Headers for ibmblr
In the spring of 2017 I was commissioned by creative director Alvaro Masa of Ogilvy New York to design, craft and animate 6 animated paper craft illustrations as the headers for each category of the "IBMBLR" - IBM's own tumblr.
I combined paper craft, character design, classic stop motion techniques and lots of vibrant colours to create 6 unique animated loops as website headers with a size of only 2MB each!
Check out the original GIFs below and a "director's cut" video of all animations I compiled for you above! =)
Credits:
Client: IBM
Creative Director: Alvaro Masa @ Ogilvy New York
Concepts, design, crafts, animations, directing, compositing, editing, sound design: Ollanski
Compositing and assistance: Brian Fairbairn
Producer: Barbi Mlzcoch @ Cosmopola Berlin
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Static images
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Behind the Scenes
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THANKS FOR WATCHING!
Domo Arigato