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  • MUSIC VIDEO: CLAP CLAP RIOT - SO YOU SAY My first project back after a well deserved summer holiday at the beginning of 2012 was my second music video for Clap Clap Riot.
    Being summer I wanted to create a video that incorporated plenty of processes from outside the computer. Everything in the video was created by hand. The verses were scribbled over frame by frame.

    Check out the band here: CLAPCLAPRIOT.COM
         2012 Creative Direction, Directing, Motion Graphics
  • PROJECTION: FRANKFURT BOOKFAIR [EXCERPT] New Zealand was the Guest of Honour at the prestigious 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair which ran from the 10th - 14th of October. I was bought on board by Perceptual Engineering who were working alongside Inside Out Productions and Michael Hodgson to create the 20 minute film to play across 12 5 metre high screens as part of a large scale projection environment for guest of honour pavilion.

    I was given 9 image sequences that required a touch of 'chaos' with a week to turn it around. I employed a familiar technique and got to printing, scanning, ripping, re-scanning, painting and scribbling over the sequences. Each of these sequences were projected on one of the 12 screens as part of the 20 minute film.

    New Zealand broke all previous Guest of Honour attendance records with more than 90,000 people queueing to see inside the pavilion over the weekend when the fair was opened to the public. It was a crazy project but an amazing project to be involved with.

    I was one contributor to this project. Be sure to visit perceptual-engineering.com & iop.co.nz         2012 Digital Art, Motion Graphics, Painting
  • MOTION: JONO AND BEN AT TEN - TITLE SEQUENCE TV3 needed packaging and a set design for their new prime time show 'Jono & Ben at Ten' and they came to us at Jet Black Cartel for concepts. With no limitations on where we could take the project, a concept was developed around combining the shows logo, set and packaging into the same thing: a large neon sign.

    The sign has featured on set throughout the 20 weeks of shooting and by throwing in some tuxedos and a pug, became the centre point of this title sequence! My roles included designing the sign, developing packaging, directing and motion graphics/typography.

    Thank you to all the hands that went into the manufacture and construction of the sign.         2012 Directing, Motion Graphics, Set Design
  • FASHION: MAAIKE SUMMER Maaike wanted to show their new summer range in a dynamic way that resonate with their market. The end result was a beautiful, hard, etherial fashion tease.

    Check out Maaike Clothing here: MAAIKECLOTHING.COM
         2012 Art Direction, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
  • MUSIC VIDEO: SCHOOL FOR BIRDS - 10,000 THINGS Official music video for School For Birds Silver Scroll nominated 10,000 Things.

    Made with guidance and in collaboration with the supremely talented Rich Nosworthy at Bunker. Long nights, and insane waits for renders...it was a fun and challenging way to learn about the third dimension.

    Be sure to check Rich's work out at generatormotion.com

    Check out the band at schoolforbirds.tumblr.com         2014 Digital Art, Directing, Motion Graphics
  • MUSIC VIDEO: LUGER BOA - PARALYZED With a music video you always do it for the love, and this is one project that had mega love thrown it's way. Hours of animation, compositing, experimenting and tweaking on sunny afternoons.

    Strange things happen when you've gone too far and stayed up way too late and as the days and nights began to blur, the video came into it's own.

    With a music video you always do it for the love, and this project had plenty thrown it's way. Hours of animation, compositing, experimenting and tweaking on sunny afternoons.

    Strange things happen when you've gone too far and stayed up way too late and as the days and nights began to blur, the video came into it's own.

    Check out the band here: LUGERBOA.COM

         2012 Directing, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
  • MUSIC VIDEO: CLAP CLAP RIOT - EVERYONE'S ASLEEP A tribute to all the classic B-Grade Zombie flicks for Clap Clap Riot's tune Everyone's Asleep.

    A two day shoot; Day One at the beach and shooting plates in the woods and Day Two in the studio with a Green Screen. I spent the next 3 weeks locked away keying and getting all crazy on it.

    Check out the band here: CLAPCLAPRIOT.COM
         2012 Directing, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
  • PROJECTION: BARFOOT & THOMPSON 90TH BIRTHDAY A short montage of the work completed at Bunker for Barfoot & Thompson's 90th Birthday celebrations. My role was to create an animated timeline detailing the company's history and achievements. The final piece was 11 minutes long, pixel dimensions of 28150 x 750, with physical dimesnions of 282 metres in width by 7.5 metres in height.     2014 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
  • MOTION: MWELLA A motion graphic piece in collaboration with Bunker Media for Paul Huljich's Stress Pandemic.     2012 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
  • PRINT: BUNKER CARDS & LOGO After accepting a new job at Bunker, the team put me to work on a new logo. A round of letterpress business cards followed, along with an update to the website.     2014 Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography
  • MOTION: JONO AND BEN AT TEN - SEASON TWO This is a short montage of motion graphics work I did for season two of Jono & Ben at Ten. After developing the title sequence and set design, packaging, bumpers, stings and straps for Season One, I was asked to help get the week in-week out graphics underway for the beginning of Season Two. This collection is from the shows Action Men segment and was completed in Cinema 4d, Blender & After Effects.     2014 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
  • MUSIC VIDEO: GEMMA COPAS - INVISIBLE Debut music video for Dryden Street's talented Gemma Copas.     2012 Creative Direction, Motion Graphics, Set Design
  • PRINT: JET BLACK CARTEL CARDS My first gig with Jet Black Cartel was to re-design the business card. They gave me an open brief with a YouTube link to that famous scene in American Psycho.

