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BBC2 Ident

Superunion had reached the creative production stage of their BBC2 rebrand and Mainframe were asked to partner them alongside several talented and respected motion designers, artists and animators.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RNnD, Procedural modelling, Custom grooming tools, Grooming, Procedural animation and Simulated walk cycle animation, Flesh simulation/Secondary animation, Hair & Glass interaction, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Client: BBC

Director: Superunion

Creative Agency: BBC Creative

Animation: Mainframe

Sound: Alex Baranowski

KISS Bling

Mainframe were invited by Box Plus Network to create a series of idents for their music channel Kiss TV. With Kiss being at the forefront of Music TV in the U.K. the brief for the idents was to created something innovative, visually stunning and different to anything else on UK TV screens.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as Houdini Artist and Nuke Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RnD, Procedural modelling, Custom crystal ripple growth solver, Procedural animation and Simulation, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Concept, Design & Direction: Mainframe

Art Director: Daniel Wood @ KISS TV

Client: Kiss Tv

Audio: Shookz

KISS Urban

Mainframe were invited by Box Plus Network to create a series of idents for their music channel Kiss TV. With Kiss being at the forefront of Music TV in the U.K. the brief for the idents was to created something innovative, visually stunning and different to anything else on UK TV screens.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RnD, Animation, Procedural modelling, Custom animation growth solver, Procedural animation and Simulation, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Client: KISS TV

Concept/Design/Animation: Mainframe

Art Director: Daniel Wood @ KISS TV

SoundD: Shookz

Red Bull Taurobran

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RnD, Coding, Procedural modeling, Procedural knitting animation and Simulation setup, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Channel 5 Peel

As part of their network wide rebrand the good folk at Channel 5 asked Mainframe to create a series of continuity bumpers for their schedule.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RND & Look Dev, Procedural animation setup, Custom simulation setup, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Client: Channel 5

Creative Director: Jody Malam / Alun Constable

Design/Animation: Mainframe

Harrods Super Brand

Harrods wanted to push the science fiction edginess with this piece. Working closely with in-house art director Barney Pickard, Mainframe created this advert to be played across Harrods' digital platforms, promoting the prestigious Superbrands mall, showcasing it as the place to go for Europe's luxury brands.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as Compositor and Matte painter for the "Main establishing shot/Matte painting".

Studio: Mainframe

Client: Harrods

Polident

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RnD, Procedural modelling, Simulation, Animation, Shading, Lighting, Rendering and Compositing.

Studio: Mainframe

Client: Polident

AirWick / Havas - Brains in Bloom

Havas London approached Mainframe to create and animate an unusual look at an AirWick commercial. We love the opportunity to learn something new on a project and this script based its script on the biological process of how scent travels around the brain.

I was working as part of the in-house team at Mainframe as a Houdini Artist and Compositor. I did various tasks including Design/RnD, Simulation, Animation, Shading, Lighting, Rendering and Compositing.

Client: Aston Martin

Director: Superunion

Art Direction: Prism

Design Development: Production - Mainframe

Look Dev

Various explorations manly done at Mainframe, where I was responsible for Modelling, Procedural modelling, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

RND

Personal work for concept exploration.

Jelly

Privat design and concept testing for design concept, Procedural modelling, Procedural berry animation, Custom Flipp sticky solver, Jelly simulation, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Slimy Stick

Privat design and concept testing for design concept, Procedural modelling, Procedural berry animation, Custom Flipp sticky solver, Jelly simulation, Shading, Lighting and Compositing.

Planetary Swirl

Privat code testing written wholly in vex, and explored with further added attributes.

BBC2 Ident

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BBC2 IDENTS

KISS Bling

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KISS Urban

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KISS URBAN

Red Bull Taurobran

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Red Bull Taurobran

Channel 5 Peel

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Channel 5 - Peel

Harrods Super Brand

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Harrods Super Brands

Polident

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AirWick / Havas - Brains in Bloom

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AirWick / Havas - Brains in Bloom

Look Dev

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RND

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Jelly

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Slimy Stick

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Planetary Swirl

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