Published in Modus·Mar 24, 2020Member-onlyHow to make your own color palettesWorking with color is hard. No argument there, but do you know what’s even harder? Pairing colors together. Think about the last time you built a color palette from scratch. What was your process? How did it look? If you answered with a visible *shrug* then keep reading. We covered…Design Process8 min readDesign Process8 min read
Published in Modus·May 15, 2019Member-onlyHow to Not Suck at ColorArmed with a few simple techniques, you can stop making people’s eyes bleed — If you took any kind of art class growing up, chances are your instructor mentioned the term “color theory.” And that was probably the last time you gave that term any kind of thought. Which explains why a lot of us make arbitrary decisions about color. When you think of…Design9 min readDesign9 min read
Feb 5, 2018How I Made An Animated Short With Disney: Part OnePrologue Hello, friend. I have no idea how you got here, but welcome to the first of a multi-part series of articles about the making of an animated short. That short is called Future! Taco! Meow!, and I co-created it for Disney in 2014. I’m going to share how we pitched…Animation8 min readAnimation8 min read
Published in The Futur·Nov 10, 2014The Art of Creative ControlI’d like to share three questions I’ve consistently received over the years about the business of creativity. These are usually sent from students and aimed at the motion design industry, but I feel that they’re ubiquitous in a lot of creative fields. …Design4 min readDesign4 min read
