RJC - Design Direction, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, User Interface and Concept Design
Creative Direction, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, User Interface, Concept Design and 3D sculpting
Welcome to the portfolio of Ryan J Close
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GM - HUMMER EV

SCREEN GFX

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GM - HUMMER EV

SCREEN GFX

Worked with GM to crete this animation that is displayed on the in car centrestack screen once a user selects the 'Crabwalk' drive mode.

Secret Headquarters

VFX / screen gfx

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Secret Headquarters

VFX / screen gfx

Worked with the amazing team at Paramount+ to create wide ranging VFX for the Guards tech.

Studio: Perception
Creative Director: John Le Pore Art Director: Ryan Close: VFX Supervisor: Scott Frankel Producer: Chris Decker, Jamie Young Artists: Christian Haberkern, Blaise Hossain, Sean Hong

MAXON ONE

Showcase promo

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MAXON ONE

Showcase promo

Great experience to work with the team at Maxon on a brand promo, showcasing the Maxon One suite of tools for creators.

I created all the User Interface graphics for this project, animated the 3D graphics, and 3D sculpted / textured the Alien helmet.
Was a fun project to work on, having lots of creative control to really bring life to the concepts.

Studio: Perception
Creative Director:
John Le Pore, Greg Herman Producer: Arianne Wotzka Art Director: Ryan Close Designers:  Seiji Anderson, Ryan Close Animators: Ryan Close, Vivian Amaro, Karol Marcinkowski Compositor: Thomas Agostino

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Title Sequence

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Title Sequence

The design for the main on end sequence focuses on propaganda plastered across city walls. This sequence is a blend of multiple layers of graffiti and flyers put up, torn down, and defaced, showing how society responds to these messages.

Studio: Perception
Creative Director:
John Le Pore Producer: Eric Daly, Peyton Goldfarb Art Director: Ryan Close Designers:  Seiji Anderson, Ryan Close, Nick Woythaler, Vlad lysenco

Shang Chi And The legend Of The 10 Rings

Title Sequence

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Shang Chi And The legend Of The 10 Rings

Title Sequence

It was an amazing experience to work with Marvel and film director Destin Daniel Cretton to art direct this title sequence.
The design direction was to make everything in the sequence be represented as water, matching a magical map that we see in the film.


Studio: Perception Media Corp
Founders: Danny Gonzales, Jeremy Lasky
Head of Operation: Kris Barone Producers: Eric Daly, Jamie Young Creative Director: John le Pore Technical Director: Doug Appleton Designers: Alex Rupert, David Weinstock, Isaac Taracks, Seiji Anderson

Black Widow

VFX / screen gfx

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Black Widow

VFX / screen gfx

Interface graphics and VFX for Marvel's Black Widow

Spiderman - Far from home

Holograms and Screen Graphics

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Spiderman - Far from home

Holograms and Screen Graphics

I was the lead Art Director on this project, overseeing all the graphics we did across many different film sequences.

This involved the EDITH glasses sequence, Nick Fury holograms, Jet plane workshop, drone vision over London, and Mysterios helmet design to name a few.
It was a pleassure to work with Marvel and other VFX vendors to bring the graphics of this film to life.

Studio: Territory Studio London
Creative Director: Andrew Popplestone  Art Director: Ryan Close Project Lead: Nick Lyons Animators/Designers: Grant Henderson, Lorenzo Miglietti, Sam Munnings, Sam Keehan, Jay Dingle, Charlotte Ouelette, Alex Gotsis, Miguel Rato, Nawaz Alamgir, Mathew Hotchkiss Compositing: Riess Shaffique, Ben, Andrea Onset Graphics Lead: Daniel Højlund Executive Producer: Tom McLoughlin Producer: Ashton Hertz Coordinator: Ben Margerison Pipeline: Sean Feeley

Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

Screen Graphics and Animation

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Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

Screen Graphics and Animation

Art Direction, Design, Animation and on set graphics

Created many different graphics and animations for security screens, outdoor billboard adverts and labotory

Studio: Territory Studio London
Associate Creative Director: David Sheldon-Hicks Producer: Gen McMahon Artists: Matt Tsang, Jay Dingle

