just one week!

You can find more info about the app here!
channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/big-cat-week/interactives/quest-for-survival-ipad-app/

Hi there!!

Figured it was about time I started a blog like all the cool kids... so here I am!! Much more to come!!