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nicgirard

@nicgirard_

6 months

I updated my website for the first time in 3-4 years. New projects, old projects. Design, motion etc. etc. (🔁🙏)

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@nicgirard_

2 years

Brand guidelines be like:

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“this event was shot on iPhone and edited on a Mac”

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@reallygoodmvs These are all the exact same shot, you just like a single person standing on a color. Its not cinema history lmao.

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2 months

Motion explo for Yo! MTv Raps made @studioworship - a lot of this got canned but 🤷‍♂️.

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4 years

Created this AE animation rig for the Valorant agent names to stay consistent in style and length during our 3 month rollout (1 per week). Each name only has 5-15 keyframes they go through a series of adjustment layers and time fx. #valorant 🌊🌊

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The fact that IG and tiktok tracking is light years ahead of AE still blows my mind.

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Know what I mean?⏱️

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3 years

I vividly remember animating this intro in one sitting 6 years ago and immediately feeling this high like I was onto something that would change everything for me. This 15 seconds has led me to the craziest places.🙏 @ashthorp1

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2 years

beep boop. it’s complicated.

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2 years

block one. x

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I can't go out, I'm at work rn.

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3 years

Once I had figured out the animation style, I just went harder and harder with each name. The @quasimondo part took me so long lol. I wasn't nearly as fast at keyframing back then, all letters done one by one...😅

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9 years

move. http://t.co/Nqs3aV3NrW

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@kane

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4 years

ok hear me out. its a MoTionGrApHicS animation. it starts with a dot, and it meets other dots, and then, they like dance together and multiply, and the whole thing is like, a metaphor for connectivity or ... what do you sell again? yes. that. its a metaphor for that. [ YoUr loGo]

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3 years

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@ATRightMovies Credit Henry Hobson

Best Picture Oscar Nomination Title Sequence - 2015

The nomination package for the Best Picture Category in the 2015 Academy Awards, as part of a series of 20 different graphic title sequence packages for each category…

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🧬2014.

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Valorant Champions Day 2 kickoff in L.A. As VCT get bigger, we worked with the Val team to refresh the brand for 2023 to help set a cohesive voice across the 9 championships and 3 leagues. We launched the new look during Masters in June, and Champions is the big one. Branding,…

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3 years

Couple keyframes and type for SOMEI a little while ago

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2 years

“Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée : tout se transforme” soon 👾 @nicxeth / 🔈 @cypheraudio

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FITC23 motion explo 02

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3 years

Working on mechanics. 🔃🔃

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5 years

Wish I had found this AE feature earlier tbh

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3 years

@CryptoCobain here ser

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3 years

stoked on how this 'blur' design and art direction came out. Crazy to see it implemented by so many teams in so many different countries, other studios and designers building on it etc..

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11 months

Excited to see bits of the new brand we designed for VCT sprinkled into early marketing work for Masters Tokyo. Masters starts june 11. more later... #VALORANTMasters

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4 years

"Happy accident". Came up with this look by chance when I lined up all the styleframes on the AE timeline and it became the main motion test driving the look for this project.

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I think Unreal for motion is the move to do to future proof yourself. I need the most basic primer of all UE tutorials, explaining where the buttons are etc. Where do i start?

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@latestinspace oH wOw iTs AlieNs fOr SuRe

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3 years

Base grid system for all Valorant.

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Valorant Champions Tour 'quotes' toolkit. @studioworship

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congrats @SloppyJ44 for killing it today with @Kibatsu_Mecha . I say this all the time, but love seeing designers I’ve been following for years having a successful nft release. may look like just a ‘drop’ to some, but its really years of developing a style, a voice. gg 💙👏👏

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3 years

SP18

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2 years

Design for @ParallelNFT //

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Hope to mint these this Summer. Almost have 60 now, aiming for 100 or so. edited down from ~15sec each. heres a wip of new @cypheraudio sounds too.

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nicgirard

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2 years

Besides the big ones (GSG, SoM, vCopilot etc), what are good channels to follow/subscribe for learning motion? (YouTube/Patreon/else) AE or 3D. Been finding some great ones from individual artists lately which makes me think there are many hidden gems out there. pls drop links ⬇️

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3 years

when did u get red pilled? seeing @muratpak ‘X’ collection got me hooked instantly. I think everyone has a clear nft ‘a-ha’ moment, what artwork/project made you ‘get it’? 👇

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Reviewing portfolios and seeing so many fake client projects. ppl making spec renders and tagging the brand as if its official commission work goes straight on the grifters list. No decent studio hire ppl lying to get ahead. At least write its spec work instead of ~work for…

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3 years

1977: "YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE" 🔊 #nft on @KnownOrigin_io by @nicgirard_ ERC721 TOKEN / IPFS 1⃣/1⃣✨

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2 years

try_again

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@WatcherGuru Theyll do anything to delay this ETF

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6 months

This show is stunning. @StreamOnMax greenlight more of this.

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nicgirard

@nicgirard_

3 years

Design/animation for Valorant Champions Tour 2021. 6 months+, 4 Tournaments, 17 Countries+,hundreds of AE toolkits using realtime game data. Here's some highlights from CHALLENGERS with footage from the EU and South Korea broadcasts. full: @studioworship

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Most goated team I’ve been a part of. Was the first time in my career using a ‘dailies’ folder as part of a fully remote team. it was so exciting to see the piece organically grow everyday. I especially love that we stayed in touch after all these years. follow all of them 👑s

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@ashthorp1

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The test of time. - - @realpilotpriest @MichaelRigley @nicgirard_ @AlasdairWillson @_chrisbjerre @albertomoss

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FITC 2023 @studioworship x @CypherAudio HD in link below

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5 years

oh we forgot to tell you, we’re going to need that instagram animation in a few formats.

