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2D / 3D artist, illustrator & animator based in London 🌐 Follow for art process videos πŸ–Œ πŸ’» πŸ’₯

London
Joined February 2009
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Started a youtube channel! If anyone had any feedback please let me know, first time setting one of these things up 😬 #artprocess #illustration #animation #animationanalysis #videoediting #animationstudios #3daimation #intothespiderverse youtu.be/4qg9qV2ulNQ via @YouTube
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πŸ’₯ Exploding Blocks 🟦 Techniques used - πŸ‘‰πŸ» Textures in AE πŸ‘‰πŸ» Blocks created in C4D and Brought into After Effects through E3D plugin, where the textures are mapped πŸ‘‰πŸ» Animation done in AE with E3D #animation #illustrationart #3Danimation #2danimation #artprocess
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βœ”οΈ Airmax Explode πŸ’₯ πŸ–ŠοΈ modelled objects in C4D πŸ–ŠοΈ Most glows of applied as masks in AE πŸ–ŠοΈ Reflections added in AE by duplicating, opacity πŸ–ŠοΈ Displacement map + fractal noise to create glitch effects #animation #animationprocess #artprocess #nike #aftereffects #cinema4d
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πŸ“š This book made me rethink the way I edit my animations, and add sound to them… … Walter Murch - In Blink Of An Eye jonmayes.tv/blog/walter-murc… #animation #editing #filmediting #filmmaking #aftereffects #film #waltermurch #intheblinkofaneye
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✏️ Pencil chase ✏️ Techniques used- β˜› Model pencil in C4D β˜› Paint textures in Photoshop β˜› Bring into After Effects using Element 3D plugin, for flexible animation in AE β˜› Composite & other design in AE #Animation #aftereffects #animationtutorial #cinema4d #3danimation
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β˜… Star Garden 🌻 πŸ–ŠοΈ Sketched and painted in Photoshop with grain textures etc πŸ–ŠοΈ Flowers done with cel animation in Animate, πŸ–ŠοΈ Star done with native 3D engine in AE πŸ–ŠοΈ Compositing and colour grading/filters applied AE #animation #aftereffects #celanimation #illustration
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This book helped me a ton as an animator and illustrator... ... the mighty 'Framed Ink Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers' by Marcos Mateu-Mestre #animation #illustration #composition #film #pixar #3D
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2022 was fun 🀩 here’s some highlights #Animation #aftereffects #3D #2D #3Danimation
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Here’s some BTS of a few illustration and motion projects I worked on in the last few months ✍🏼 #illustration #photoshop #animation #aftereffects #backgroundpainting #characterdesign #digitalpainting
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2022 in review! I was very fortunate this year to work on projects for the likes of TED Ed, Facebook (Meta), collaborating with awesome agencies such as AIM Creatives, Lasso Studio, Recur Studios, Nomographic, and many more. 

Heres a snippet of some of the work
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Desk necessities 🍊 πŸ–Š snippet of some upcoming 3D scenes #animation #cinema4D #3Danimation #aftereffects
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From sketches & illustration in #photoshop to final animation in #aftereffects πŸ’₯ #motiondesign #animation #illustration
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My showreel for 2022 πŸ’₯πŸ’₯ I've recently started freelancing full-time as a motion designer & illustrator with a brand new website to boot! jonmayes.tv #animation #illustration #motiondesign #motionGraphics #3Danimation #blenderrender #cinema4d #animation2d
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WIP animating one of the hero illustrations I did for @PaddleHQ rebrand I art directed back in January #animation #3D #aftereffects #cinema4d #SaaS
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'PayDay', illustration and animation developed for a blog on salary in the tech sector #saas #tech #animation #surrealism #abstract
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Some sunset background paintings on my Behance for some calm amongst the chaos going on right now behance.net/gallery/13876109…
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