This was supposed to be Sunday's koan phrase for the #midjourney AI, but I posted the last of the series by accident. "The law of cause and effect cannot be obscured" is done in the style of Japanese porcelain. Really dig these results.

Last zen koan for the series, the phrase is "The essential state is pure and clear. "How are mountains rivers and the great earth produced at once?" I asked the #midjourney AI to give me results in the style of a Japanese Noh play on a stage. Might be my favorite results of the series.

"I gave the command for an excellent horse like a flying dragon to spring forth but there came out only a lame tortoise". I asked #midjourney AI to render this koan phrase in the style of a Japanese garden, expecting some stone work to my disappointment. I dig the horse-dragon-turtle chimeras though.

"Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha" was today's prompt for #midjourney. I asked the AI to make it in the style of Jōmon art, a prehistoric Japanese pottery. Clearly, not what I received. Last one looks like @pattonoswalt IMO. Cool textures on the halos too.

This prompt didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. "It is like a well looking at a donkey" in the style Japanese artist Hashimoto Gahō. The art style came out wrong but the donkey looks cool. #midjourney

Today's Zen koan phrase is "If one raises a speck of dust, the house and the nation prosper. If one does not raise a speck of dust, they perish." made to look like Heian art. One thing I've noticed is that Midjourney does a pretty great job of rendering Japanese architecture. #midjourney

Doing a Midjourney series of Zen koans this week, taking random phrases that I liked from Buddhism.org and combining them with artistic styles or objects to see what develops. This first series used the phrase "the sound of one hand clapping". #midjourney

Messed around with Midjourney and it is very fun and very dumb... This prompt was "Space Yokai in Edo Period style". Ran variations on the second and third images. Got some horrifying cat prompts to share soon too. #midjourney #space #yokai #edo

#hatchlingsocialchallenge Day 12

 The Tale of Genji is a Japanese novel written by lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around 1000 AD. It’s arguably one of the first novels ever written and has been a source of inspiration to Japanese culture since it was first printed. I learned about this story while studying the Japanese language during my freshman year of university. The audience of the work was the Japanese court of the 11th century but its tales of forbidden love, political intrigue, and descriptions of the emotional and mental lives of the characters have resonated across time.

 In 2019, I narrowly missed seeing The Met’s exhibition of work inspired by The Tale of Genji if my girlfriend hadn’t been in the mood to visit a museum as it was days away from the end of its run. So shout out to her and Google. Here are some of my favorites.

 Dainichi, the Cosmic Buddha (Mahavairocana) (12th century) “Devadatta,” Chapter 12 of the Lotus Sutra (12th century) Bridal Palanquin - Owned by Princess Atsu-hime (1856)

Tale of Genji Poem-Matching Cards - Unknown (18th Century) Jizō Bosatsu (12th - 13th Century) Summer Robe (Katabira) with Seasonal Landscapes and Scenes from The Tale of Genji (Second half of 18th Century)
 “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune) (1966) Jūichimen Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion with Eleven Heads (mid-to-late 14th century) 
Ukifune’s attempt to drown herself - Yamato Waki (1994) #MetGenji #TheTaleofGenji #motionhatch #japan

Day 8 of the #hatchlingsocialchallenge is an update from Day 7. Gotta remember to set your workspace to the correct color depth, kids. Rendered out a 90 fps image sequence out of #Cinema4D and brought it into #After Effects at 30 fps. The effect is getting closer to where I want it. #motionhatch #freelance #motiongraphics #c4d #arnoldrender #strobe

Spent the day setting up a light rig using Cinema 4D and Arnold that recreated the technique used in the Valkyrie flashback scene in Thor: Ragnarok. Taika Waititi has discussed his friends’ strobe light setup in a bonus features video on YouTube. 

Cloned some lights into a grid, and randomized the angle swings, while also targeting the center of the grid. Did a simple on-off animation on the lights, slapped a texture on a model, and slapped some glow on the renders and this is the result. It’s reeeeeeaaaaallllll chaotic at the moment, especially without the slow-mo pacing of the scene from Ragnarok. #hatchlingsocialchallenge #motionhatch #freelance #motiongraphics #cinema4d #thorragnarok #arnoldrenderer

One of my goals this past year was to learn Houdini. There are thousands of tutorials for Houdini on the internet and many run anywhere from 20 minutes to over an hour long. That’s why I loved the @therealentagma Youtube Channel. Their “Houdini in 5 Minutes” playlist is great for when you don’t feel like spending an hour going back and forth between video and program learning something. The videos are under 10 minutes long and give you quick insight into how powerful Houdini can be. https://www.youtube.com/Entagma #hatchlingsocialchallenge #motionhatch #freelance #motiongraphics #houdinifx