Ghost in the Shell

Holograms and Screen Graphics

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Ghost in the Shell

Holograms and Screen Graphics

Concepts for Rupert Sanders' Ghost In The Shell feature film
I was involved in concepts and initial design work for 3D street signage and holograms, car interior map holograms, advertising billboards and logo signage of this futuristic world

Studio: Territory Studio london
CG Supervisor: Peter Eszenyi Producer: Genevieve McMahon VFX Coordinator: Alex Reinach Creative Direction: Andrew Popplestone Additional Artists: Sam Munnings, Stylow, Nick Hill, Daniel Harries, Sam Cisternino, Julio Dean, Marco Gifuni, Mantas Grigaitas, Compositors, Roman Bugrov, Billie Vine, Patrick Wong

Beyond Good and Evil 2

Concept Artwork

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Beyond Good and Evil 2

Concept Artwork

Ubisoft contacted Territory Studio to come up with some high tech concepts for Beyond Good & Evil 2.

A great creative project to work on, I sculpted, textured and animated all these 3D elements to suit the game trailer look and feel.

Studio: Territory Studio London
ECD: David Sheldon-hicks Producer: Joy Whilby

National geographic

Year million Series

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National geographic

Year million Series

National Geographic Channel commissioned Year Million, a 6-part docudrama looking at how humans will live a million years from now

I designed and animated many different animations involved in this series, from worm holes to scientific explorations and diagrams.

Studio: Territory Studio London
Creative Lead: Nick Lyons Producers: Kelly Woodward, Priyanka Balasubramanian, Alex Reinach Creative Director: Andrew Popplestone Artists: Daniel Højlund, Peter Eszenyi, Carl Fairweather, Dorian Thomas, Roland Lukacsi, Johan Dekker, Mantas Grigaitis, Daniel Harries, Dave Penn

Quiz Time Game

Background Animations and transitions

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Quiz Time Game

Background Animations and transitions

From Art Direction to animation, really enjoyed working on this project, creating sci-fi related backgrounds for the game: Quiz Time.

Studio: Territory Studio London Producer: Joy Whilby

CES2018

The Autonomous world

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CES2018

The Autonomous world

HERE technologies, large scale installation for CES2018 Dubai - showcasing the benefits of the company's future facing products and services.

Working with Creative Director John Sunter to help create this futuristic world, created at 8k for an installation in Dubai. Main tasks involved were helping art direct the VFX for a green-screen, initial 3D builds/ renders and asset creation.

Studio: Territory Studio london
Creative Director: John Sunter Producer: Joy Whilby Artists: Ion Opera, Marcos Fernandes, Brett Lewis

Ready Player One

Holograms and Screen Graphics

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Ready Player One

Holograms and Screen Graphics

I was involved in creating initial concepts and animation on many shots, bringing to life the UI world and 3D elements used in the film.

Studio: Territory Studio london Executive Creative Director: David Sheldon Hicks VFX Producers: Alex Reinach, Genevieve McMahon Creative Director: Andrew Popplestone Executive VFX Producer: Tom McLoughlin Artists: Stylow, Gordon Spurs, Pedro Cyrne,  Daniel Hojlund, Sam Keehan, Johan Dekker, Sam Munnings, Ashley Pay, Grant Henderson, Alejandro Callejon, Christopher Lucas, Ricardo Musch

Miles

A-X-L

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Miles

A-X-L

Screen graphics for A-X-L, a robotic canine character in the short film, Miles.

The graphics I animated were for a fictional introductory video that appears after contact with the robotic canine. The graphics show off the weaponry and unique abilities of the robot in a stylised military form.

Studio: Territory Studio London
ECD: David Sheldon-hicks Producer: Joy Whilby

APEX Legends

Crypto trailer

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APEX Legends

Crypto trailer

Designed and animated UI / HUD graphics for Apex Legends - Crypto Trailer.

This was a great job to work on with Director Mads Broni. I created the User Interfaces to reflect the iconic style of the film, giving them an anime futuristic look and feel.

Studio: Passion Pictures London Director: Mads Broni Producer: Elin Tiberg

APEX Legends

Special presentation Intro

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APEX Legends

Special presentation Intro

3D animations for a special news presentation ident for Apex legends

Lots of fun creating different animated concepts for a news ident representing hammond industries

Studio: Passion Pictures London Director: Mads Broni Producer: Elin Tiberg

BBC Worldwide

Rolex Billboard

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BBC Worldwide

Rolex Billboard

Short billboard ad that ran before the BBC 'The Genius Behind' series on BBC worldwide.

