Ranger Energy Services contracted me to create this animation in order to showcase their equipment. The company has been taking full advantage of having a 3D layout of their products in action, utilizing them for their flyers and presentations. The process of creating this video was arduous but extremely beneficial to the company. Round after round of scrim would reveal new missing details or changes that were overlooked the previous go around. I've never worked on a job in this industry, but after working on this project and talking to enough consultants about it -- I probably could. I added a dark background focus effect for some shots to keep the animation [...]
AFAM Capital
mackerman2019-02-14T23:19:50+00:00AFAM Capital reaches out to Predi Designs whenever they need some new literature. The Dynamic Portfolio booklet we created for AFAM focused heavily on a theme of “blending” because their investment strategy involves mixing together several different concepts. They also utilize international funds, so they wanted to highlight that aspect of this portfolio.
Chaoda Literature
mackerman2019-02-14T23:10:50+00:00Chaoda USA is a Chinese based company that has tapped into the American valve market. They wanted their marketing material to have a more American style and reached out to me to make that happen. I started with 3D models of their valve products and began creating dozens of images in which their valves are shown in the best lighting and materials. From there, I was able to create their brochures, catalogs, cutsheets, website, and many other hand outs!
Ranger Energy Literature
mackerman2021-02-05T16:43:25+00:00Ranger Energy Services is a publicly traded company that provides equipment for the oil and gas industry. Once subscribed to my services, Ranger has been provided with a plethora of design work and animations. They wanted to showcase their mobile rigs, snubbing units, and other fracking equipment. Through 3D Rendering in layers, I was able to provide them with gorgeous images that can darken the background.
Beyond Branding
mackerman2019-02-14T21:53:50+00:00Beyond Development is an online safety training provider that wants to bring the oil and gas industry into the modern world by providing all of their certification training online. Live proctored training online with students all over the country. They wish to be at the forefront of technology in order to become the number one provider of online training. I've created everything they use for marketing, including their logo designs, website, animations, training content, and much more!
Primary
mackerman2019-02-14T21:07:38+00:00Primary was a labor of love between Dave Fulton and I. You are Roy G. Biv, a hero who can alter his color which allows him to reach different platforms and perform special actions. Your world is being sucked of it's color and you need to reach the void at the top of Prizm tower to put a stop to it. Featuring upgrades and boss fights, this is a very challenging and unforgiving platformer. I wanted anything tangible to be saturated with color while background objects remain a stale grey. Each level has a crayon collectible too so it leaves for some re-playability for those who are perfectionists. The level creator used [...]
Investment Portfolio
mackerman2019-02-14T20:57:52+00:00Refuge Real Estate has a large number of properties that they have purchased for low prices and flipped to sell for much higher amounts of money. They often found themselves meeting with banks and lenders for investment opportunities. They needed a portfolio of their successful ventures in order to sell themselves and gain new investors. This booklet provided them all the ammunition they needed.
Beyond Website
mackerman2019-02-14T20:43:43+00:00Beyond Development is an online safety training company that provides live proctored HSE training to anyone with an internet connection. The company has taken full advantage of my capabilities to create 3D animations, 2D animations, and their current website. The website has several neat css/js animation features implemented. https://www.beyonddevelopment.com/
Edward Haile Branding
mackerman2019-02-14T20:36:18+00:00A client whose brand name has a strong history in the metallurgical industry wanted to revitalize themselves. In over several decades, they never once had a marketing department or a sales team. They were just the "go-to" business for that particular industry need. My decision was to showcase their modernized branding with a contrast of rusted metal. It's not unlike those who place a rustic accent piece in an otherwise brand new modern home. I wanted their branding to say "We're back for your business, but we've been around a long time. We have decades of experience and a whole new attitude." The first day when I met them at their Houston [...]
GryphonESP Retail
mackerman2019-02-14T20:13:48+00:00This catalog was made for GryphonESP in late 2018, and took a lot more effort than meets the eye. Our first request, a report on all the products that GryphonESP sold. I utilized sales numbers and total revenue to filter their list of 4000 products down to 100. Doing so helped organize the categories I would showcase, minimize clutter, and prioritize the top sellers. Product photography was performed for several of the highest sellers of each category in order to provide them with a visual edge. While working on this project, 50+ products were cut with precision to have a completely transparent background, creating a library of images for any future projects [...]
