Xbox E3 Roundup

This week at the 2016 E3 Expo, fans and event goers were able to experience the latest in Gaming, VR, and interactive. Blind with partners Ayzenberg, made a huge splash at this years Microsoft Xbox show. We created 3 videos that added to the hype and atmosphere of Xbox’s latest announcements.

The show started with the Xbox One S reveal video that opened the briefing to cheering fans on Monday. Also in the show was the announcement video for the Gears of War 4 Limited Edition Xbox Elite Controller. Later in the week, Xbox released the Characters That Matter film on all of their social channels and played live on the E3 showroom floor, to introduce their new lineup of legendary characters and games.

I had so much fun directing these projects with my awesome team at Blind. I even had the chance to witness the briefing live for the first time in my life. The most rewarding thing, when it's all said and done, is being able to see your work on the big screen and have the audience cheer it on– that's the moment I knew my work resonated, and I'd done my job.

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Graphika Manila 2016 Recap

Kakampi put together this wonderful recap video of the creative conference, Graphika Manila, I spoke at in the Philippines earlier this year. There's some amazing advice from all of the speakers in this video, for creatives in all fields.

Spoke in front of 4,000 hungry creative minds. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my creative career.

How to Achieve Design Clarity: Listen

The beginning of any design process should start like a good game of 20 Questions. Every question you ask should cut the possibilities in half, until you have a narrow target to hit. But if you’re making a guess 3 questions into this process, chances are you’re probably going to miss the mark, every time.

Read the full article on Medium.

Speaking at Graphika Manila 2016

I'lll be speaking on creativity and inspiration at Graphika Manila on January 30 & 31st. Tickets & info: http://bit.ly/1GPchjr

“Jump Ahead” takes home 2 CLIOs

Congrats to the Ayzenberg and Blind team for taking home 2 CLIOs last night at the CLIO KEYART awards for their work on the “Jump Ahead” E3 Trailer for Xbox.

The short film won GOLD, in the Games: CGI trailer category, and SILVER for Games in the Games Audio/Visual Technique category.

See all the winners here.

Coldplay Ink at the Emmy's

Coldplay “Ink” was in the running for "Original Interactive Program" at the 67th Emmy Awards. Although we didn't take home the win I'm humbled to be considered by such a prestigious community and to have all of you wonderful people behind me.

This is more fuel for my fire to push harder and work towards getting one of those gold statues next year! 

Xbox “Jump Ahead” – Behind The Scenes

Take a look into the process of how we developed the “Jump Ahead” film that opened E3 2015 for Xbox. Watch the film and see more process work here.