Adam Amaral

Projection Mapping+Shapes+Colors

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:31:47 +0000

Had a great time this weekend because I got the privilege to participate in Create.ture ‘s clothing release party. While the Edison Electrics were playing sick music, I was doing live visuals on a 3d Projection Mapped sculpture I created. I First prototyped the design in 3d then recreated it (as accurately as I could) out of paper. I then created animations and designs that I could project live onto the shapes.

I ♥ Tetrahedrons

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:53:27 +0000

3d Projection Mapping project I created. I First prototyped the design in 3d then recreated it (as accurately as possible) out of paper. Then did live projection animations and designs onto it. Me explaining some of the details can be seen here: Behind the Scenes

Meals On Wheels

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:49:14 +0000

Been crazy busy the past couple of months, finally getting a chance to update. I directed/designed/animated this Meals on Wheels spot. Thanks to Cale Ajoika for storyboards/concept. Some more new projects to share on the way!

Meals On Wheels

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:40:57 +0000

I was responsible for this Meals on Wheels spot. I used a combination of After Effects and Cinema 4d to create the hand drawn look. A little Making of can be seen here: Meals On Wheels Making Of

Peoria Emporium Alphabet

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:11:00 +0000

Just got back from Hawaii last week, feelin fresh and renewed. Had a good/much needed 7 day detox from the computer. Had an amazing time kickin it with my friend Aaron Lynton and enjoying Maui’s insanely beautiful scenery. Back in LA though, and straight to business, but fortunately it was a pretty cool project. I was asked to illustrate an alphabet for Peoria Emporium, an eccentric women’s boutique based out of NYC. Also did a few cell animated Gif’s to be used as buttons which brought me back to the old days. Had a blast drawing everything, hand typography is one of my favorite things to do, so it was a nice break before I get back into more broadcast work. Click the image above to see more.

Peoria Emporium

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:45:15 +0000

I was asked to do an illustrated alphabet and some web animations For the Eccentric women’s boutique, Peoria Emporium, located in New York City.

I was stoked to do a project like this because I could keep it hand drawn and take a break from the computer. All the illustrations and animations were done by hand, but coloring was done on the computer.

Check the animations in action HERE

360 GoPro Timelapse Rig DIY

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:47:11 +0000

Well I leave today for Hawaii and with just a couple of hours to spare I built this 360 timelapse rig. I got the idea from the GoPro forums. Essentially its just a 2 hours sprinkler timer with some holes drilled in it and then mounting the GoPro on top using the GoPro tripod mount. I cut off the side spickets with a dremmel. The timer spins in small increments over the course of two hours allowing for a 360 timelapse. I did some quick testing in Venice, but the real test will be with some awesome surroundings in Maui. Gotta thank my roommate Bill Swano for helping me with assembly. When I get back I’ll hopefully have some sweet footage to share!

Weight Watchers is for the children

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:15:17 +0000

Just added this to my latest work. I was approached to do a chalkboard style animation for Weight Watchers Lose for Good campaign. Wish I could of done the whole thing the OG way (stop motion) but time didn’t permit so I combined some traditional cell animation, 3d, and 2d into a after effects smoothie, blended that shit up and came up with this. I got a chance to do a little cell animation using flash, which was a first for me. As much as I like to stay true to pen and paper, flash made it super quick and its VECTOR. Thanks to Cale Ajoka for help on concept and design. Also thanks to Eddie Moreno and Phillip Vose for beasting out on the cell animation. And thanks to Jennifer Hudson for pronouncing the word “hungry” in a such a unique way…

Weight Watchers

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:51:43 +0000

Weight Watchers spot for the Lose for Good Campaign. I was responsible for design/direction/animation.

I be drawing with Cinema 4d!

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:49:19 +0000

I know all my VFX homies would shun me for repping Cinema 4d but I must say, it kills it sometimes. On a recent job I had to recreate hand drawn boards so that they could be animated. I knew it’d be insane to do it the real (cool) way a.k.a frame by frame cell animation, so I opted to use a 3d route. My homie Cale Ajoka drew up the initial sketch and then I set out to rebuild it in 3d. It was a fun process that kind of trips out your head a little because 3d is all about grids and accurate perspective, but drawing stuff by hand always creates those imperfections and physically inaccurate perspective that we all love. To get the hand drawn look, I used Cinema 4d’s sketch and toon renderer. I had no prior experience with Sketch and Toon but after some tweaking and tests I was able to get a line quality I was happy with.