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Static Graphics

Often my motion graphics work requires the use of a graphic that I don't have access to; in these cases, I just make them myself, usually using either Adobe Illustrator (for scalable graphics) or Paint.NET (for static .pngs and the like). After a while, I found myself developing a pretty consistent visual language with them, which is why many of them are a plain, flat white.

Here are a few I'm most proud of.

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While they are a simple shape, it can be surprisingly hard coming up with an original stick figure. These are a few from a set of basic person-shaped analogues used in early drafts of the APEX Level 1 series. They were scrapped in favor of more diverse and distinctive figures based on an unoriginal set, though these originals still pop up in a few places in the final series. Their simple design makes them well-suited (pun intended) to a variety of different costumes, like adding a tie to denote a workplace role.

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Similarly, a unique set of fairly simplistic document icons can be created from a blank template to fill a number of roles, from technical proposals, to contracts, to questionnaires, to simple essays. We can also animate elements on a page to move around and change on the fly.

Various Others

The aesthetic doesn't always call for stark white graphics, of course. Often, more complex and highly contextual designs are needed. I often need images like these only once, but they're valuable to keep around just in case I need them again.

Animations

Still other images are much more bare-bones, often just assemblages of basic shapes, that are animated on-the-fly. The end result is snappy and energetic, and the timing can be adjusted to match the cadence of the voiceover.

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