Styleframes and Explorations
I really enjoyed designing and animating for this main title. Early stages involved a more graphic feel. Taking inspiration from the vintage screen-print poster. I honestly was very much sold on the screen-print feel that we were going with in the beginning. But we landed on something in between based on the clients vision. Kiyoon Nam came up with the original over all feel by lifting the blacks and bringing in the screen-print textures. I really loved it. Jake Ferguson helped with early development frames that we carried through the project as well. Kathy Liang did an excellent job with all the typography. She even created a procedural comp in AfterEffects that scaled the boxes around the type automatically.
COWBOY BEBOP MT
DESCRIPTION
Main Title for Netflix
I had the honor of being part of the team to design and animate the main title for the live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. It was a long journey with a great squad that started back in 2019. This is an extremely touchy subject for those who know because the original is perfect as is. I do feel like we gave it our best to stay true to the original but also fulfill the clients needs/asks.
created at Imaginary Forces
creative director: karin fong design/animation: james gardner, kiyoon nam, merrill hall, kathy liang editor: lexi gunvaldson design interns: anna chen, kayley wang, kelly stoia additional compositing: charlie proctor producer: steve garfinkel coordinator: jackson kerr