February 22, 2022 — Comments are off for this post.

Attack Studios Ranked As Top 30 Video Marketing Agency

Attack Studios has been recognized as a Top 30 Video Marketing Agency in 2022 by DesignRush.

January 5, 2022 — Comments are off for this post.

Animation January – Watching 31 Animation films in 31 days

Animation is a vast and broad genre of film as any. Really, it runs parallel to live-action films, but it isn't held to the same rules and realities of filming that live-action is. Often times it's more complex and labor-intensive than traditional films. Bored with winter and locked-down we decided to watch a animated film a day for the entire month of January.

Tags: animation, animation advertising, animation January, animation studios in Chicago, California animation studios, Chicago Animation, Chicago Animation Studios, film, Los Angeles animation studios

August 3, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.

Traffic Overview: Attack Studios July Report 2021

This is the traffic overview of the Attack Studios website for July 2021. I got this tip to do this kind of post from Pat Flynn after reading his book Superfans https://patflynn.com/book/superfans/

Tags: 2d motion design, after effects, animation advertising, animation studios, animation studios in Chicago, Chicago Animation Studios, Los Angeles animation studios, Motion Graphics, Motion Graphics Designer, Traffic, Video SEO, Video Views

June 23, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.

Traffic Overview: Attack Studios May Report

In order to be fully transparent with my audience and trying to hit my traffic goals, I'm going to be doing a traffic overview of Attack Studios website. I got this tip to do this kind of post from Pat Flynn after reading his book Superfans https://patflynn.com/book/superfans/

June 9, 2020 — Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: Gradient Map to LUT

Working with all kinds of designers and illustrators, we sometimes get assets that aren't ideal for importing into After Effects. The client can get pretty mad when the look of the video doesn't match the look of the design boards. Gradient Maps are the common culprit. Here's how to convert a Gradient Map to LUT?

Tags: 3d, after effects, animation advertising, animation studios, animation studios in Chicago, Chicago Animation Studios, Gradient Map To LUT, Los Angeles animation studios, LUT, Motion Design Studio, Motion Graphics, Motion Graphics Designer

May 29, 2020 — Comments are off for this post.

After Effects Tips: How do I apply an effect only to a masked area?

What do you do when you only want to apply an effect only to a masked area while animating in Adobe After Effects. Make an effect mask, of course, it's easy and fast.

I first found out about this through some awesome School of Motion Alumni in the Facebook group. I just joined today, and so far it's been a very small hit on my CPU, so well worth the effort and it hasn't slowed me down. The following is lifted straight from the source: Folding home actively targets coronavirus

Tags: animation advertising, animation studios, animation studios in Chicago, California animation studios, Chicago Animation, Chicago Animation Studios, Coronavirus, Folding@Home, Los Angeles animation studios, Motion Graphics Designer

September 12, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

Collaborative With Prysm Studios

I'm happy to announce I've joined a collaboration with Prysm Studios. It's a non-exclusive agreement so that means I'll still be doing projects through Attack and I'll also be able to offer low-risk scale and on-site reviews for clients through Prysm. I like the freedom it offers while opening up some bigger and better opportunities.

Tags: 2d motion design, 3d, Advertising, animation advertising, animation studios, animation studios in Chicago, Broadcast Commercial, California animation studios, Chicago 3D, Chicago Animation, Chicago Animation Studios, Los Angeles animation studios, motion control, Motion Design Studio, Motion Graphics, Motion Graphics Designer, Prysm Studios, slow motion, tabletop director

August 20, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

Advertising Tips From Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This!

I've just finished reading Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads, 5th Edition and thought I would pass along some quick tips on creating successful Ads from this book following some advertising tips for animation after effects. Successful video ads first grab our attention (with a surprise, something unusual, something funny, something weird, something shocking, a mystery) and then make us think.

Tags: Ad tips, animation advertising, animation studios, animation studios in Chicago, Broadcast Commercial, California animation studios, Chicago Animation, Chicago Animation Studios, Los Angeles animation studios, Motion Graphics Designer, Script writing, Video Brief, Writing for video

August 2, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.

The Secret to Cannabis Advertising in Illinois

Cannabis Advertising is complex in Illinois due to the unique legislative legalization process. We'll walk you through it and make compliance easy.