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4 years

hi pls sub to my OnlyFans explicit pics of my AE curves.💦💦

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3 years

Finding motion tests on old hard drives and realizing I've been experimenting with this idea of animating with 'just cuts' or 'no interpolating keyframes' for longer than I thought. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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FITC TORONTO 23 @FITC @studioworship @CypherAudio

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x/xx

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3 years

Finishing my TED Talk with this: Don't believe the myth to NEVER work for free. There are (rare) exceptions. If you have the opportunity to work with someone you admire, consider it. Trust your instincts, the experience and results might reward you 10x+

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3 years

OG Valorant Logo reveal sequence. made by @studioworship @nicgirard_ @RVIZ @pablo_lozano_ @CorySchmitz Keep getting taken down from vimeo so here is a YT backup.

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3 years

Somehow making hypnotic dot grids is the only thing I never get tired of. 3 new animations up on fnd. See full loops here .

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2 years

yall brave to start discord channels for your projects, it looks so exhausting. id rather do client work tbh. only being yelled at by 1 person.

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8 years ago. @cypheraudio 😵

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🌀2015 w/ Lo

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I love seeing how the Valorant team have been adapting the style of the logo animation we made for them in 2020. #valorant #VALORANTChampions OG logo anim for Episode 1: IGNITION cinematic (first one in the clip) animated by @nicgirard_ & @pablo_lozano_ at @studioworship 👊

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cant wait to align some fonts in Adobe Illustrator with these bad boys. 🔥🔥🔥

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edit and type animation test for Polar. 🔪

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3 years

One of the first type test from SP 18 - Legend @joyceho

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Lost Boy w/ @ashthorp1 . I think 2015-2016...

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Welp @StarryNight_Cap @Vince_Van_Dough bought my pepe earlier this week. now @punk6529 buying my hoodie makes me feel a bit paper hand but Ill take the all time high hoodie sale. Enjoy the COMFY ser. I need new pfp now :( @JakNFT

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@RaviVora mm..absolutely hate working for music industry. all of them are cheap af and trying to squeeze you, but tbh most ppl agree to do these terrible deals to do music videos in hopes they blow up just like that. This is a very rare case where “working for exposure” is probably better…

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Squid Game was a trip✨🦑. Had to give that intro maze a go and loop the loop. ⏺🔼⏹

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@nicgirard_

3 years

OBJKT: Still in the same type world but something else than numbers for a change. "Autocollant Kaneda": $BTC $ADA NGMI $RNDR $XTZ $ASH I kinda want to make an actual sticker sheet now🤔

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Rogue One did it best

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Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Select, Start. (Jul 16, 2016.)

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VIPER / Motion Key Art @playvalorant #valorant

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@anushkmittal You go to therapy.

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Reykjavik, Iceland set 2 #valorantmasters

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@GOOKCITY Move to Canada the crackheads outside our office are so nice they shovel snow for us in the winter fr. 🤣

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A client paid us in 18 minutes after invoicing. Heroes.

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For some of the MTVCribs animated grid layouts ( ) we used the very excellent plugin FLEX by @zlovatt → big time saver when creating complex grid stuff we would otherwise rig by hand with mattes and pre-comps. ✨

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Valorant. @studioworship @riotgames

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Valorant — New work for @riotgames / @PlayVALORANT . We had so much fun working on animating this beautiful new brand. We can’t wait for everyone to see and play this game.

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Worked on motion concept design for this with some good friends 🍎. Stoked to see the final direction. ✨

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Mark your calendars for #WWDC24 , June 10-14. It’s going to be Absolutely Incredible!

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Animated this motion test last year for Polar. The titles were originally planned to be at the beginning of the movie with this song but we scrapped it. Tried to animate with no position interpolation/keyframes. Just hard cuts, turning letters on/off.

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Motion test with temporary placeholder music

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The sound design on this segment of FITC23 is so gnarly. I love getting mixes from @CypherAudio when I’m stuck on a sequence.🐐🐐🐐 Sound transform visuals, it shouldn’t be a small 2% add on at the bottom of your bid.

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nicgirard

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Had so much fun animating these for the LostBoy teaser site — 2015 w/ @Ashthorp

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Agency producers alway sends cryptic emails and try to trick you into getting ‘on a quick call for a really cool project’. Then you get on the call and. GOTCHA! We need graphic design for a Wheaties commercial! Wen can you start?

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nicgirard

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Space Infinite. Autostore (2018) Directed with @tendrilchris + @RVIZ + @nicgirard_ . we like cubes. ( @studiotendril x @studioworship )

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Métrique I

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I've been sleeping on $RNDR for so long I didn't know what I was missing. thanks for walking me through @Ness_Graphics 🤯gamechanger. test on single frame local: 1m19s. vs 30 frames on RNDR 2m21s.

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6 years

For @cypheraudio — c. 2013

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5 years

Animation for @DIA_Studio ⚙️🤖 - 5 years ago already 😓

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gm Berlin! #VALORANTMasters

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we started @studioworship 5 years ago today. 🙃🎈

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3 yrs. 🔑✨

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@nicgirard_

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Created this AE animation rig for the Valorant agent names to stay consistent in style and length during our 3 month rollout (1 per week). Each name only has 5-15 keyframes they go through a series of adjustment layers and time fx. #valorant 🌊🌊

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