December 12, 2009 by John Dickinson | 1,214 views | Comments (39)
Everyone who took the time and made an effort to display their work in this challenge is a winner. Choosing from the top 10 was not easy and after much deliberation we have decided to use Robert Leger’s entry as the title sequence for Unplugged. Robert based his animation on the existing style and colour palette and reworked it into a fun and stylish sequence. I’m looking forward to discussing the animation with Robert during his Unplugged interview. To all other entrants, once again thank you, and look out for my video review of your entries.
39 Responses to this post
December 12, 2009 at 1:54 am |
Rock on! Great open Robert!
Perfect choice John.
For me it was a pleasure working on this challenge, and I look forward to more of Unplugged!
Thanks John:)
December 12, 2009 at 1:57 am |
Congratulations to you too Izzy for making the top 10. All the best, John.
December 12, 2009 at 2:01 am |
Thanks for having the challenge John, it was fun!
December 12, 2009 at 2:13 am |
Congratulations Robert!
December 12, 2009 at 2:21 am |
Congratulation!
Was interesting to follow this challenge.
Most works had nice AE effects and C4D stuff.. mograph and co
…but the best entries were the ones with good concepts/ideas and color schemes and design elements, that fit into this already existing design/identity.
December 12, 2009 at 2:41 am |
That fits perfect!
December 12, 2009 at 2:51 am |
Bravo Robert Leger!! Well deserved. Your camera move is smooth as butter. And the motion is literally uplifting. It will add a nice positive feel to the start of the show. Commence to rocking!
December 12, 2009 at 3:20 am |
wow! that’s so great. i’m excited
thanks to all that nice positive feedback and critique.
i really enjoyed to see how constructive and well-thought the discussion went in the end.
this community rocks!
December 12, 2009 at 3:23 am |
Congrats man! Great job!
December 12, 2009 at 3:31 am |
Congratulations Robert!
I wish you to be a winner in your whole career way!!
Friendly
Antonis
December 12, 2009 at 3:59 am |
Congratulations Robert your work one of my favorite . nice choice JD.
December 12, 2009 at 4:02 am |
finger lickn good!
December 12, 2009 at 5:05 am |
Congrats from me, too!
It’s a really great entry! I’m excited about your interview with John and the man behind this great effort
December 12, 2009 at 5:13 am |
Huge congrats to Robert!
December 12, 2009 at 8:20 am |
Congratulations Robert and keep on the good work.
Waiting for your interview with Mr John Dickinson.
December 12, 2009 at 8:32 am |
Congratulations Robert! I hope to see more and more great works from you.
Congrats to John, too! Excellent choice, for an excellent show!
Keep doing this good work.
And thanks for the challenge. It was really fun to work on it!
Cheers!
Telli
December 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
Thanks Telli and good on you for a great effort in the challenge. Best, John.
December 12, 2009 at 12:20 pm |
Congratulations Robert! Can’t wait to see the first show with your work in use
December 12, 2009 at 6:46 pm |
Although Its not the best piece to me it is a really nice work. Thanks for this amazing contest Motionworks!
December 13, 2009 at 2:28 pm |
Thanks illd, this was only made possible because of the people who took the time to enter their work. For that I am truly grateful. Best, John.
December 12, 2009 at 7:18 pm |
Nice! I’d like to learn about how it was done. Like the thin lines.
December 13, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
Hi John, I’ll make certain Robert gives us some clues about his workflow on this
Best, John.
December 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm |
Congratulations Robert! fits in with motionworks perfectly.
December 12, 2009 at 11:11 pm |
congrats
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December 13, 2009 at 6:27 pm |
Congratulations Robert, nice job!
December 14, 2009 at 1:07 am |
Congratulations Robert. That is very nice work
Also thanks John for the challenge, it was great fun having a crack at AE.
December 14, 2009 at 9:25 pm |
You’re welcome Mark, thanks to you too. Best, John.
December 14, 2009 at 5:51 am |
Some professional stuff there. Although the winning entry is good….please consider reworking the cuts at the beginning. Seem a bit too harsh. I actually had to scroll back the video playback a few times until I realized that my video wasn’t skipping, but the first few cuts are so hard. Maybe a slight movement instead of the Plug Icon static shots (yes I know the particles are moving slighty).
December 14, 2009 at 6:05 am |
Ah…but now with music (I put my headphones on). Fits the music perfect. For some reason, without the sound it seemed to cut too many times to different views of the Icon before the main animation. But now hearing it with the music….I admit I was off on my first comment. Flows well with the music.
December 14, 2009 at 7:20 am |
Late post, nonetheless CONGRATS Robert!
Thank you John for giving us the opportunity!
Rock on!
December 14, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
And thanks Doru for taking the time to enter the challenge. Best, John.
December 14, 2009 at 6:42 pm |
Hi John!
I really want to thank you for being so generous in sharing your knowledge. I just moved from Los Angeles to El Salvador as a self-supporting missionary to help people here, and to earn money I started a vfx business. I really don’t think I could have done it without inspiration and practical training from you and also from guys like Maltaannon.
Love the site, and the use of trapcode. I love making organic effects.
A question — how do you think that Robert created the 3d letters? Zaxwerks and then individually animate them?
Thanks again!
Jonathan Perkins
PS – Congrats Robert! It’s really is a beautiful piece of work.
December 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm |
Hi Jonathan, thanks for your support. I’m sure Robert will explain exactly how he constructed his entry during our interview. Best, John.
December 15, 2009 at 9:10 am |
can we have a tutorial on how this was done ??
December 15, 2009 at 2:01 pm |
OMG! blow my mind!!!
the colours..the sounds…… OMG!
pleaseee any chance to make a tutorial?..
the motion of the letters…
all is increible!!!!!!!!!
December 15, 2009 at 10:56 pm |
hello again,
well, i guess i will be recording my first tutorial then
when john and are done with the unplugged interview, i’ll think about how to set it up.
so be sure to check out my website http://www.robertleger.net very early in 2010… but i’m confident that john would announce the “making of” of his new podcast title on this very site, as well. so obviously you won’t miss it
thanks again for your kind comments,
Robert
December 16, 2009 at 12:06 am |
that will be great robert ! thanks and hey , Lovely site.
February 18, 2010 at 9:44 pm |
Hi John,
I was waiting for your last posts about the entries of the challenge, but I haven’t seen them, and now that I’m looking for them on your website, I can’t find them either.
Have I missed anything ? Did you finally finish to comment all of them ?
(I’ve to say mine was one of them… :-/)
Thanks !
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