Occasionally, a client gives me a storyboard and a folder full of Adobe Illustrator files (in this case stock art), and I'm told to make it move. Works in progress (note the lack of music), I'm sharing what I've built so far on these two, sixty second animations. - Joe Gast
Half and Half, half 2d and half 3d, entirely Adobe After Effects. This is a four second loop, ultra-pasteurized to increase shelf life. The Adobe Fonts typeface is Cubano Regular, designed by Chandler Van De Water. - Joe Gast
This four second walk cycle was built in Adobe Illustrator and animated in Adobe After Effects. The sans serif typeface is a classic, Futura Bold. - Joe Gast
Back in 2017, After Effects blogger Lester Banks said that Ae’s C4D renderer was doggedly slow to the point where it is almost impractical. I don’t do much 3D, but just rendering this bit of 3D type today seemed painfully difficult, and it’s now 2021.
The typeface is American Purpose. Warm and playful for a sans serif. Super wow! - Joe Gast
Though I live in Washington State, I grew up in Ohio. I always loved the state flag. The only non-rectangular U.S. state flag, I thought the flag's three red strips matched up nicely with the three red stripes in Joe Biden's campaign logo. My Texas flag was an afterthought, working with the same Ae comp. - Joe Gast