Bee Detective Trailer

by James Merry / Added 2 months 2 weeks ago

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Making a Mess with Particular and SoundKeys

by James Merry / Added 8 months 1 week ago

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Just-a-messing-about with a bit of Trapcode Particular and SoundKeys. It's fun. Music (for SoundKey purposes) is The Fool by Sanford Clark

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Shoreditch Private Army

by James Merry / Added 9 months 1 week ago

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This was made in collaboration with Bump, back in.... 2002? I think..? A looooong time ago, any which way you look at it, anyway. For a Channel 4 TV pilot based on the infamous Shoreditch Twat periodical.

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Pub Conversation

by James Merry / Added 11 months 2 weeks ago

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I made this film all the way back in 1998, when I was an animation student at Farnham, Surrey. The idea behind the film was my own frustration at being deaf, and having to keep up in social situations…

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Bluebeard

by James Merry / Added 11 months 2 weeks ago

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This was my RCA graduation film. Made in 2001. Thats ten years ago. TEN! Anyway, it's based on the old fairy tale of the same name. This was my first foray into 3D animation, and I had to teach myself…

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The Quest for the Holy Grail

by James Merry / Added 11 months 3 weeks ago

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The ancient legend, retold through the traditional medium of second-hand television. This was made in 2000. I was partially inspired by Plunder-phonic music at the time, specifically Negativland,…

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Stupid Bird; No.83

by James Merry / Added 1 year ago

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Another stupid bird animation, one more tiny addition to on-going side-project.

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More Shape Layer Sheninigans

by James Merry / Added 1 year ago

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Keyed and auto-traced video footage, and converted into shape layer paths. Crazy-wide strokes, and thin dashes to cause glitchy Moire effect, and a fill layer on top with a difference transparency.…

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Doodling with Shape Layers

by James Merry / Added 1 year ago

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Just playing with the shape layers in After Effects. Some bits of this remind me of those Moire patterns I used to be able to get on those old lo-res 8-bit computers. Good old days...

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Cor

by James Merry / Added 1 year ago

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This is me raiding the After Effects CheeseBox, on a slow day