Ordinary Folk

With team members scattered around the world, it’s rare that we all get to work in the same space. This week is one of those special times when we are actually... together. Let the motion happen, ping pong balls fly, Cintiq pens roll, and card games flip. And may the good times be remembered. 🫶✨❤️🔥 Jorge R. Canedo E., Stefan Green, Mona Fani, Victor Claudio de Paula e Silva, Manuel Neto, Ricardo Drehmer, Avikali Lomavatu, Lorena Gonzalez

We are thrilled to share that Creation, Equilibrium and Nouns all came home with hardware from the first Collision Awards! Our team had complete creative freedom for all three projects which we used to push ourselves in style and concept. Thank you for recognizing the talented folks on each of these teams, Collision Awards. We’re so proud. And congratulations to all the winners!

What does a fully 3D Ordinary Folk project look and feel like? We had no idea either, so we started with the two shapes. Then mashed our 2d keyframes and transitions with Josh Edward’s masterful 3D tactile materials and lighting. We loved the result of combining what we thought would be apposing forces. 🟠 🟩 Credits CD: Jorge R. Canedo E. Production: Stefan Green, Mona Fani Design: Avikali Lomavatu, Lorena G., Esther Bellefontaine, Mary Khrystenko, Grace Pedersen 3D Lead: Josh Edwards Animation: Ricardo Drehmer, Greg Stewart, Manuel Neto, Victor Silva, Josh Edwards Music & SFX: Ambrose Yu

The story of creation starts with the words, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Collaborating closely with the incredibly talented Allen Laseter of Lasso, we aimed to make a visual poem of this beautiful and most ancient of stories. Credits: CD: Jorge R. Canedo E. Production: Stefan Green, Mona Fani AD: Allen Laseter Animation: Manuel Neto, Ricardo Drehmer, Greg Stewart, Victor Silva Music: Heaven's Boughs by Andrew Bird Sound Design: Ambrose Yu

We’re still buzzing that we had the opportunity to collaborate with Google on their brand new Gemini app launch! So grateful to work with such an incredible crew on this one. Fun to see their "new thing" come to life. Credits: Ordinary Folk: CD: Jorge R. Canedo E. EP: Stefan Green Producer: Mona Fani Design: Avikali Lomavatu, Lorena G, Mary Khrystenko, Christopher Vela, Emily Suvanvej Animation: Greg Stewart, Victor Silva, Manuel Neto, Ricardo Drehmer, Jorge Canedo Estrada, Taylor Yontz, Gabriel Gareso, Chris Anderson, Mat Voyce, Gung-Kai Koo, Josh Edwards Music: Midnight Riot “That New Thing” Sound Design: Thomas Van Buskirk Google Team: CD: Daniel Chandler EP: Salam Darwaza Producers: Daniel Galligani, Chris Hsu

It’s out! We are excited to finally share what Greg has been cooking up for a while now! A tool for working paths in AE! Get it at www.ordinaryfolk.co/play — along with some other shiny new treats you can find there! ;) You can also find the shapeRig tutorial here: https://lnkd.in/gzJFeZfy 🎵 [@]computer.jazz

This was 2023! And it was an unusual year for most of us in the industry, but we were still fortunate to collaborate with incredible people and have work we’re excited about #motionflashback . We welcomed some talented new team members and even a few studio babies. We also got heaps of new slack emojis — all mostly cowboy themed. 🤠 So yee-haw and howdy from your folks at OF! We're excited for this year! 🐎 🎞️ Edited by Ricardo Drehmer 🎶 Klazz Brothers - Cuban Summer

If your holiday meals are as chaotic as this, or if you’re more a watch-the-yule-log-with-a-glass-of-eggnog type, Ordinary Folk wishes you a very Merry Christmas - from all of us to all of you. See you in 2024! Full credits: https://lnkd.in/g-6hk8uZ

The creative process can be a violent journey. It can spin you around, and box you in. Until you finally break through. A huge thanks to the Procreate team for bringing us in to flex what their new animation software, Dreams, can do. Creative Direction: Jorge R. Canedo E. Production: Stefan Green, Mona Fani Art Direction: Avikali Lomavatu Design: Avikali Lomavatu, Ricardo Drehmer Animation: Ricardo Drehmer, Manuel Neto, Victor Silva, Lennon Valinhas Music & SFX: Ambrose Yu Special Thanks: Greg Stewart -- Ordinary Folk is a motion design & animation studio based in Vancouver, Canada. See our work and say hi at https://lnkd.in/gCutsJMF

This dead project has found new life! We’re proud to finally share this director's cut with the world. We call it: Person who runs through nondescript mainframes in a beautiful fashion. Such a talented group of artists made this one special and we are thrilled that it's seeing the light of day. Credits: Creative Direction: Jorge Canedo Estrada Production: Stefan Green, Mona Fani Art Direction: Grace Pedersen Designers: Avikali Lomavatu, Gabriel Silveria, Elle Michalka Animation Direction: Manuel Neto, Ricardo Drehmer Animators: Gabriel Gareso, Filipe Consoni, Jon Mayes, Mathijs Luijten, Lana Simanenjova SFX & Music: Ambrose Yu Special Thanks: Greg Stewart, Victor Silva -- Ordinary Folk is a motion design & animation studio based in Vancouver, Canada. See our work and say hi at https://lnkd.in/gCutsJMF