Video: Mock Cosmetic Spot

A short mock (“mock-see”) cosmetic commercial. Background environment, motion tracking, and products created with Blender then composited with After Effects. Total project time completed – 1 month.

I downloaded Blender about 5 years ago, but couldn’t figure out how to use it. So I wasted a lot of time learning other software only to discover their limitations and pitfalls. I finally took the plunge in February 2015 to learn Blender (I still have a long way to go). It was hard at first. Thankfully, with all the awesome tutorials available it got easier the more I acclimated to the interface and workflow.

As mentioned, I had started animating with other software and had produced a handful of projects of various quality and styles. Some were paying gigs, others were just experiments. I noticed other VFX artists and animators had fantastic portfolios and demo-reels. I wanted something that I could showcase that combined all the my skills and experiences, while demonstrating a real world example of how this art form is applied.

That’s when I conjured up Moxie. Well, sort of…it was actually supposed to be for my Sister-in-law’s cosmetic brand, but she didn’t buy the pitch so I decided to move forward with the project. That’s when I created the fictitious brand “Moxie” (as in mock-up show and tell, “mock-see”).

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