Brian Metzger Animation

North Shore – Light Winter

brian — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:34:09 +0000

Just loading up a few pictures I took on a trip up the North Shore this last February. Wasn’t much snow, but made for some different shots!

Hwy 61 Lutsen Mountains to Duluth Time-Lapse

brian — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:28:18 +0000

Put the goPro on the hood of the car on the drive from Lutsen Mountains to Duluth along Hyw 61 in Minnesota. Unfortunately we were driving into the sun and there really wasn’t any snow, but the bare trees look cool whipping by! Oh and I forgot to give credit on the video to the borrowed track “Space Kitten by The Polish Ambassador, which is playing in the background.

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Duluth Sunrise Time-lapse

brian — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:29:52 +0000

Did a time-lapse of the sunrise in Duluth this weekend, I should have stuck around for another hour or two though!

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BM Tag

brian — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:26:01 +0000

Just messing about in Illustrator some.

New retro logo design

brian — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:34:42 +0000

Just put together a little retro style logo tonight.

Stella Artois Bottle – Artist Oil

brian — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:58:35 +0000

After spending the weekend learning a bit about the Painter interface I finally sat down tonight and tried to paint something with a slightly better understanding of how the Artist Oils work. The bottle got a little bent…that’s what I was going for….right!? Fun stuff.

After 9 hours of animating at work and 4 hours of painting tonight I better get to bed!

Hutchinson to Alexandria Time Lapse

brian — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:48:51 +0000

A recording of my drive from Hutchinson to Alexandria, averaging about 2000 mph!

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Nate 4Wheelin

brian — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:34:30 +0000

Nate testing out the goPro cam on the 4wheeler on Christmas Eve.

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Chloe & Butterfly

brian — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:40:45 +0000

Here’s my first attempt at trying out Painter 12 on my sweet new Asus Eee Slate! Tried out oil painting using a fine camel hair brush, which I probably implemented wrong. I have a ton to learn about digital painting that’s for sure! Figured I’d call it good on this first painting for now so I can try out some other digital materials and styles. Hope you like it Chloe!

A detailed shot of the butterfly just for fun.

Carl Stromberg’s Motion Graphics

brian — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:03:03 +0000

My buddy Carl decided to switch gears and try to get a job in motion graphics at a company in KC. Only problem was he didn’t have any current materials for his portfolio. He quickly put together three short clips in a week. I was on the phone with him one night, and he was saying how it’s hard to develop materials for fake products…etc ( which I also agree! ). Of course I said hey mayajunky.com could use a new logo animation! Well I went to bed and woke up in the morning with a link in my inbox to this!

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You can check his blog out at http://carlstromberg.tumblr.com/

And his youtube channel at…

http://www.youtube.com/user/strombergium

Thanks Carl I thought it turned out pretty cool, especially for the time involved!