    Weighing in at 540gsm with letterpress and gold metallic ink, I hope they freak people out.         2012 Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography
  • MOTION: JOHNNY LYON MOTION GRAPHICS REEL 2011 A collection of work from my time at MTV New Zealand, Jet Black Cartel, student work from Media Design School and a couple of personal projects.

    Thank you to all who helped (MTV NZ, Jet Black Cartel, Damon Kahi, Steve Dorner, Sean Wallace & everyone else).

    If you have a spare 5 seconds, cast a vote for me here: reelroulette.net/johnnylyon

    Enjoy!         2012 Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
  • ILLUSTRATION: BOWIE These Illustrations were done during my time at design school studying motion graphics.

    I was working on a motion graphics piece about the many faces and personas of David Bowie, using these five illustrations. Bits and pieces of the animation can be seen in my 2011 REEL but without the time to appreciate the detail of these stills.

    Bowie's on display [from left to right, top to bottom]
    - ALADDIN SANE
    - GOLDEN YEARS
    - LIFE ON MARS
    - ZIGGY STARDUST
    - DAVIE JONES

    My LIFE ON MARS illustration was featured in Issue 1 of Re.Publication.         2012 Digital Art, Graphic Design, Illustration
  • PRINT: JEREMY TOTH CARDS A letterpress business card designed for photographer Jeremy Toth. Logo design by Luke Toth.

    Sharp.

    CREATIVE ROLES: Design, Typography, Graphic Design, Print Design, Branding.         2014 Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography
  • DESIGN: HOUSEBOUND LOGO A collection of logo concepts completed at Bunker for New Zealand feature film Housebound. One was used for T-Shirts, the other for the films promotional poster, illustrated by Andrejs Skuja.     2014 Branding, Graphic Design, Print Design
  • MOTION: FAMILY RECIPES TITLE SEQUENCE Title sequence I directed at Bunker for TV One's Family Recipes.     2014 Art Direction, Creative Direction, Directing
  • MOTION: NICKELODEON IDENTS Nickelodeon Australia commissioned a series of 40 channel Idents where the brief was to inject Nickelodeon's world famous characters into distinctly New Zealand scenarios and locations and be funny doing it.

    My role ranged from storylining, live action direction and compositing, and involved the whole Bunker studio, as well as the studio's frequent collaborators: Matt Westbrooke with matchmoving, Pete Williams with the grade & Dave Atai who composed and sound designed every single spot.

    This video is a brief selection of a few favourite moments from the campaign.         2014 Directing, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
  • PRINT: MAD PATTERN EP DESIGN I had the challenge of designing and producing hundreds of EP sleeves for my band Mad Pattern. They had to look amazing and there was virtually no budget to play with.

    Packaging solution? Sourcing recycled card and folding and glueing ourselves. Print solution? Six rubber stamps and black and red ink.

    Everyone of these EPs was lovingly made by the hand of the band and dozens of friends the evening before the EP release show.

    Fond memories.         2012 Graphic Design, Packaging, Typography
  • PRINT: SKULLS My favourite from a series of quick turnaround posters designed while waiting for heavy renders.     2013 Digital Art, Graphic Design, Print Design
  • MOTION: JONO AND BEN AT TEN - PACKAGING / GFX This is a short montage of the packaging and motion graphics work I did for season one of Jono & Ben at Ten. As well as the title sequence and set design, I was also involved with developing the packaging which included bumpers, stings and straps. I was also the sole motion designer on the show throughout the season which involved more motion graphics, 3D & VFX work. I was often re-creating and parodying well known movie trailers, title sequences, TV shows & commercials, blowing up buildings, cutting heads off and blurring boobs...with ridiculously fast turnarounds.     2013 Motion Graphics, Packaging, Typography
  • PRINT: SKULL MULLET Quick thrown together illustration for Issue Zero of Re.Publiucation. A bit of fun, and I love the result. Skull Mullet.     2012 Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design
  • MOTION: RED BULL FLUGTAG QATAR A quick turn-around gig at Bunker for Red Bull's first Flugtag in Qatar. A combination of 3D modelling, cel animation and motion graphics.     2014 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
  • PRINT: INTERRUPTED Promotional poster, titles and end credits for Chris Lambert's short film Interrupted.     2014 Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography
  • LOGO: SEMI-PROFESSIONAL Logo designed for film production company Semi-Professional. 3D model and render by Rich Nosworthy.     2014 Branding, Graphic Design
  • MOTION: FIND YOUR KRUSH [MTV] This was part of my final project at MTV New Zealand for a "Find Your Krush" interstitial campaign for KFC in 2010. I was the only designer on the project, created all on air packaging and this title animation.

    ** There was a late change in the audio which unfortunately doesn't match the timings of the animation.

         2012 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
  • PRINT: EASTWOOD CARDS & LOGO Logo design and Business cards for Eastwood Orthopaedic.     2014 Branding, Graphic Design, Print Design
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