Welcome to my showreel! Just a quick collection of a bunch of nifty things I've worked on lately. Most projects shown were animated/modeled/comped fully by me, but if they were not that is noted below!  Feel free to poke around, all of the projects shown are linked below!

And if you have any other burning questions about anything you see, please feel free to reach out to me at katharine.wynkoop@gmail.com!

Music: "In Step" by Girl Talk

Reel Breakdown

  • 1. Intros

    Intro slides -- fully created by me using Cinema 4D, Redshift, After Effects and assorted other Creative Suite apps.

    See the full project here!

  • 2. Monster High 2 Logo

    Modeled, lit, animated and textured the logo in 3D, then composited it in After Effects in a way that allowed all social sizes to be automatically created. Gonzalo Janer provided the bespoke smoke simulation seen at the beginning!

    See the full project here!

  • 3. Blue's Clues and You "Woo Hoo For Blue" Anniversary Package

    Animated all motion graphics, all Harmony character animation, and composited everything together.

    See the full project here!

  • 4. "Seaweed Sway" Baby Shark Package

    Animated all 2D motion graphics, some of the Harmony character animation, and composited in 3D icons that were created by other team members.

    See the full project here!

  • 5. Let's Talk About Poop

    I cel-animated, colored and comped this poop character doing a few dance loops, along with a slew of other fun characters not shown here, for the "Wow in the World" youtube series.

    See the full project here!

  • 6. Face's Music Party

    I fully animated and composited this graphics package, using 3D toon shaded elements combined with 2D motion design in After Effects

    See the full project here!

  • 7. Are You Afraid of the Dark

    Re-animated and composited the classic "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" logo for the new season of the show.

  • 8. Rainbow Transition

    Personal After Effects experiment

    See it on my instagram!

  • 9. Saving Bikini Bottom Logo

    Modeled, textured, lit, rendered and composited the official Saving Bikini Bottom logo. C4D, Octane, AE. Also animated it! But the animation was more for myself than anyone else. The background shown here was also created by me for the purposes of showing this piece in my portfolio and not used in any of the marketing materials.

    See the full project here!

  • 10. Live from Bikini Bottom graphics assets and toolkits

    Modeled and textured a number of assets including this spongebob alarm clock. C4d, Redshift. Also created a type toolkit to allow animators to use editable type in AE and have it automatically translate into the 3D alphabets that were developed for the event.

    See the full project here!

  • 11. Diamond

    Personal experiment, diamond made using shape layers in After Effects

    See it on my instagram!

  • 12. Really Loud House Launch Packaging

    Fully modeled, textured, lit, animated and composited this launch graphics package. C4D, Octane, After Effects

    See the full project here!

  • 13. Blue's Clues Big Movie Package

    I animated the text in this package, textured, lit, rendered and composited everything together.

  • 14. Block Party Mathletes

    I designed and animated most of the on-screen graphics, graphics overlays and transitions in this animated short and composited them into the final shots.

    See the full project here!

  • 15. Vote

    Personal project, 2D cel animation and After Effects compositing

    See the full project here!

  • 16. "Seaweed Sway" Baby Shark Package (Transition)

    Animated and composited this transition for the Cardi B package. 3D icons were modeled by other team members!

    See the full project here!

  • 17. Noggin's World of Sports Animated Short

    I directed this short, as well as animated and composited all of the motion graphics, including this logo!

    See the full project here!

  • 18. Ryan's World Season 3 - Anthem

    I provided cel animation and compositing for a number of shots in this spot. Toonboom Harmony, After Effects.

  • 19. Pizza Slap

    I modeled, textured, lit, animated and composited this pizza slice for the Nickmas NFL game. I also updated the animation with different toppings (peanut butter and jellyfish) for the Superbowl.

    See the full project here!

  • 20. Mountain of Slime

    I modeled the iconic Paramount mountain in 3D and then slimed it! Cinema 4D, Xparticles

  • 21. Dora Family Song

    I animated all of the motion graphics for several shots on the Dora Family Song. After Effects with Cinema 4D type

  • 22. Vote

    Personal project, modeled/animated/textured in C4D, comped in AE

    See it on my instagram!

  • 23. Assorted Cel Loops

    When I have spare time and potentially some small children to entertain, I like traditionally animating lil animal loops. All of these were done on my iPad and composited in After Effects, with the exception of the crab for which I created a DUIK rig.

    See the full projects on my instagram!

  • 24. Wave Transition

    Cel-animated wave transition created for a summer campaign on Nick Jr.

  • 25. Kid's Choice Awards "Cinema Spot"

    For this spot I created After Effects rigs of Spongebob and Patrick, then animated and composited them into a Spongebob-y theater that I designed. 3D animation of Spongebob and Patrick was provided by other team members!

    See the full project here!

  • 26. Winter Funderland Package

    I animated and comped all of the motion graphics for this seasonal campaign package. Primarily After Effects.

  • 27. Fantasy Football Movie Logo

    I re-modeled, textured, lit and animated the movie logo using Cinema 4D and Redshift, then composited it in After Effects.

    See the full project here!