Jonathan Hooper

I create motion graphics and visual effects in after effects.

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The 20 Progress Wrestler Animations

Here are some stills of the 20 animations I did for This is Progress.  Each animation was designed for the wrestlers entrances and are only about 12 seconds long.  I wanted to make each one as different as I could.  Luckily the wrestlers either have their own theme or I could draw inspiration from their name …

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FPW Reloaded 3.0 Trailer + What’s Occurring Eps

Here is the trailer for Future Pro Wrestling’s Reloaded 3.0 event which is on 9/2/14, plus the What’s Occurring Episodes. As the event theme is based on The Matrix films, Trapcode Particular was used a lot for the raining code.  I also used it as a custom texture for the future city buildings in Element …

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Some of My Favourite Things on JEH Designs in 2013

The 1st video of 2013 was Juice in a can.  An animation for a fake juice drink, which was fun to create and has one of my favourite bits of animation with the fruit going into the can and exploding. In 2013 I made my 2nd tutorial – Element 3D Transitions.  It was fun to make …

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Merry Christmas (2013)

Merry Christmas from JEH Designs A quick light Christmas tree animation using – Centrum Optical Flares Trapcode – Particular, Shine, Starglow. Watch on Vimeo here.

Quotes with TypeMonkey

A quick and simple kinetic typography animation of some quotes using TypeMonkey.  TypeMonkey makes it easy and fun to make these types of animations.  I hope to do more of these animations and to experiment with TypeMonkey a bit more. Watch on Vimeo here.

FPW Trick or Treat 3 Trailer

This is the trailer for Future Pro Wrestling’s next event – Trick or Treat 3. It was a bit rushed and I would of liked to have added some extra bits but didn’t have the time.  It still looks ok and has a Halloween feel to it. The names of the wrestlers sequence was created …

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JEH Designs Showreel 3

This is my 3rd Showreel and includes clips from –     Personal projects     Short films     E4 Esting competition entry     Future Pro Wrestling (FPW) trailers. Software used After Effects, and 3D Studio Max. Watch on Vimeo here.

Hunted short film clip

This is a clip from the short film Hunted.  The short film is a chase that starts in space and continues on an alien forest planet.  In the clip the lead character is being hunted by two Hunter Droids that have been sent after her by her pursuer on the alien forest planet. The short film was …

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Future Pro Wrestling Schools In Trailer

Here is the trailer for the next Future Pro Wrestling event “Schools In” I found some old footage of a class room watching an instruction film, some footage of  wrestling at the New York Athletic Club in 1905, so I decided to put the two together and base the trailer around them. For more information …

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Ancient Logo Discovery

Ancient Logo Discovery animation modeled with Element 3D and 3DS Max.  The hieroglyph normal texture was created with Element 3D inside of After Effects.  Everything apart from the pillars was done with Element 3D which were modeled in 3DS Max.  I added some clips at the beginning and end from Rampant Design Tools – Film Clutter …

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