Case Study:
Umee

Working with the team at Umee - now called UX Chain - I brought my 3D animation & post-production skills to multiple projects in the crypto industry.

Ojo Network: end-to-end 3D video production

Leveraging Cinema 4D, Redshift & After Effects, the star of the show was a stylish 3D promo for Ojo Network. I led the project from initial style concepts, through animation & rendering, and final post-production, including sound design.

The workflow was the typical “style frame” strategy used in the motion graphics industry. I worked using still images, building up the project underneath to animate everything at the very end. This lets the client have a good sense of the final (or near-final) appearance of things, to review & approve, without the artist having to do the major legwork of animation & rendering.

Below are a couple of frames from the development process that didn’t make it to the final production. One was a concept of “network hackers” represented as wasps.

Here is the final “blockout” video that was approved by the client before final animation was performed.

The rabbit: a custom 3D character

A second major project was performed for a crypto product that was ultimately cancelled. I custom-designed a cool rabbit character in Cinema 4D that was going to be the mascot!

He was prepared with different outfits and poses, ready to animate in future applications. Here’s a deeper look!