Andrew McDowell

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Andrew McDowell

Andrew McDowell

@andrewmcd

Engaging and Exciting Motion Graphics (he/him)

Naarm/Melbourne, Victoria Katılım Haziran 2009
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Andrew McDowell
Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
I’ve had the good fortune of working with the amazing team at 7 AFL and NEP to help create motion graphics for the 2023 AFL broadcast. Here’s some of the gfx I made from full frame graphics to lower 3rds; 3D renders to composited logos; and opening titles for Talking Finals.
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
When I'm not on the clock, I'm a big ol' nerd who likes to spend his time playing games with mates (both video and board varieties), playing basketball, or going out for brunch and/or mexican food.
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
I predominantly work from my home studio which I share with my partner and talented artist Ruby MacKinnon, and our lap-loving, ginger cat Ron. Whilst Ruby and my styles differ wildly, its great to be able to get a 2nd opinion from a fellow creative when needed
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
Hi! 👋 It's been a minute since I showed my face around here, so thought I'd re-introduce myself. My name is Andrew (most people call me Andy though), and I create engaging and exciting motion graphics. #homestudio #mograph
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@FullHarbor The “mograph guys” are easily the best thing that’s ever happened for my career. So good to have a group of peers to gauge rates, refer (and be referred) for work, and just generally chat about niche motion stuff 🙌
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Austin Saylor@FullHarbor·
Show of hands… do you have a “keyframe crew”? I’m just curious.
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Austin Saylor@FullHarbor·
Build a motion design squad: 1. Begin with 3 2. Expand cautiously 3. Pick a platform (iMessage, Slack, Discord, Zoom) Next: 1. Be each other's support 2. Share job opportunities 3. Collaborate on projects 4. Have a blast growing w/ friends
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@tomfromloop Ahhh fun! Then you find out that really they just wanted something the same colour as X because they like red (or whatever). Or worse, that they want EXACTLY X and you have to explain that you can’t just copy X.
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@FullHarbor It’s semantics and not really important, but do you judge it by when you land the job? Send the invoice? Get paid?
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Austin Saylor@FullHarbor·
What's a clever way to get one last $1k job for the year? I'm 99.5% of my way to successfully completing #Project200k a second year in a row.
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
whats like the animation/motion-graphics equivalent to writers block? I think I have it
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@FakeGreenDress Alt-replacing in the project panel - I knew you could alt replace a layer in a timeline but would didn’t know you could do every instance at once by doing it in the project panel 🤦‍♂️
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Victoria@FakeGreenDress·
reddit.com/r/AfterEffects… This Reddit thread got me wondering: what's a feature in AE you learned way too late? For me it's either alt-replacing a layer's source or using the pan behind tool to move an anchor point. I did both of those the hard way for YEARS.
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@FakeGreenDress Not heard an official term for it, always just called it the “news effect” because I had to do it heaps whilst working on the news
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Victoria@FakeGreenDress·
Is there a standard term for the kind of thing where you stretch and blur a copy of your media to fit a different aspect ratio? It's so common but I've never been sure what to call it.
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LEE OLSΞN 🏀@shiftrefresh·
Playing around with a t-shirt design idea... A or B?
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Mike🔥ArcaneMotion@Arcane_Motion·
I think I found the secret to magically getting more freelance work. Just say to anyone else, "I'm finally gonna take some time to cut my new reel" Then BAM! client emails for weeks.
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Andrew McDowell
Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
I’ve been working almost exclusively with Dave’s or David’s for the last 6 weeks - is this my new niche?
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Andrew McDowell@andrewmcd·
@J_R_Schmidt Love the animations! Don't know the first thing about hacking/cyber-security, but currently binging the series in large part because of the engaging graphics. Would love to see at BTS or case study!
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J.R. Schmidt
J.R. Schmidt@J_R_Schmidt·
I'm incredibly proud and grateful to the insanely talented creatives and animators with whom I worked on these films. Five elite security teams. Six never-before-told-stories. HACKING GOOGLE, a six-part cybersecurity series, now streaming on YouTube → g.co/safety/Hacking…
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