Greenscreened the pretty lads and animated their environment in After Effects.
Mix of stop-motion, CG, and a few boxes of Samoas®.
Letting a crowd of 5 to 10 year olds frolic on and around 4 story high lettering seems like a dangerous way to make a promo for a subscription worship curriculum, but the New Zealand band "The Lads" were on hand to provide a snappy soundtrack. Jonathan's hammy boys, Hans and Oscar, even make appearances.
This 30 second spot done for the Tennessee Lottery takes it's inspiration from Saul Bass' movie title work as well as the opening titles for "Catch Me If You Can."
The girls bible magazine is flying off of the shelves, so how about the boys?
Animated and composited hallucinogenic buffalo for Ruckus Film and agency Cornett. 
Can't quite handle The Gospel Music Channel's morning music video "blast" right after you wake up? This title sequence animated in Maya will ease you into the experience, complete with eggs, bacon, and cups of joe.
Stop motion baby test footage for an independent film. Footage was to have been cut together with a stop motion basset hound pushing his nest over. Bitch.
This half dog, half film projector named "shutter" was stop motion animated and composited in his CG slum. Music by John Mark Painter and voice acting by J.D. Parker
Nowhere near as tedious as watching all the individual projects, but after a taste...
How'd he fit all those kids in that van? Computers.
Brainchild's Roman White asked Jonathan to model and animate a performance area as well as some other props for this surreal piece promoting Hootie's single. Here's a couple of the set...
What girl wouldn't love to have a book filled with dolls and their owners from all over the world. So far, not many. Written by Doug McKelvey.
What girl wouldn't love to have a book filled with dolls and their owners from all over the world. So far, not many. Written by Doug McKelvey.
A fumbling dreammaker's apprentice mixed up all of the circus workers' dreams. Fear not, though, no gruesome deaths in this book by Doug McKelvey.
A fumbling dreammaker's apprentice mixed up all of the circus workers' dreams. Fear not, though, no gruesome deaths in this book by Doug McKelvey.
This cat knows of a land above the clouds where accountants are not welcome.
This cat knows of a land above the clouds where accountants are not welcome.
The tour dvd needed a dog.
Crazy panoramic environment posing as no more record label website.
Squint donated some llamas to some South American villages for Christmas.
Sixpence None the Richer (of Kiss Me fame) disbanded without releasing everything they recorded, so Warner Brothers filled the need. What exactly is the cover saying though?
Leigh Nash is still at it, making radio a much sweeter place. Jonathan did his best to reflect the whimsy and drama of her latest release of 12 songs, Blue On Blue, with this digital illustration.
Jars of Clay made the record "Good Monsters," Wolf Hoffmann shot the photos, and Jonathan concepted, art directed and illustrated this cover for the packaging. A nice arrangement.
| Name: Jonathan Richter Born: June 4, 1972 Hardware used  Apple PowerMac G5 dual 2Ghz Apple PowerBook G4 Software used Autodesk Maya Unlimited 8.5 Adobe After Effects CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe GoLive CS Zbrush 2.0 Flash CS3 Apple Final Cut Pro HD Apple DVD Studio Pro 4.0 Jonathan has worked for MTV Networks / CMT Levis Strauss & Co. Dockers AT&T Energizer Netwerk MGM/Universal Square USA Pacific Title Warner Brothers Records Tennessee Lottery MCA Records RCA Records Atlantic Records Squint Entertainment Foote Cone & Belding TBW/Chiat Day close |
