The Thrill [ Frisco FX Visuals ]

It's done. Nearly 3 months of restless nights of video editing, sacrificing the attendance of Nocturnal Wonderland :( I've finally finished my visuals for one of my favorite tracks of Porter Robinson. I wanted to create an AMV (Anime Music Video) after attending my first Anime Expo but I didn't know what song to use. After finding out that Porter Robinson was a special guest for Anamanaguchi, I already knew what song I wanted to use and from there I foresaw what style of AMV I would create. This is the final product. Please enjoy! :)

Changes and future plans

So I've decided to drop Web Development. It was a fun run but I found myself unhappy and stressed while doing it. I'll keep it as my 3rd priority on my list of skills. The only website I will be maintaining is my portfolio to keep fresh contents updated.

With that being said, my website has been updated with the content that I will be working with in the future. Which is audio visual synchronization. I have more content on video editing than my Web Development which is why I've switched back to my original choice of what I want to do with my life. Making awesome videos with music that people can enjoy. My main goal is to work with music artists that passionately create music oppose to producing music that has no meaning but earns them money.

I am currently producing 2 videos. 1 being a personal, yet displays what studio I'd like to work with in the near future. The 2nd video I'll be working on will be an AMV (Anime Music Video) and I plan to enter the AMV competition next year at Anime Expo 2016. After attending AX and viewing the finalists of the AMV competition, it really pushed me to look into creating my own so I've dedicated my time into viewing hundreds of AMV's on the Internet and figuring out what style I'd like to do.

And speaking of Anime Expo, I made a video of my time being there. It was one the greatest experience of my life and I enjoyed every bit of it! Anime Expo 2015 Video

Now that that's said, I am still Frisco FX but with a different design path. I have found myself to be an Audio Visual Artist. You can view my newly arranged content on my site at friscofx.com

eSports logo creation

It's been quite some time since I've lasted posted but my latest projects contain logo creation for an eSports company and a streamer on Twitch, many video edits for CSGO and Dota 2. You'll be able to find all my videos for CSGO/Dota 2 here https://www.youtube.com/user/SCFrisc0 Here is the final logo for Wave eSports. They are an upcoming team playing in League of Legends and Hearthstone. They will soon dive into other games, maybe even Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ;)

This other project was for a streamer. He started off with nothing but is a very talented CS player from way back when. He streams on the daily and I decided to spice up his channel and give him a better logo. You can view his twitch channel at http://www.twitch.tv/clofficial Here is the final logo I created for clOfficial.

New things to come!

Wow it's been over a year since I've posted...Well since then I've been working on other things I haven't been able to complete considering work and other procrastination. I've been lured to other music genre's which got me going deeper into the community and saw some new visuals that I want to try my take at. Those are currently WIP's since I haven't found the right track to work on, but here's a video I did for P.SUS' music 'Meet George Jetson' which was long due over a few months now....Hope you like it!

Lagging on the posts

Sorry haven't really added anything new lately. Here's some stuff that I worked on recently...

~An intro for one of 1tzp0w3r's videos. He asked for my help, so I did the honor in doing so. Footage was not mine. Producing the effects was my title. You can check out more of 1tzp0w3r's work on his YouTube Channel.



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~A banner I created for P.SUS's Star Wars collaboration album 'Far Far Away'. The album was overdue for a release but they wanted to get the album out on May 4th (May The 4th be with you c; ) You can check out their album on Bandcamp.com

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~A promotional video I created for an application called Taste Trackers. Community driven application for mobile devices and the web. To find out more, visit Tastetrackers.com



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~Some logo thumbnails I created for a community called SCV Rush. Unfortunately they were unable to use them but these are the designs I came up with.

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~Logos I made for a musician from the Pogo Community. Goes by the name Forbidden Disco



~oh and a logo for 1tzp0w3r :D



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~Motion Graphic video for my new branding. I'm working on variations of the camera angles and some abstract animations to form the logo but that won't finish for a while. Still learning Cinema 4D.



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2012 Logo Rebrand

So I thought 'FrancisJamesDesign' was a bit to obscure and it just didn't roll off the tongue. Instead I wanted to recreate my name using an alias and I figure since I use Frisc0 for almost everything, why not use that in the name?

Well here's what I came up with. What do you think?

Keeping it simple and straight to the point.


Inverse and non-3D pop out


And just for fun...

Collabor8bit - A Pogo Community Project

Collabor8bit is a collaboration of many different artists from the Pogo community creating their own 8-bit music. I wanted to contribute somehow but since I can't make music, I decided to make their album cover. Here's what I came up with.

Community Forum Link - http://www.pogomix.net/forums/threads/pogomix-8-bit-collaboration-album.797/

Beachy

My video 'Beachy' which uses footage I've captured from Little Corona Del Mar in Newport Beach. I've also added some bits of Pogo's 'Kadinchey' which the track that's also being used is remixed by D!tto.

J'adore Juin Fan-made Videos

The end of completing a video is just such a satisfying feeling...but getting the right renders is just a pain. It stalls you from having to release your work to the world.

