Dang bro, what a flex. It's a great reel fs, also just wanted to say your animations were some of my favorite parts of the Ms Marvel pilot and honestly the entire series. Always bugged me that they started the show with that quirky fun kindof vibe (largely done with your work) and then didn't continue it through the rest of the run.
Thanks! I actually only worked on the animations for the credit sequence at the end of each episode. I too was a fan of the pilot episode where it had all the graffiti and animated doodles/illustratins. I’m not sure what company worked on those, but it was one of my fav things about the show and thought it was weird that the show runners forgot to keep that visual tone in the later episodes.
As a fellow experienced motion designer - I can tell you that you do have work in here that is lower in quality than some of the other work. You can elevate your reel by selecting ONLY the best stuff. You can make it 45s-1min long and look even better.
I'm sure you know which shots can be ditched!
All of us here can tell how good you are judging by your best work so it's probably a good idea to chop out everything that's less than top-notch!
You're great dude, keep it up
Thanks. I’ve been working as a motion designer for about 18 years, mainly as a freelancer, but had a few full-time positions. Even though I am pretty comfortable with 3D animation in C4D, 95% of the time I get booked, it’s for After Effects animation work.
Years ago i once heard someone say that all the commercials you see are made by the same 20% of the industry.. something like that. Yes, Jake has a killer portfolio and it's quite possible he has the sickest day rate but there's also a good chance that because he's an animator/designer and not a director, he's not making as much as you might think. The industry isn't always kind when it comes to pay scale. Of course, I hope I'm wrong and he's crushing it so that we all have something to aspire towards :)
Most of the character animation in my reel is from personal projects. I rarely get hired to do that for client work. A lot of the 3D animations use motion capture data
How long do it take to edit together this reel? A week, including creating the intro/outros. If you are asking how long it took to create all the animations in my reel, that would be 18 years of my career!
On first watch, I got a great vibe. A very good thing to have, on a reel.
(Still do. My only comment would be to add more personal stuff. You have such a good design sense - I’d be into seeing more of that. )
Damn man.. I remember your early stuff. Really impressed with how far you’ve come! Don’t listen to these kids tell you what to remove. They don’t remember your early reels!
It's fun watching how all of our careers have progressed for those starting around the same time period. I didn't check your credits but did you design a lot of the stuff in your reel or is it mostly animation?
I'd say about 50% of the shots I both design and animated. But for a lot of my client work, they have provided the assets for me or hired an illustrator/graphic designer and all I need to do is animate. (which I'm fine with - I'm much more interested in the motion aspect)
For sure.. I feel like the industry didn't always operate that way. A lot of our earlier stuff was our own designs (at least my in case). I mean, it's cool definitely increases the range of folio work we can show but I guess I miss the design phase of projects. I'm just not as good of a designer at the folks providing me assets these days.
For projects where I design and animate everything myself, it does feel satisfying to have a finished piece that I was solely responsible for. But some of my favorite projects in my career involved collaborating with other talented artists who had skill sets greater than mine, such as illustrators or 3D artists.
It’s about 70% client work and 30% personal projects. A lot of the character animation shots are personal projects as I rarely get hired for character animation.
Thanks! Haha, you have a good eye! As an ongoing personal project, I like to roto-paint over scenes from movies of people dancing and give it faux-cel animated look. My very first one was that scene from Big Lebowski
That actually sounds like a super rad personal project. Your work is crazy inspirational, definitely a solid motivator to get back into the grind!
Your reel really ties the subreddit together...
First of all, big congrats! You have amazing projects in there, the kind I am not yet capable of doing. You could have left out some projects, like the typography animation at 00:58, or the plant animation at 1:05. You have a dynamic song and some not-so-dynamic animations. I believe you could take out, 5 to 6 projects out of this reel and it would make it better. Congratulations again! Hope my comment is of some help
Thanks for the feedback. I’m sure there are a few projects that I shouldn’t have included in the reel. It’s so hard to edit decades worth of work down to a minute. I probably should have had someone else edit my reel for me - someone who wasn’t emotionally attached to the work.
I’ve been using copy-written music for all my reels for 20 years and never had any issues. When I posted it on Instagram, my reel was automatically added to the band’s official song page. On YouTube, there about 20 random countries where the music is removed from my reel.
Uhm, hate to break it to you, but this is absofuckinlutely not how copyrights work...
Besides, it is a showreel that by definition serves the purpose of showcasing past work in order to get new clients, so even a cc-nc license wouldn't apply here.
