After shooting a set of rather unimpressive photos of San Francisco during Earth Hour 2009, I thought I would take a set of photos while driving home. (No I wasn’t actually looking...Read More
This is a set of photos I took during earth hour 2009. They were taken from the Berkeley hills between 8:30pm-9pm in roughly 4 minute increments. You can see the lights on the spans of the Bay Bridge turning off...Read More
This tutorial will show you how to create a template for a business card in Illustrator. Although I’ll be using a business card for this tutorial, you can use the same techniques for almost any type of print and web...Read More
Artist at Play Studio’s website is a clean and colorful site built on the WordPress platform. It contains a blog section and various galleries both of art and of student work, all created with flexibility and user control kept in...Read More
This tutorial will show you how to use the After Effect Tracker Controls which are used for motion tracking. It will take around 30-60 minutes depending on experience with the program. We’ll be tracking a ball bouncing which I created...Read More
After playing with a few different concepts I came up with the “masked scribbles” look. Originally the scribbles had no direction, but it felt too abstract so I brought out my tablet and made the paths more uniform. I feel...Read More
This is the DVD packaging I created to go along with my 2009 reel and the SMOR.tv identity.
This tutorial will introduce you to the Time Remapping feature of After Effects. The Time Remapping feature can be used for various timing effects such as freeze frames, speed ramps, slow motion, and more. The tutorial will take 10-20 minutes...Read More
2009 reel of Sam Morris, showcasing a mix of 2D and 3D motion graphics designed while in college.
Work (In order of appearance):
1. Create a new project and make a new composition. Next, import some audio, it doesn’t matter what it is anything with sound will work fine. Create a circle by double clicking the Ellipse Tool. When you double click, it...Read More