Here's my fan-made video for Pogo's 'J'adore Juin' (The Apartment Remix) There was no video to this track(at least I don't think there was) so I decided to create a video in my own perspective. Hope you all enjoy! Kadinchey :)




Be sure to check out goldpikpikcarrots take on the video as well!


goldpikpikcarrots channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/goldpikpikcarrots/featured

World Remix - Kadinchey

Pogo's latest World Remix track. Simply mesmerizing....check it out!





Oh and I loved the track so much that I had to extend it....it was too short for my taste :(

Video Hint

Haven't posted anything in a while. Here's a hint of something I'm working on :)

ForbiddenDisco's Upular Mashup Teaser Video

Teaser video made for a friend from the Pogo Community, ForbiddenDisco.

3 new home page comps

Comp 1



Comp 2



Comp 3




And if you haven't seen my new logos...

Illustration Logo


Typeface Logo

Logo Re-brand to incorporate motion graphic elements

I wanted to keep my original logo but just to add motion graphic elements. These are some of the designs I came up with and still playing with as we speak...

*TYPEFACE LOGO RE-BRAND*



#1 - I wanted some key elements representing motion graphics and video editing so I incorporated the "Play from Start" symbol as a spacer for my name and the word "design." I also added a dot for the lower case "j" which is actually the record symbol.

#2 - Nothing too big of a change but what I did was kern each letter to have closer proximity. Wasn't really enjoying it too much but I was fiddling around to see how it would come out.

#3 - On here I wanted to use my original typeface logo, which is my initials "FJD" and the "J" is actually replaced with the side-view of an Owl that I illustrated. But on this new concept, I changed the beak of the Owl and used the "Play from Start" symbol. Something was still missing so I tried something else...

#4 - I kept the same design as #3 but I added more exposure of the owl's side by illustrating just some portion of the head just to display that it's an owl. I'm enjoying this one very much but will continue to play around with the different variations I sketched out.


"LOGO RE-BRAND INCORPORATING MOTION GRAPHICS"






For these 3 I wanted the elements of RGB to be placed within my original logo. So I gave my logo an overlay to manipulate a silhouette and changed the color overlays to Red, Green and Blue. These are just the different placements I came up with. To be honest, I like the 3rd one out of the 3.




For this one, I wanted to give it that old-school "3D" feel. You know, where you go into the theaters and wear the blue and red 3D glasses and you would see something like shown above....it hurts the eyes just a bit but also shows that it's got a "3D" feel and what do people think when they see 3D? Movies. And when movies is in mind, you would think "Oh this person is probably involved with some special effects of some sort."




Now this has to be one of my favorites out of all the designs, excluding the typeface logo. The silhouettes moving at a diagonal motion represents the "Motion Blur" button in After Effects. It's one of my most used tools and it just makes things look better!

So there you have it! Let me know what you think!

Expialidocious (Kinetic Typography)

Well it's finally done...After months of procrastination, I finally finished my Kinetic Typography video on Pogo's 'Expialidocious.' It was quite the journey but it was definitely worth it.

I know there's a handful of you that don't enjoy the fact that people try to make up lyrics with Pogo's music but these were the things I heard from 'Expialidocious' and it's hard not to hum or whistle along with the tune...eventually you'll start saying gibberish words that don't mean anything but has a symphonic melody. The main reason why I chose to do 'Expialidocious' was that this was the first Pogo track I was introduced and just fell in complete love with.

Hope you'll all enjoy, it took me quite a while to get everything on the point and not to mention After Effects just eats my computer alive...

List of videos/tracks I've been enjoying

Just some tracks I've been really listening to after the Mulan video.

Cindarella (Unreleased Pogo Track)

Edited by rilopilot



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Aladdin (Unreleased Pogo Track)
Visuals by 1tzp0w3r



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Mess-around track by P.SUS



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Au Désirable (A Series of Unfortunate Events remix) by imShijun



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Bread and Butterflies
Visuals by iMoonatic
Track by Pogo

D!tto - Close Your Eyes

Here's a video I made for D!tto's track 'Close Your Eyes.' Recently, I've been listening to this track multiple times during the hour and I wanted to make a video for D!tto, thanking him for such a beautiful track.

I wanted to use, Walt Disney's 'Mulan' due to that it really compliments D!tto's track. At least when I listen to it, Mulan was the first thing to pop into my head.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy!

Oldies but goodies

Can't believe it's been over a year now since I've made these videos! School project for one of my classes featuring some of the coolest guys at the Art Institute!

-Jason Tong
-Kyle Bardiau
-Levi Castellon

Video remakes are from one of the best band/rap group in the world! View and enjoy :)

'Intergalactic Remake'


'Sabotage Remake'

Mashtronaut's new videos

It's been a while since I've done a post, supporting music artists. School and other special events have been happening. Mainly MLG weekend...Anyway this Mashtronaut fellow has been making videos left and right that I've added them to my "watch later" section. 'Rosebud' being his new video, is quite addicting. Check it out!

'Rosebud'


'Raindrops on Roses'

-Video by 1tzp0w3r
-Musice by Mashtronaut1

Emotional Robots presents Warm Gun's Debut Trailer

A team my buddy is in, Emotional Robots, just recently released their debut trailer for their game Warm Gun that will be on the iPhone, iTouch, iPad and for PC.

Check out their trailer!