Jonathan Hooper

I create motion graphics and visual effects in after effects.

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  1. Happy Christmas 2023 — 2 comments
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  3. New Tutorial Element 3D Transitions — 2 comments
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  5. Spirograph with Trapcode Particular — 1 comment

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Animated Text with Trapcode Tao

Starting with the Arial font I traced each letter with a point light to create a path for the Trapcode Tao plug-in. Each letter and number has it’s own comp, so I could drag the letters into another comp to create words. Duplicating the letters and offsetting them I time-reverse the layers to create a …

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Lego Spirit of the Woods Moc!

I thought it would be fun to try and create the characters from my short film Spirit of the Woods in Lego. It was fun trying to source the parts for the figures that best resembled what the characters were wearing in the film. Some parts are custom printed Lego as I couldn’t find an …

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Circle Rings Digital Doodle

A collection of animations all using a ring as a shape replicator for different objects to drive the animation. A repeating rotation of the objects is what is animated. Made in Adobe After Effects with the Element3D plug-in.

Blender Animation with Newton

Blender animation made with the Newton2 plug-in for After Effects. The fruit pieces are still images from the Fruit model pack for Element3D. The blender and the glass are shape objects as is the liquid juice, which is made up of circle shape objects with a blur and levels effect added.

NHS Thank You

NHS Thank You animation using Adobe After Effects. The rainbow and clouds were made in Element3D and the NHS letters were created with Trapcode Echospace.

Trapcode Particular Vortex Animation

Trying out Trapcode Particular fluid particles in a vortex animation.

Raining Toilet Rolls Animation

Raining Toilet Rolls Animation made with Trapcode Particular. The toilet roll sprite was made with Element3D.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2019

Happy Christmas animation created in Adobe After Effects using the Newton2 plugin and a Digital Juice background.

Rotating Boxes

Rotating boxes animation using Newton2 in Adobe After Effects.

VHS Style Trailer for Spirit of the Woods

VHS Style Trailer for my short film Spirit of the Woods. Red Giant Universe was used for the look and the trailer voice is from Sonokinetic Trailer voice pack.