Recycle (Animation by Derby based animator and illustrator Mair Perkins)

Created for a brief set by Derby City Council to display on the BBC big screen in Derby market place. This quirky, fun animation shows the benefits of recycling. Awarded a digital media finalist position in the 2009 Northern Design Competition.

If you would like a promotional video to help market your organisation or some beautifully illustrated print material to reach your audience, Mair can help you communicate to your target audience. From the initial idea, the script, storyboards, the graphics, the production, right up to technical help for distribution of your finished product. Mair can also source voice actors, music and printers for your project.

Mair is an award winning animator and illustrator based in Derby and is qualified with both a BA(Hons) and a Masters degree in Visual Communication. With over 3 years experience of working both as a freelance and employed animator and illustrator, she combines digital design expertise with traditional drawing and painting techniques to create a range of diverse, distinctive styles with vibrant and engaging visuals.

Contact Mair for a quote or to just talk over your project idea art@mairperkins.co.uk or www.mairperkins.co.uk

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[iHitLowest]

OMG how did you make the ground look so 3d? Hmm... kinda hard to tell you what I mean, but it's something that's almost impossible to do on Vegas @_@

[mairperkins]

@iHitLowest You can kind of make 3D models out of flat 2D images in After Effects. I made the grass in Photoshop then imported it, set the layer to 3D so it can be manipulated on an X, Y and Z axis then rotated it so it's a right angle from the sky and other background elements. There are loads of great 3D after effects tutorial videos that helped me make this :)

[TheMcCart]

Too much brass and woodwinds on the soundtrack. Should have stuck to acoustic guitar.

[mairperkins]

@TheMcCart Thanks but I'm an animator, not a musician. The music is by Kevin Macleod and he kindly allows people to use his royalty free music free of charge. I need royalty free sound tracks so I can have my work screened at festivals. Clients commission me for my animation skills...if they need sound, they will source someone else for the sound track.

[JDEggo]

cool, how do you do all that 3-d looking stuff on after effects?

[mairperkins]

@JDEggo Thanks. Enable 3D layers, and add cameras to the composition. 3D objects work on a Z axis instead of just X and Y.

[Emptymindedmovies]

Very, very nice animation you got here..

You should totally put up a video on

how to use the Camera.

[cloudstarstorm]

wow thats brilliant! :D 

[MrDreamPipe]

That was really good! You can tell you spent hard work making this. How long did this take you?

[iHitLowest]

@mairperkins That's something I've always wanted to learn! XD Do you know if there's a decent tutorial on it? :3