Faculty
Justin Hamilton
Justin Hamilton received a B.A. from Boston University prior to studying Digital Media at FIDM. Today he’s an in-demand creative director, art director, designer, and animator whose work appears in television, film, and in video games.
Tell us about your role as Lead VFX Designer.
That means that anytime we have to be on set to supervise a shoot involving VFX I'll be there. I'll also coordinate and complete any work that must be done in post. When we aren't working on a job with VFX I'm always excited to jump in on the design phase of any campaign we work on. In my case, this usually involves creating a healthy amount of 2D and 3D elements that I can use to create some initial style frames. Some recent highlights are designing the Guardians of the Galaxy and Maleficent main titles.
We hear you recently worked on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles as well.
For the animated title sequence at the end of TMNT, I designed the initial style frames and animation that were approved by Director Jonathan Liebesman, Michael Bay, and the rest of the crew behind the film. I couldn't have done it without my team here at Greenhaus and the beautiful illustrations based on the film done by Rudi Liden.
What do you enjoy about this type of work?
For design work I love coming up with looks, concepts, and ideas that can work to help push a project artistically or from a marketing standpoint. In our field, we are always creating the most beautiful imagery possible in an artistic and technical sense and it's a blast to find that look that marries perfectly with the project.
For VFX work, the joy is usually creating something that blends so perfectly with footage that the viewer cannot tell that it was added in post. I have a side that is creative/artistic and another side that is more technical/scientific and this type of work allows me to bring those together.
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