@motionhatch is doing a social media challenge for April. I’m enrolled in their Client Quest course, so now is a great time to implement everything I’ve learned, even if I’m a few days behind. For day 4, I’m sharing something that’s been super helpful to me working as much as I have in the world of sports and television - After Effects expressions. 
 One of the most tedious aspects of working in sports is dealing with the multitude of team logos and having to swap them in and out of a design. To speed this up an easy solution is to script the opacity of every logo to a layer control. 
 I have two compositions in this example, one called “Switch Team Here” and another called “Team Logo 1”. I have a control null and a null for every team in the Switch comp. The script that is located on every image layers Opacity in the Team Logo 1 composition links to the control null’s layer controls, so ARI = Arizona. 
 Here’s the script: 
 if (comp("0a. SWITCH TEAM HERE").layer(1).effect("Team 1")("Layer").index-1 == thisLayer.index) 100 else 0 
 Here’s the breakdown: 
 It’s a simple if/then statement. The script looks for the control layer effect called Team 1 in the “Switch Team” comp to see if it is equal to the same index (layer position) as “this Layer”. The minus -1 is to take into account the control null’s position in the Switch Team comp. If it’s true the layer opacity is set to 100, else it’s set to 0. 
 What makes this work so well, and why everything is tied to a control comp is that by duplicating the Layer Control effects along with their corresponding team logo comp you can easily set up projects like game matchups simply by changing the “Team 1” in the script to “Team 2”.

Customizing my website to create some case studies to show off. This is some of the most tedious work in the world. I'll just be here all day, clicking and dragging widgets.

Work in progress is progressing... #aftereffects #motiongraphics #motiondesign #animation

Current #wip... The first image is something I'm building in After Effects, inspired by the cover art for a Dua Saleh album I saw while browsing Behance. Hopefully this will look cool animated. #aftereffects #motiongraphics #behance

I took some conceptual work and turned it into a title sequence as a personal project. The film is Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood”, also known as “Spiders Web Castle”.

This is some design work I’ve done for the New York Knicks and Rangers during quarantine, plus some Knicks City Dancers court projection work thrown in for good measure.

Excited to tap into these bad boys for the rest of the year. Thanks @etheringtonbrothers!

Just a little experiment...

#nyc

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Here’s my last few concept rejects for the 2019-2020 New York Rangers redesign... some of these may still find a place in the new look, but 🤷🏼‍♂️

Had to bail outta work to go snag some @sirjoancornella swag while he’s in town. Thanks for the heads up @dereliquehall

Here’s another New York Rangers rejected pitch idea... though everyone loves the random neon accents.

Here’s some rejected concept work for the 2019-2020 season for the New York Rangers... I did some experimenting with the logos and Art Deco patterning, which I think looks pretty sick as a rough design concept.

Stopped at @rebeldogcoffeeco cuz it’s been a while since I’ve been in CT, and noticed a piece of artwork on the wall that looks like something I did in January, digitally... #greatminds

Going to people watch at the Met...

Happy Birthday to this monster of saltiness.

Fractal Arabesque #5

Fractal Arabesque #3

Asymmetry Fractal #19

Asymmetry Fractal #9

Asymmetry #4

Asymmetry #2

Fractal Lines #12

Fractal Line Waves #4

Fractal Lines #1

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Here’s a little freelance job I did a couple weeks back...

Kaleidoscope Jewels #14

Kaleidoscope Jewels #13

Kaleidoscope Jewels #11

Kaleidoscope Jewels #9

Kaleidoscope Jewels #7

Kaleidoscope Jewels #1

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Fractal Lines #9 This was part of a series of animations I built that looked like a vaulted cathedral ceiling, IMO.

Fractal Native #5

Fractal Neon Lights #2

Reposting this in square format for details...

Fractal Native #1

Fractal Line Waves #3

Fractal Lines #14

Fractal Lines #2

Fractal Lines #6

Went to the @scopeartshow in NYC with @jessicagkennedy yesterday and finally got to see @miss_me_art work in all their glory. Also spied a piece by @kliuwong which was cool. #QOTD from Jess “It’s just dried paint”

A bunch of wavy lines. Pond5: 102858024

Rasta Riptide One of my favorite accidents. Pond5: 102858124

Love the random rectangular breaks in this piece. @pond5official Item: 103858105

Tiffany lamp style fractal loop... 102858020 on Pond5.com

A tribal looking line animation, probably one of my favorites that I’ve built. Based on my 30 Days experiment in January. Here’s a piece up on Pond5.com, item 102858029.

Been building a series of psychedelic animation loops to sell, based on my 30 Days experiment in January. Here’s a piece up on Pond5.com, item 102858160.

“Iron Man Pensively Reflecting” Playing around with the Arnold Renderer in Cinema 4D today.

