Les Nocturnes de SCAD Lacoste
Project OverviewIn celebration of SCAD Lacoste's 20th anniversary, my team and I designed and produced a projection mapping exhibition featuring 60 minutes of original programming, mostly animation and expanded cinema,…
Visual Music: Mii Channel
The project is a study in visual music to advance my skills in identifying synchronization strategies, evaluating their effectiveness, and applying direct and counterpoint synchronization techniques in visual music compositions. The music I chose…
Arrival of the Birds
The project is another attempt and study of visual music and as well my pursuit of my own artistic expression. Highly inspired by the repetition and recursion of live-action footage…
The Laughing Heart Visual Poem
This visual poetry piece, inspired by Charles Bukowski’s The Laughing Heart, explores themes of seizing the moment and living fully. Shot entirely on a smartphone with an APEXEL macro lens,…
Neon Genesis Evangelion
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TITLE SEQUENCE REDESIGN Creative Direction: Desmond DuProducer: Desmond DuDesign & Animation: Desmond Du, Zach Hixon, Katherine Monday, Granger Eltringham, Lauren KittleCreated: 29 May 2019 GENESIS In order to…
Hemlock
HEMLOCK Creative Direction: Desmond DuDesign & Animation: Desmond DuType Animation: Zach HixonCreated: 29 May 2019 GENESIS This spring, film director Natalia Marty reached out to the Desmond Du It Better with…
Seven Sins
HEMLOCK Creative Direction: Desmond Du Design & Animation: Desmond Du Type Animation: Zach Hixon Created: 29 May 2019 GENESIS My peer Ivanna Smith approached me for an opportunity to glitch the…
AKASHA
https://vimeo.com/336220881https://vimeo.com/337651121 AKASHA Design & Animation: Desmond DuCreated: 23 May 2019Special Thanks to My Teachers: Dominique Elliott, Michael Betancourt, Austin Shaw, Minho Shin, John Colette, Kelly CarltonSpecial Thanks to My Friends:GENESIS We, from…
Donnie Darko Title Design
https://vimeo.com/305477348 DONNIE DARKO TITLE SEQUENCE Design & Animation: Desmond DuCreated: 15 Nov 2018Music: "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from film soundtrack Special Thanks: Michael BetancourtThis film is a cult classic directed…
Nirvana
Nirvana is our manifesto of mindfulness.We live in this hectic world and we forget the little moments, the purpose of the things we do, and we are so caught up…
