To celebrate the launch of their company rebrand, LoanPal wanted a fun animated video to communicate the look, feel, and ethos of their new brand identity to its employees and partners. Since LoanPal is all about making finance friendly, our job was to develop a unique concept that supported their creative branding with humorous scripting, clever kinetic typography, and playful transitions – keeping in mind that several images would be utilized on their website and throughout marketing pieces.
Travel Portland | After Hours & Castaway 360 Videos
We’ve produced a number of technical 360 projects over the years. This particular one we teamed up with Grady Briton to capture the night life in Portland. We utilized several 360 rigs for low light captures and timelapses. This was a particular challenge in 2018 where the hardware was on the cusp of leaping forward in capture quality and stitching multiple cameras together for 6k and 8k. These days 8k can be captured and exported with very affordable consumer pocket-sized cameras. Hardware aside, there was a lot of technical planning and coordination that went into capturing all the night life locations. From band interviews, performances, and groups of people took time to coordinate and capture.
Dunedain | New Atomic Structure (VR)
We collaborated with Dunedain to create a VR application that educates users on new physics and a new atomic structure. The concepts and white papers were difficult to describe and only a few illustrations were available. After weeks of education and conceptual drawings we began modeling all assets from protons to elements such as silicon. Each element has its own power source and vortex tube. Dunedain’s goal wasn’t to just visualize a new atomic structure, rather show how protons and hydrogen vortexes behave. This leads to showing how water and air can be cleaned and reset to its original state after they’ve been polluted.
Oregon State Lottery | Jackpot Scratch-Its
We collaborated with R/West on this hilarious new Jackpot Scratch-Its spot, ‘More Than a Feeling’. In pre-production we helped develop the look, plan the shots with the director, and edit together the animatic storyboard and VFX pre-visualization. In order to achieve more realism and maintain the oddity, we went with both practical and digital effects. The background, for instance, was designed, illustrated and printed on vinyl. Once it was filmed, we cleaned up imperfections and added light effects to the wall. Little green screen was used – just three shots in all.
Oregon State Lottery | Saint Patrick’s Day
We had the pleasure working with our friends at R/West on three new Oregon State Lottery spots for Saint Patrick’s day. It was a blast working on set and tackling these hilarious visual effects shots. Check out how we did it below.
Salesforce | 3D Character Development & Animation
What do Einstein, Codey the Bear, and Astro have in common? They’re all part of the Salesforce “Trailhead” family, ready to help users navigate the learning paths and key features of the Salesforce software. To bring these original 2D characters to life, Deep Sky teamed up with the CT-SF agency to visualize and execute a 3D concept that closely aligned with their 2D design.
Giant Astronaut | Campaign Brand Design
We produced these exceptional pieces for Portland’s VR studio Giant Astronaut. Tasked with creating visual stories for VR, AR, and 360 video, each banner was painted in high detail from 4k-8k. Half the elements were built in 3D where models are utilized in VR and animation. More to come!
HP | Instant Ink
In the world of HP, creative possibilities are endless. Especially when the creative tools you need conveniently arrive at your doorstep right when you need them. To promote HP’s new Instant Ink, we teamed up with AHA to develop a series of online spots that answered some FAQs about how the ink subscription service works.
ConMet Product Innovation Videos
How does a century-old industry like commercial trucking keep up with a rapidly changing world? Companies like ConMet. And how do those companies explain their innovations to the world? Companies like us! ConMet called upon our team to help show how their latest solutions, the SmartHub and the Electric Hub, are advancing the commercial vehicle industry through electrification. And it’s our pleasure working with one of the key players in this business as they drive trucking into a more sustainable and streamlined tomorrow.
ODOT | Drivers Ed
As a trusted brand, Clorox/Hamilton beach enlisted our help in creating 3D visualization videos for their Large Room & Tabletop True HEPA Air Purifiers. In these videos we included call outs, noting the 3 stage 360° filters, as well as featuring the product separating along with display and touch screen visualizations.