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 31 Yay! I’ve made an everyday for 31 days! And now I go back to posting every couple of days, until I get the urge to be really productive again. Track: Kryder “Crocodile Tears” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @krydermusic @armadamusic

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 30 Track: Spektre “Skuz” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @spektrelive

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 29 Track: Orkidea “Higher State” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @orkidea

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 28 Track: Scuba “Glacial” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @scubaofficial

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 27 Track: Kaiserdisco “Toleranz” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist #drumcode @kaiserdisco_official @drumcoderecords

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 26 Track: Jam & Spoon “The Age of Love” (Watch Out for Stella Mix) Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @jamelmarmusic

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 25 Track: Raito “Dark Ritual” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 24 Track: Patrice Baümel “The Vanishing” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno @patrice_baumel

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 23 @gaibarone makes two appearances on this 30 day challenge because I fucking love his music. Track: Gai Barone “Something Between Us” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #gaibarone

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 22 One of my favs... Track: Several Definitions “Alone” (Hatzler Remix) Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno @severaldefinitions @hatzler

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 21 Track: Pom Pom “Untitled 3” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 20 Squares. Track: Enrico Sangiuliano “A Further Existence” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #drumcode @drumcoderecords @enricosangiuliano

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 19 Playing with some Trapcode Particular in this piece. Track: Eric Prydz “Pjanoo” (High Contrast Remix) Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #ericprydz #pryda #nycart #nycartist @ericprydz @highcontrastuk

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 18 This rage fest brought to you by saying “fuck it” and turning on all of the layers on a previous piece. Track: Amon Tobin “War and Peace but Mainly War” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #amontobin #nycart #nycartist @amontobin

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 17 Track: Levon Vincent “Woman Is An Angel” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #levonvincent #nycart #nycartist @levon_vincent

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 16 Track: Plague Agent “Test Subject” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 15 Since I’m halfway thru this experiment, I’m posting my favorite piece so far. Track: Gai Barone “Aware of Me” It looks bonkers at high resolution, and prints are available on Society6.com/airplanesandwich. Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #gaibarone #nycart #nycartist @gaibarone

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 14 Playing with some shapes. Track: Kangding Ray “Epsilon” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #kangdingray #nycart #nycartist @kangding_ray

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 13 The Tardigrade Snout animation. Track: Blanck Mass “Chernobyl” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #tardigrade #chernobyl #nycart #nycartist @blanckmass

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 12 Track: Four Tet “Parallel Jalebi” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist @fourtetkieran

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 11 Track: Allen Milivojevic & Steve Mulder “Light Man” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 10 More fun with caustics and using bump maps to drive the animation. Track: Tibi Dabo “Perpetua Mobilia” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 9 Track: Din “Mono” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 8 Really dug this one, especially the chromatic effects at the top and bottom. Might need to experiment more with how I set that up. Track: Jon Hopkins “Open Eye Signal” Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #jonhopkins #nycart #nycartist #openeyesignal @mrjonhopkins

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 7 I really dig the percolating rhythms in this track, so I thought it would pair well with some simple geometry and particles in space. Built in After Effects using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins. Track: Reka “Diving the Innermost” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #techno #reka #nycart #nycartist @reka________

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 6 I really dug the diatom-esque aspect of the caustics created in the piece, as though a multitude of organisms were dancing in unison. Track: Son Kite “Colours” Built in After Effect using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #sonkite #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 5 Going for some bold ghostly moves in this piece. Built in After Effect using @redgiantnews and @boris_fx plugins Track: Burial “Street Halo” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #burial #techno #nycart #nycartist

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 4 Track: Dan Deacon “Guilford Avenue Bridge” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #gnar #dandeacon #nycart #nycartist @dandeacon

30 Days of Psychedelic Animations - Day 3 Track: Recondite “Riant” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #recondite #techno #nycart #nycartist @_recondite_

Day 2 of my psychedelic everyday challenge... Track: Kobosil “Lyse” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #kobosil #techno #nycart #nycartist @kobosil

New Year, so I decided to try my hand at doing a psychedelic animation everyday for 30 days... Day 1 Track: Prurient “You Show Great Spirit” #everyday #mograph #aftereffects #sapphire #redgiant #psychedelic #30DaysOfPsychAnim #animation #presets #nyc #prurient #nycart #nycartist Prints are available on Society6.com/airplanesandwich @redgiantnews @boris_fx

Some sweet psychedelic pattern work at the Light City Festival. Out and about with @jessicagkennedy

Scoped some of the Burning Man exhibit at the Renwick, with @jessicagkennedy.art this weekend...

Did a short animation as part of an interview process with the Sacramento Kings... there are a few changes I’d make to sharpen it up, but I also wasn’t being paid... Four two days worth of work, I don’t hate it. #lessonlearned

Check my story for the full size version! Also, I reposted this because it looked real shitty once compressed, and I can’t figure out why. #cool This was some motion tracking practice that was frankly a bit disappointing. My goal was to do more abstract design/animation and once I started I realized how complex the background really is, and how hard it would be to animate against, so I basically gave up. Instead, I got in some practice using old techniques and ideas to do something more as a proof of concept for some future work I want to do. #mograph #motiontracking #aftereffects #vortex #cinema4d #trash #magicgarden #philly #repost

Another #tbt of The John Masse Show... #parody #claritin #allergies #facepeel #motiontracking #photoshop #muscle #aftereffects #mograph