1) Juan F. Leguizamon - I really enjoyed his page layout on Behance. His work is extremely graphic and bright and the layout fills the space with his work in columns. When you hover over one of his pieces, it gives a solid block with the title inside which helps focus through all the imagery. I liked his Demo Reel because it opened with a speed up video of him drawing the title card. The rest of his demo was a variety of different pieces ranging from vector to hand drawn and a lot of motion graphics. His style always comes across as quirky and clean though even with earlier sketches featured in his reel.
2) Nicolas Girard - I would say that Nicolas' site is more enjoyable than Juan's was because even though he has less work to display and it doesn't fill the site layout up, that it works with his aesthetic which is all about being fast, clean and concise. I like that when you hover over a piece in the grid that it literally becomes grayed out. By creating that negative space it really lets you focus on the items you're clicking and is more direct than Juan's was. His Demo Reel I feel is stronger than Juan's too mostly because I think it flows faster but I still see his foundations of typography and design layout all through his motion graphics reel. He also shows that he is more interested in mono-toned palettes which is a complete contrast to Jaun's bright kid- friendly colors.
3) Factory Fifteen - This site is not a who but a they. They are a production studio that specializes in animation and architectural representation. I choose them because I felt their demo reel to obviously be very strong and their shots included all played off each other well with all of the cuts matching on action. It also shows off very distinct scifi and post-apolitical, world building themes. You get a real sense of what they make and what they specialize in. I liked on there site how if you hovered over a piece that it would start playing a teaser of the work but remained grayed out otherwise which is the exact opposite of the other two artists I listed above. I don't think they did the best job with the rest of the layout even though I think its intentional. Their name floats behind their work when you scroll over and the links to their contact info and awards can get cut off if your browser is small enough. It sounds like they didn't accommodate for multi-browser viewing which doesn't look good when all of their work is so nice.
This is an updated and my first realized version of Nerine. I decided to change her hair from light blonde to auburn for more visual contrast. I altered the colors of her clothing a little too. I used some media brushes in Photoshop because I wanted her styling to feel a little more organic and handmade like the paintings she makes.
http://vimeo.com/31210325
This is my Animatic on Vimeo
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