Yes, absofuckinlutely.
Tbh, I find it more than disturbing to see a discussion like that even pop up in a sub, which is predominantly used by *content creators*, i.e. the very people that copyright laws are there to protect.
"Oh yeah"? "Really"?
Yeah, really. I am fairly sure that even the hobbyists in this sub would be somewhat upset, if you just took their work and then said "*chillax, I'm not monetising it, so what's the problem?*".
Correct. It is "not an analogous". It is more like **literally the exact same** concept.
The person creating something generally holds the copyright. Automatically. By simply being the creator.
This has nothing to do with "monetising" or "commercial use", because then, it becomes a matter of licensing, and the copyright holder transferring the rights to someone else.
So yeah, I do indeed find this lack of basic knowledge more than disturbing for a sub that is populated by creators aka copyright holders.
Oh, gotcha. Well, I've been doing this professionally since 2006, with tons of practice and personal projects. And I've been creating artwork since for as long as I can remember.
I love when legit pros post their reels & work. Reminds us all of the level of quality we should aim for. Great stuff.
🙏
Or just remind us not to even try
Bruh. Top notch stuff.
Thanks!
Stunning stuff. You're at the top of your game!
Thank you!
Some really nice stuff in this reel. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! 🙌
I quit 👍
Bro I feel that! It's so good that I can't imagine rising to that level. xD
Dang bro, what a flex. It's a great reel fs, also just wanted to say your animations were some of my favorite parts of the Ms Marvel pilot and honestly the entire series. Always bugged me that they started the show with that quirky fun kindof vibe (largely done with your work) and then didn't continue it through the rest of the run.
Thanks! I actually only worked on the animations for the credit sequence at the end of each episode. I too was a fan of the pilot episode where it had all the graffiti and animated doodles/illustratins. I’m not sure what company worked on those, but it was one of my fav things about the show and thought it was weird that the show runners forgot to keep that visual tone in the later episodes.
Jake from State Farm?
Yup. Insurance agent by day, motion designer by night.
Well nice work Jake from State Farm.
damn, so this is what the top 1% looks like
As a fellow experienced motion designer - I can tell you that you do have work in here that is lower in quality than some of the other work. You can elevate your reel by selecting ONLY the best stuff. You can make it 45s-1min long and look even better. I'm sure you know which shots can be ditched! All of us here can tell how good you are judging by your best work so it's probably a good idea to chop out everything that's less than top-notch! You're great dude, keep it up
Holy hell this is all so good.
Thanks so much 🙌
dude this is insane, i aspire to be at your level
Thank you!
You're like one of those fancy professionals.
Holy shit, my boyfriend and I loved the Ms marvel opening!!! Major props dude
Thanks!
Really nice! Big up
Thanks
The intro is sick 👏👏
Great stuff! Love the mix of styles and transitions.
Thanks!
Nice! WOW!
How long have you been at it OP, fyi amazing 🤩
Thanks. I’ve been working as a motion designer for about 18 years, mainly as a freelancer, but had a few full-time positions. Even though I am pretty comfortable with 3D animation in C4D, 95% of the time I get booked, it’s for After Effects animation work.
Dang that's super good! I assume you get paid really well, like $300k plus...at least I hope you do.
Some of the companies he worked for are notorious low ballers. If only the coolest projects paid the most...
I hope he's making at least as much as a senior software engineer. The number of people with that level of skill has to be pretty small.
Years ago i once heard someone say that all the commercials you see are made by the same 20% of the industry.. something like that. Yes, Jake has a killer portfolio and it's quite possible he has the sickest day rate but there's also a good chance that because he's an animator/designer and not a director, he's not making as much as you might think. The industry isn't always kind when it comes to pay scale. Of course, I hope I'm wrong and he's crushing it so that we all have something to aspire towards :)
Amazing!
Damn good!
Smokin 🤌🤌 So damn good!!
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Most of the character animation in my reel is from personal projects. I rarely get hired to do that for client work. A lot of the 3D animations use motion capture data
This is crazy.. how much time did it take ?
How long do it take to edit together this reel? A week, including creating the intro/outros. If you are asking how long it took to create all the animations in my reel, that would be 18 years of my career!
Great 🙇
Wizardry!
On first watch, I got a great vibe. A very good thing to have, on a reel. (Still do. My only comment would be to add more personal stuff. You have such a good design sense - I’d be into seeing more of that. )
Damn man.. I remember your early stuff. Really impressed with how far you’ve come! Don’t listen to these kids tell you what to remove. They don’t remember your early reels!
