?? Q1 | New from Raconteur - squishy earbuds and space travel
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-Joe
New Teammates!
???2021 was a big year as the Raconteur “I” finally became “we”. Dylan Droptiny joined Raconteur after graduating from Northern Michigan University with a BFA in Computer Art.
???He’s an XPresso wizard (node-based scripting in Cinema 4D) and never fails to amaze when he pulls off complex mechanical animations with just a couple controls.
???Besides 3D animation, one of his passions is traveling and he is working toward being able to hit the road as a digital nomad.
???We’re also welcoming A.J. Laatsch on board in 2022 as our first college intern of the new year.
???He’s a senior studying Computer Art at NMU and has a passion for modeling and animating robots.
You can see a couple of his creations in the video above ??
Featured Client:?Buderflys
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The World’s First Perfect Fitting Smart Earbud
???We’ve supported Buderflys since 2018 when their founder,?Shea, was first pitching the idea to raise venture capital and make squishy earbuds a reality.
???Since then, we’ve seen them reach the?semi-finals of Denver Startup Week?in 2020 and finally ship their first product in early 2021!
???The?Curiosity G2 Wireless Earbuds.
???Besides pitch videos, we’ve been able to help them with product rendering, animation, product design, pre-visualization of new ideas and just generating all sorts of cool imagery for their website and advertising.
???It has been a pleasure to see Shea’s vision come alive and to watch the Buderflys team grow. Can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
PilotCity 2021
???2021 was a year of interns and space travel. Through?PilotCity, we hosted 8 high school interns from the San Francisco Bay Area and taught them basic 3D skills while they helped develop marketing material for Raconteur.
???Their final project was to create animations about future space missions. They completely blew us away by learning advanced animation skills and creating complex animations in just a couple of months. You can see their finished projects in the playlist above?
???A huge thanks to?Derick?and?Jeff?for making the program happen. We’re looking forward to PilotCity 2022!
Thanks for being along for this ride and we’ll see you in Q2 2022!
-Joe & Team
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3 年That's awesome! Congrats Joe (and the rest of your new team)!!
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3 年Congratulations to…everyone at Raconteur! ??