FREELANCE PROJECTS & CLIENTS
MARK NELSON
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FREELANCE PROJECTS
BLAKE JAMIESON
LIMITED EDITION NFTs
This year, I worked with Blake Jamieson, a talented artist based in New York City. Since Blake is very innovative with his art and how he interacts with his fans on social media - he quickly gained interest in the NFT space and wanted to capitalize on it. We worked together to create two limited edition NFTs for him to list on OpenSea. With the first NFT, I built out an After Effects template modeled after NBA TopShot's NFTs that could easily swap in any BTS footage of Blake creating his art in addition to change rarity (between silver, gold and red). The idea behind this was that now fans could potentially own the art itself as an NFT and the personalized behind-the-scenes of how it was made. The "Blake Coin" was a fun experiment where I made his logo 3D and Blake gave it out to his fans for free. Each coin served as a raffle ticket to win exclusive prizes later that month, allowing fans the unique opportunity to keep the coin and claim the prize later or sell that chance to another fan.
"DAME D.O.L.L.A." (RED RARITY) NFT
"BLAKE COIN" NFT
LOGO ANIMATIONS
Here are four examples of Blake's animated logo that I produced. Using the existing logos he already had, I utilized strokes and masks to bring the logo to life. These completed logo animations would go on to be used in his social media posts and his YouTube videos.
TOPPS 1951
Blake commissioned me to take the sports cards he created for the newly released Topps 1951 set and bring them to life so he could post the animations on social. Ultimately, I created 6 unique AE templates, allowing Blake to swap out his new cards that he wanted to promote as they came out. I tried to include different backgrounds to make each template have a longer shelf life. I've always loved sports cards as a kid so getting to work with Blake's awesome designs was great!
All Cards Designed by Blake Jamieson
FREELANCE PROJECT
VERIZON WIRELESS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST STICKER
In 2014, I was commissioned by Verizon Wireless to create a sticker that would encompass being with Verizon and living in the Pacific Northwest. I went with this silhouette-styled illustration because it allowed me to seamlessly integrate many different PNW elements within the text. The company distributed these stickers to their employees and ran out within an hour. A large wall decal was also displayed at their regional headquarters in Bellevue, WA.
Art Direction: Mark Nelson Illustration: Mark Nelson Campaign Messaging: Verizon Wireless
FREELANCE PROJECTS
JOHN COOPER HIGH SCHOOL
SPECIAL EVENT THEMED CONTENT
In 2019, I was commissioned by John Hoye, Athletic Director of Cooper Athletics, to create a variety of unique motion graphic content that no other high school in the area, in fact in the country, was doing. We had a lot of fun brainstorming and working together on different executions we could do for various events throughout the year.
"SWEET VICTORY" SENIOR NIGHT
(CANDY CRUSH SPOOF)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS MOTION GRAPHIC
(FEATURES ORNAMENT OF EVERY SPORT)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EMAIL LETTER
(SENT TO COWORKERS, STAFF, & FAMILIES)
Art Direction: John Hoye & Mark Nelson Animation: Mark Nelson Building Photoshop: Luke Mitchell
GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
My first project with Cooper Athletics was to create motion graphic assets for their various sports. We wanted to be strategic with the type of content I produced so that it could be utilized multiple times throughout the season. Therefore, I made these pieces as "templates" where the text and logos could be interchanged for every matchup and game. Not everything can be 1 of 1, and I think we did a great job of maximizing their value for each piece of content.
Art Direction: John Hoye & Mark Nelson Animation: Mark Nelson
FREELANCE PROJECT
SONY MUSIC / COLUMBIA RECORDS
Y2K & BBNO$ "LALALA" MUSIC VIDEO
In 2019, I was commissioned by Columbia Records / Sony Music to film, edit, and produce a music video of Y2K and BBNO$'s newest hit song, "LaLaLa." With a turnaround of 36 hours, I worked around the clock to produce a high quality motion-graphic and VFX based music video. Ultimately, the record label was extremely happy with the final product, but the artists chose to go a different direction with what they'd release to the public.
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(not allowed to showcase the unrealized version)
Art Direction: Egomeli Hormeku & Mark Nelson Cinematography: Mark Nelson Editor: Mark Nelson Actors: Mark Nelson & Josh Hight
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FREELANCE PROJECT
AD VICTOREM / METRO x LAFC
METRO x LAFC PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO
In 2019, I was commissioned by Anthony Wiktor, Creative Director of Ad Victorem to add in motion graphics and effects into their already well produced commercial. Throughout the process, I created many different versions that could be presented to the client in addition to an animated end card. Ultimately, Anthony was happy with the final product, but Metro chose to go with a more stripped down version of what they released to the public.
Art Direction: Anthony Wiktor & Mark Nelson Video: Ad Victorem Motion Graphics: Mark Nelson