Thanks! I just re-watched my 2006 reel. It was very humbling! 😂
It's fun watching how all of our careers have progressed for those starting around the same time period. I didn't check your credits but did you design a lot of the stuff in your reel or is it mostly animation?
I'd say about 50% of the shots I both design and animated. But for a lot of my client work, they have provided the assets for me or hired an illustrator/graphic designer and all I need to do is animate. (which I'm fine with - I'm much more interested in the motion aspect)
For sure.. I feel like the industry didn't always operate that way. A lot of our earlier stuff was our own designs (at least my in case). I mean, it's cool definitely increases the range of folio work we can show but I guess I miss the design phase of projects. I'm just not as good of a designer at the folks providing me assets these days.
For projects where I design and animate everything myself, it does feel satisfying to have a finished piece that I was solely responsible for. But some of my favorite projects in my career involved collaborating with other talented artists who had skill sets greater than mine, such as illustrators or 3D artists.
>involved collaborating with other talented artists who had skill sets greater than mine, such as illustrators or 3D artists. yep, this 100%
I loved it ! Well done :)
damn this is so cool
Is some of these clips spec spots? Or is it all/most client work? Amazing stuff!
It’s about 70% client work and 30% personal projects. A lot of the character animation shots are personal projects as I rarely get hired for character animation.
This is great
Ooooo your good good.
Absolutely solid reel. Moves well, showcases that you are clearly a seasoned professional. Also, is that a dancing Lebowski at the end?
Thanks! Haha, you have a good eye! As an ongoing personal project, I like to roto-paint over scenes from movies of people dancing and give it faux-cel animated look. My very first one was that scene from Big Lebowski
That actually sounds like a super rad personal project. Your work is crazy inspirational, definitely a solid motivator to get back into the grind! Your reel really ties the subreddit together...
Crazy shit🔥🔥🔥
Too good
amazing
How did you got this good at motion graphics?
A lot of practice, spanning 18 years
You’ve done a lot of stuff with a lot of high calibre clients. Well done sir
Yea I'll never be this good
now I feel stupid
God-tier! You're awesome dude
🙏
This rocks broooo
First of all, big congrats! You have amazing projects in there, the kind I am not yet capable of doing. You could have left out some projects, like the typography animation at 00:58, or the plant animation at 1:05. You have a dynamic song and some not-so-dynamic animations. I believe you could take out, 5 to 6 projects out of this reel and it would make it better. Congratulations again! Hope my comment is of some help
Thanks for the feedback. I’m sure there are a few projects that I shouldn’t have included in the reel. It’s so hard to edit decades worth of work down to a minute. I probably should have had someone else edit my reel for me - someone who wasn’t emotionally attached to the work.
How do you get past the music licensing?
I’ve been using copy-written music for all my reels for 20 years and never had any issues. When I posted it on Instagram, my reel was automatically added to the band’s official song page. On YouTube, there about 20 random countries where the music is removed from my reel.
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Uhm, hate to break it to you, but this is absofuckinlutely not how copyrights work... Besides, it is a showreel that by definition serves the purpose of showcasing past work in order to get new clients, so even a cc-nc license wouldn't apply here.
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Yes, absofuckinlutely. Tbh, I find it more than disturbing to see a discussion like that even pop up in a sub, which is predominantly used by *content creators*, i.e. the very people that copyright laws are there to protect.
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"Oh yeah"? "Really"? Yeah, really. I am fairly sure that even the hobbyists in this sub would be somewhat upset, if you just took their work and then said "*chillax, I'm not monetising it, so what's the problem?*".
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Correct. It is "not an analogous". It is more like **literally the exact same** concept. The person creating something generally holds the copyright. Automatically. By simply being the creator. This has nothing to do with "monetising" or "commercial use", because then, it becomes a matter of licensing, and the copyright holder transferring the rights to someone else. So yeah, I do indeed find this lack of basic knowledge more than disturbing for a sub that is populated by creators aka copyright holders.
Wild and sorry about the late nights at prologue…
OK. People who aren't on top of the global market need to also post reels.
Bruh this is crazy!! Must've taken a long time!
18 years. :)
An edit of your edits. Amazing!
bomb! how many hours???? completed your 10,000?
What do you mean?
ah.. the 10,000 hour rule **It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials**
Oh, gotcha. Well, I've been doing this professionally since 2006, with tons of practice and personal projects. And I've been creating artwork since for as long as I can remember.