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John McColgan

Motion Graphics DesignerNew York, United States
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John McColgan

Motion Graphics DesignerNew York, United States
Professions
  • Motion Graphics Designer
  • Animator
  • Illustrator
LevelMid Level
AvailabilityFreelance, Full-time
About me
Freelance Motion Designer and Animator with a passion for pixels, pizza, and pushing key frames. I provide creative services primarily focusing on Motion Design and Cel Animation for editorial, broadcast and film.
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Projects
  • Politico 28: Class of 2021
    Politico 28: Class of 2021Politico approached me to create a series of short explainer videos for their yearly round up of the top 28 Politicians in Europe. Each video covers one category: top overall, top doer, top dreamer, and top disruptor. One item that is symbolic to each figure is used as a motif through the shorts to showcase their policies and career path. The style developed for this project is a mix of photocollage and illustration. The primary world is built on black and gray paper backgrounds and 4 spot color
  • Coffee & Keys 001 'New'
    Coffee & Keys 001 'New'A loop for the first brief of Coffee & Keys, the theme was 'New' https://www.reddit.com/r/CoffeeAndKeys/
  • Vox - The Mind Explained
    Vox - The Mind ExplainedI worked with Vox Media again for the second season of their Netflix series 'explained' focusing on their miniseries, the mind explained. For this miniseries II provided design, cel animation, data viz, and motion graphics across three episodes.
  • Quartz - 'Because China' Season 2
    Quartz - 'Because China' Season 2I worked with Quartz to design and animate 3 episodes of the second season of their Because China miniseries, focusing on the economic and political effects that China has across the globe.
  • How Bad is it if I withdraw from my 401(k) during the Pandemic?
    How Bad is it if I withdraw from my 401(k) during the Pandemic?A brief explainer for Market watch on withdrawing money from a 401(k) during the Pandemic. This piece combines A cel assets made in Adobe Animate with compositing done in After Effects.
  • ESPN - The History of Latinos in the NFL
    ESPN - The History of Latinos in the NFLThis project was designed and animated for ESPN leading up to Super Bowl LIV. Celebrating the 2020 game taking place at Miami’s Hardrock Stadium, this piece explores the long-standing history of Latino players in the NFL. Art Direction by Juan E. Bedolla
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    Motion DesignerPolitico EU
     - New York, United StatesFreelance
    Art Direction, Design and Animation for the Politico class of 2021 video series.
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    AnimatorDow Jones
     - New York, United StatesFreelance
    Animation and Design for Market Watch's 'How Bad is it?' video series
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Education
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    BFAFashion Institute of Technology
     - New York, United States
    BFA Animation & Interactive Media Design AAS Illustration