2D Animation Showreel
mackerman2019-02-14T19:47:52+00:00This animation showreel is a small showcase of my 2D animation capabilities. My animations have won various awards and have been featured on local television stations in the Houston area. Some of the animations shown were made for commercial purposes, others for personal projects. Both were added to display a wider range of animation styles that I can do for clientele.
3D Animation Showreel
mackerman2019-02-14T19:43:48+00:00This showreel is focused on 3D Animations created underneath my graphic design subscription business, as a contractor. Companies like to utilize 3D as a unique way to display their products. It’s more fun to look at than a static image. Several valve companies in the area found my quality of work to be well worth it, which is why a majority of this video is about valves. I put a lot of effort into materials and lighting so your product looks as pristine as possible.
Amazon HQ2
mackerman2019-02-14T19:35:30+00:00Client wanted Amazon to bring their second headquarters to Houston, Texas. They owned and operated a large chunk of property in the north east side of Houston, titled Generation Park. They put together a sales presentation and asked me to create a website that would walk Amazon through all the many perks Generation Park holds. The website was created within 48 hours. Unfortunately, Amazon did not choose Houston for their next location. http://www.amazonhq2texas.com/
Symphonic Tower Defense
mackerman2019-02-14T19:21:49+00:00Symphonic Tower Defense is a solid flash game created by Jon Sandness and myself. Using both Flash and Photoshop, I animated all the effects and designed the layout of the game. It's a tower-defense that revolves around the music playing at the time. We started off planning to use one ridiculously long song, but over time we realized that single short levels were way more fun. Each tower type gets a boost from a particular instrument of the song. The menus were inspired by music games like Dance Dance Revolution and the actual gameplay area uses a lot of musical elements. Some of our most enthusiastic evangelists are musicians who really appreciated [...]
Product Photography
mackerman2019-02-14T19:10:56+00:00Armed with a company-owned DSLR camera and a magnificient zoom lens, I fully utilized our stocked inventory to create images that I could later use in the Enersafe retail catalog. It's essential for me to have top-quality photographs, as I won't be okay with settling for anything less. I would try to find places that have a very textured surface to clash with the pristine nature of the product itself. Most of the images shown here work well in the setting, as these products are advertised for the outdoors.
Cooper Literature
mackerman2019-02-20T15:08:37+00:00My first goal when hired at Platform Management was to take their industrial companies to the next level. The smaller industrial companies tend to have a much harder time keeping their brand identity, their look and feel, modernized. After researching how highly respected oil and gas companies have transformed themselves over the years, I gave COOPER a similar treatment. They focus on selling valves made with exotic alloys, so I made sure the imagery had a very clean appearance. Actual valves don't look nearly as attractive. Their catalog was the first project to be undertaken. Once the catalog was established, the rest of the literature and videos just fell into place.
Fresh Cut Lawn
mackerman2019-02-14T18:43:55+00:00A local lawn care company needed a website that incorporated their customer portal login so they could easily pay online. They also needed some hand outs, door hangers, and lawn signs to accumulate more business. The website design is sleek and modern. Their business model is simple, so they wanted the website to reflect that. They already had a logo, so the color scheme I chose had to revolve around that. .01$ per sqft!
Diabetes Relief
mackerman2019-02-14T18:30:21+00:00I was approached by a medical animation company in Houston who needed to outsource a 2D white board animation because their focus is mainly 3D animation. My 2D animation skills are fairly rare in this area, so I worked with their client to create this animation explaining the treatment. The animation was played during a live Houston television interview while an employee and satisfied customer discussed their treatment plan.
Refuge Real Estate
mackerman2019-02-14T06:00:19+00:00My subscription service is perfect for real estate companies as they need weekly cut sheets, mailers, and open house flyers. Refuge Real Estate fully utilizes my services in this regard for a flat monthly fee. Each week is like clockwork - Monday I'd get a new list of open houses for next weekend to create and I'd have them done as soon as possible. There were special events and other happenings that would require my assistance as well.
The Al Frank Way
mackerman2019-02-14T05:39:26+00:00An investment firm in Austin reached out to me to create a few pieces of literature for their sales team to use. This brochure, called "The Al Frank Way" was AFAM Capital's way of telling their history while simultaneously boasting their impressive numbers. They wanted this brochure to be geared towards older generations as the main theme is low-risk long term investments.