Spikything is the digital home of Liam O’Donnell and the trading name for my company. I’m a designer / developer with over 18 years industry experience in web/games/apps/video design and development. Here’s a short show-reel of some of my work:
Category Archives: VFX
Posts about Visual Effects work I’ve done
Everybody Deserves – music video
I recently worked with the guys at Imotion Media to create this fun little music video. The brief was to take some green screen footage of the band’s lead members and find a treatment/narrative that works with the ethos and feel of the song. I settled on blending the footage with a lot of archive material, as if we’re channel flipping a TV. Continue reading Everybody Deserves – music video
The Trump Effect
I was recently asked to do some VFX to turn Donald Trump bald for magician Noel Qualter’s close-up iPad magic routine – I jumped at the chance 🙂
3D Photo Animation
I was recently asked to bring some still images to life with a bit of a 3D effect.
OK, strictly speaking, 2.5D. Here’s an example of a still image I’ve brought to life with some subtle 3D magic. Although there are innumerable tutorials out there on how to do this kind of thing, I might post some tricks on how to make it easier to set things up, if anyone’s interested. Continue reading 3D Photo Animation
Star Trek transporter effect
I was asked to recreate the Star Trek transporter effect, in order to make a guy disappear. They didn’t shoot anything on green screen, but a bit of rotoscoping and a whizzy particle system – we’re done! Continue reading Star Trek transporter effect