Reel. 2007

Reel 2007

Colin Hess
Design, Art Direction, Maya + AFX Animation

347.417.4471
colin@gigxl.com

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* Fox MLB. Show Package Pitch

Fox MLB
Design, Art Direction
2008

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* X Games. Show Package

X Games
Design, Art Direction
2007

Designed some boards for X Games over at SuperFad. Won the pitch and SuperFad went on to win some awards for their super skillz. Super cool huh!

* Coke Light. Commercial Pitch

Coke Light
Design, Art Direction
2008

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Worked with Daniel Piwowarczyk of Lobo on this pitch for Coke Light. Created a set of boards focused on Coke's inner "sparkle". A fun piece to work on utilizing loads of sparkle particle elements.

* E45. Commercial

E45
Design, Art Direction
2007

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Style Frames for Superfad doing a spot for E45 -- code for shampoo. Look had to sit somewhere between the photo-real and a stylized graphic.

The Science Community Systems Inc.. Personal Print

The Science Community Systems Inc.
Digital Print
2007

Two more prints expressing my enthusiasm for the 1960's, modern science, and HyperText Mark-up Language. Prints are 24" x 36"

Organic Algorithms. Personal: Digital Print Series

Organic Algorithms
Digital Print
2007

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An experiment in the world of Joshua Davis. Studying his use of color and shape, I created this set of prints trying to understand how he goes about his image making process. He certainly the master of the art.

Motorola Q. Commercial Pitch

Motorola Q
Design, Art Direction
2006

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Design created for Tronic Studio for the new Motorola Q. Objectives were to make the Q as mysterious and sexy as possible until the last minute where its huge screen reveals itself to us using a mere 11.5 mm of pocket space.

Parabolic. Personal: Digital Print Series

Parabolic
Digital Print
2006

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Created this set of images with the minimal in mind. Used Maya particles to generate the helix shapes. Love what can be done in Maya with particles...so many ways to break your machine.

Bubbly. Personal: Digital Print

Bubbly
Digital Print
2004

Copy, Scale and Paste. Pretty much it as far as this one is concerned. I like collections of round things.

Specular Technicolor Experience 0912. Personal: Digital Print

Specular Technicolor Experience 0912
Digital Print
2004

Created 3 panels 6' x 6' mounted on wood. I lost the hardcopy for the third...and two remain. Images are a combination of digital imaging, colored pencil, marker and paint.

Evergreen and the Winnebego. Personal: Digital Print

Evergreen and the Winnebego
Digital Print
2004

Astro Dancer. Personal: 2 Color Lithograph

Astro Dancer
Lithograph
2004

Space + Science + Trucks. Personal: Monoprint Series

Space + Science + Trucks
Monoprint
2004

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* Coming Soon. 007 Quantum of Solace. Film Title

Coming Soon. 007 Quantum of Solace
2008
Animation, Compositing

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Mk12 asked me to be a part of their secret agent team for the latest iteration of the 007 franchise. A very exciting and entertaining project. More details and content to come... awaiting approval.

* Century 21. Commerical

Century 21
2009
Compositing

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* Trowe Price. Commerical

Trowe Price
2009
Compositing

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* CBS Sports . Network Rebrand

CBS Sports
2006
Animation, Compositing

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* The Kite Runner. Film Title

The Kite Runner
2007
Animation, Maya, Design

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Was very excited when Mk12 asked me to be apart of their team for The Kite Runner. Spent a good month working out Ben Radatz's beautifully designed custom type faces for the title sequence. An Intensive process between softwares was developed in order to animate the calligraphy appropraitly.

The Pied Piper. Music Video

The Pied Piper
2007
Maya Animation

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Music Video for Yoriyos, the stage name of Muhammad Islam, that is the son Yusuf Islam, that is Cat Stevens. The Pied Piper is featured on his debut album, entitled Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee and released on his own record label.

