WILL PARKS - PORTFOLIO

A demo reel of my recent work. 

Client work done for Aurora Cannabis. This video was present on DOOH platforms. Rendering by Jody Wagner, Art Direction by Juan Torres. I animated the typographic elements and versioned out the different formats of this animation.

Unused project work - all art and animation by me, music by my friend William Votruba. 

Client work for KFC done while working at Grip Ltd. as interactive production designer. I created all 3D assets in this animation, with rendering assistance from Jody Wagner. I then brought all animated assets together in After Effects to achieve the finished project. Art direction by Juan Torres.

Client work done for Acura Canada at Grip Ltd. There are 6 different videos in this style that live on the Acura Canada website, explaining different services that Acura Plus Financial Services provide. Art direction by Hiten Patel. Copy writing by Shane Terry. Produced by Tania Overholt.

Client work for Acura Canada done while working at Grip Ltd. My work involved creating all animated video content with assets provided by Hiten Patel, the art director on this project and updating end frame copy as necessary.

Keel-Haul! Trailer - I edited this together using After Effects, as well as creating the 3D models, textures and animations in Blender, Maya, Mudbox, Substance Painter, and Photoshop. I was responsible for the art direction, and the vast majority of artwork and animation involved in this video game. 

This project won:

People's Choice Award at Level Up! 2016

Silver - Artistic Achievement, Level Up! 2016

Silver - Pitch Competition, EGLX 2016

Personal project done to learn how to use DUIK's animation tools in After Effects. Stock audio found online, all other components were created by me for this project.