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Brien Hopkins
Brien Hopkins

Motion Designer. Currently moving things at Google.

  1. Balancing Act Balancing Act — 🔵 🔸 🌮 🔺 ♥️ Instagram ♥️
  2. Google Science Fair Launch Google Science Fair Launch — Had a blast animating this for the launch of Google Science Fair 2018. Listen to the sound fx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnrWh2_HLcO/
  3. Eclipse 2017 Eclipse 2017 — Animated this sequence for a scientific collaboration between Google and U.C. Berkeley. The Eclipse Megamovie Project will stitch together images of the 2017 total solar eclipse from thousands of photographers into an expanded and continuous view of the total eclipse. The resulting dataset will be open to the scientific community and general public for future research. Watch the full animation...
  4. National First Responders Day National First Responders Day — Thank a first responder today. Had the honor of designing and animating these icons for the @Google homepage, to help honor National First Responders Day. Video on Instagram
  5. A.I. Logo & Animation A.I. Logo & Animation — A logo I designed and animated for an artificial intelligence client. What do you see?
  6. Mobile Home Mobile Home — Another Doodle for Google. This one's called "Mobile Home." Illustration by @Matt Yerman Take a gander at the process shot if you're interested. The smoke is a series of circles, blurred, with crushed alpha levels. The faux 3D move on the house is shape paths. And the legs are rubber hose 2 (thank you @Adam Plouff.) See it on 👉🏽 Instagram ❤️
  7. Jaded Cupid Jaded Cupid — For Cupid, Valentine's Day means it's time to get to work. But his heart's just not in it anymore. Watch it with sound on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BfLmWuQg3gM/?taken-by=brienhopkins
  8. Hitting Thought Speed Hitting Thought Speed — Animating this for IBM was a lot of fun. The script called for "the speed of thought." Full video: https://vimeo.com/182876846
  9. AthenaInsight AthenaInsight — Just your standard plane to burger to document to graph to logo animation. Illustration by @Louis Wesolowsky. Also, I finally got a chance to try @Sander van Dijk's Ray Dynamic Texture.
  10. For my wife For my wife — Made this animation to commemorate my wife earning her Ph.D. She's smart.
  11. Design is [Play] Design is [Play] — Every month, Tony Lee Jr sends me one of his delightful title designs for Google's "Design is" speaker series, granting me the honor of animating it. This has been going on for over a year, and I figured I'd start sharing some of my favorites. Here's the first one: Design is [Play]. ❤️➡️Instagram
  12. Go to school. Get a job. Go to school. Get a job. — For a thing about college work-study. Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/213118536
  13. Donut Monster Truck Donut Monster Truck — See it with sound on Instagram 👂🏽 This is the first a many Doodles for Google I had the pleasure of animating. Illustration by @Matt Yerman. Check out the BTS to see how this truck is rigged. The wheels are connected with 'Connect Layers' from Motion Boutique, and the truck chassis is parented to Connect Layers shape layer. This allows the truck's chassis to rotate dynamically as the wheels ...
  14. I voted. I voted. — A scene from our Environmental Voter Project video, re-purposed for today's election. See the full original video here: http://planetnutshell.com/portfolio/environmental-voter-project/
  15. Arctic Oil Spill Arctic Oil Spill — A scene from our World Wildlife Fund piece about Arctic drilling. Watch the full video here, and get involved if you like: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/stop-arctic-drilling-cold Illustrations by @weinbergdesign
  16. Marilyn Monroe Walk Cycle Marilyn Monroe Walk Cycle — A walk cycle from an animation about Marilyn Monroe. Illustration by @John McGowan Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/198742064
  17. Exploozy Exploozy — Scene from Exploozy! Watch the full animation here: https://vimeo.com/160920537
  18. Another day at the factory. Another day at the factory. — Illustration by @John McGowan Full video: https://vimeo.com/182876846
  19. It's Morphin' Time It's Morphin' Time — It's morphin' time! Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/166566851 Design by @John McGowan
  20. Lighthouse No. 6 Lighthouse No. 6 — Thanks for the Dribbble invite, @Roko Kerovec. I animated my favorite logo design of yours.
  21. Wifi Pistol Wifi Pistol — Meet the Wifi Pistol, a revolutionary idea that replaces bullets with wifi signals. Brought to you by Exploozy. Full video here: https://vimeo.com/160920537 Art by @John McGowan
  22. Fee-fi-fo-fum Fee-fi-fo-fum — Stomp cycle for Gentle Giant. Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/166566851 Design by @John McGowan
  23. Deuce Here Deuce Here — Pinching off a preview of our upcoming animation for Exploozy, dropping in April. Thanks @John McGowan for the design. Full video here: https://vimeo.com/160920537
  24. Mographs Mographs — Part of a project we recently finished for Reflection Sciences. Full video here: https://vimeo.com/165016904
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