Director: Ron Winter & Jon Watts
Illustrations: Katy Horan

Vh1 Black History Month. Network Promo

Vh1 Black History Month
2007
Direction | Design | Animation

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Worked on a series of spots for VH1's Black History month with fellow designer Mitch Paone. Spots were directed, designed and animated for UVPhactory.

Production: UVphactory
Creative Director: Alex Moors
Executive Producer: Brain Welsh

Renault Modus. Commercial

Renault Modus
2006
Design | Animation

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Worked with an awesomely talented team on this spot for the Renault Modus directed by Ben Radatz of Mk12. Most of this project was a blur but I seem to remember a lot of office karaoke jamming, Schwarzenegger sound boards, and Lenny Williams.

Director: Ben Radatz Mk12
Producer: Rosali Concepcion
Cooridinator: Michael Kaufman
Maya Artist: Ron Winter
Animator: Molly Schwartz
Animator: Sean Donnelly
Designer: Mitch Paone

MTV Made My School Year. Network Promo

MTV Made My School Year
2005
Design | Direction | Animation

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Created this spot while at UVPhactory working under the creative direction of Alex Moors. Established the initial design direction while working closely with Sean Donnelly and Bashir Hamid through the animation process.

Production: UVPhactory
Creative Director: Alex Moors
Producer: Brian Welsh
Animator: Sean Donnelly
Animator: Bashir Hamid

Scent of a Robot. Music Video

Scent of a Robot
2005
Design

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The UVPhactory creative team responsible for the live action shoot and the remarkable animation included:

Principle: Scott Sindorf
Principle: Damijan Saccio
Creative Director: Alexandre Moors
Senior Producer Brian Welsh
Director of Photography: Nick Tramantano
Senior Designer/3D Animator/Compositor: Jake Slutsky
Lead Character Animatior: Ryan Bradley
Designer/3D Animator/Compositor: Bashir Hamid
Editor: Damien Baskette

Cubed. Personal: Short Film

Cubed
2003
Concept | Direction | Design | Animation

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Frankenstien. USA Original Movie

Frankenstien
2004
Maya | Animation

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Created Custom 3D Typography for USA's Orginal Movie "Frankenstien". Directed and Produced by Verb.

Swatch. Commercial

Swatch
2005
Design,Animation

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Designed and animated these spots for Swatch under the creative direction of UVPhactory's Alex Moors.

Production: UVPhactory
Creative Director: Alex Moors
Producer: Brain Welsh
3D Animator: Ryan Bradley
3D Animator/Compositor: Bashir Hamid
3D Animator/Compositor: Jake Slutsky

* Plasticity 03. Personal: Audio Visual Collaboration with Plasticity

Plasticity 03
Music by Plasticity
Audio Visual Experiment

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2004

plasticitymusic.com

Plasticity 07. Personal: Audio Visual Collaboration with Plasticity

Plasticity 07
2004
Audio Visual Experiment

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Music by Plasticity

Mingus I. Personal: Audio Visual

Mingus I
Realtime Audio Visual Experiment
Audio Visualization

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Created using Onadime

2003

Mingus II. Personal: Audio Visual

Mingus II
Realtime Audio Visual Experiment
Audio Visualization

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Created using Onadime

2003

About. Bio

Colin Hess is a scribbler. Finds a fondness with spicy food and mustard. Sometimes showers. Sometimes does not -- Depends on the state of things around him. Believes someone else has produced every original idea he has ever had immediately after he's finished thinking about it. He grew up in Kansas City, a product of suburbia and with his extraneous amounts of spare time grew a fascination towards digital mediums because of there abilities to augment reality. Classically trained on the piano and trumpet, Colin remains passionate about music with a deep interest in its visual represention. He hopes that one day a floating plasama-like substance will exist allowing him to create and display a visual controlled through music. He currently lives and works in NYC where he has served clients such as Pepsi, Dell, Nintendo, Motorola, Swatch, HBO, SciFi, GE, MTV, USA, Renault, and CBS.

Colin Hess
Design, Art Direction, Maya + AFX Animation

347.417.4471
colin@gigxl.com