I created this in a blueprint / ink style to feature the emerging technological advances the episodes showcase.

Studio: Lonelyleap London
Producer: Charlotte King

Biosay

TED Talk Animation

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Biosay

TED Talk Animation

Art Direction / Design / Animation for a TEDx talk by Rachael Donalds.

The animations help explain the process of the Biosay app, which analyzes biometric data to determine how your physical and social surroundings impact our physical and mental health in the real-world and in real-time.

Studio: Territory Studio London
Producer: Joy Whilby Artists: Husni Wahab

ABOUT
Design Director with over 20 years of experience in a wide range of digital mediums.

My work has been featured in a multitude of high profile films and events during my career, 3D animation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony, full LED building projection for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, interactive kiosk design for the Nike store in Sydney, user interface graphics and VFX for feature films such as Prometheus (2012), Ghost In The Shell, (2017) Spiderman: Far From Home (2019) and more recently art direction and innovation for the HUMMER EV vehicle interior interfaces.

My career started in Melbourne (Australia) working for traditional Ad agencies developing and creating interactive installations for clients such as MINI, SCION, and ACURA. This continued in a move to Sydney where he created motion graphics for FIFA, the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and working onsite in Shanghai (China) for the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Moving to London (United Kingdom), I worked for many small and large agencies providing art direction design and animation for the BBC, World Economic Forum, and National Geographic, then moving into feature films with VFX for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Pacific Rim (2017), and Detective Pikachu (2019) to name a few.

Currently residing in New York City, (USA) I continue my work in TV and feature films, with recent films: Black Panther II - Wakanda Forever, (2023) Dr Strange and the multiverse of madness, (2022), Paramount’s Secret Headquarters, (2022) as well as ongoing Interface design and innovation for Ford and General Motors vehicle interfaces.

For all enquiries email ryanjclose@gmail.com
FEATURE FILM / TV SERIES
Ant man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Art Director

Title Sequence
Design / Animation

Black panther - Wakanda Forever

Art Director

VFX
Concept Artwork
User Interface design
Design / Animation

Secret Headquarters

Art Director

VFX
Concept Artwork
User Interface design
Design / Animation

Dr strange and the multiverse of madness

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

spiderman no way home

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

the adam project

Art Director

Concept artwork
Design / Animation

shang chi and the legend of the 10 rings

Art Director

Title Sequence
VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

free guy

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

dr death

Art Director

VFX
Titles / Chyron Design
Design / Animation

the falcon and winter soldier

Art Director

Title Sequence
Design / Animation

black widow

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

ad astra

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

spiderman: far from home

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

pokemon: Detective Pikachu

Art Director

VFX / On set
User Interface design
Design / Animation

mission impossible: fallout

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

charlies angels

Art Director

VFX
Concept Design
User Interface design
Design / Animation

pacific rim uprising

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

blade runner 2049

Art Director

User Interface design

ready player one

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

ghost in the shell

Art Director

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

national geographic: year million

Art Director

Design / Animation

origin Unknown

Designer

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

hunter killer

Art Director

VFX / On set
User Interface design
Design / Animation

Miles - Short Film

Designer

Responsibilities
VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

prometheus

Designer

VFX
User Interface design
Design / Animation

BBC genius behind

Art Director

User Interface design
Design / Animation

INTERACTIVE / CEREMONY PROJECTS
GM HUMMER BT1 - IN CAR interactive CENTRE SCREEN animation
bentley continental gt reveal
- interactive animation
MOSCOW DAY
- architectural projection mapped video in moscow
BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY
- 360 degree animation around stadium
AMERICAN CAR SHOWS ( LA / Detroit
) - interactive kiosks for Acura / scion / LEXUS
SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO
- shanghai corporate pavilion theatre and led exterior
HONG KONG PAVILION INTERACTIVE
- shanghai world expo interactive wall

BRANDS
CINEMA 4D - REDSHIFT - OCTANE - ADOBE SUITE - SUBSTANCE PAINTER - ZBRUSH - MARVELOUS DESIGNER - UNREAL ENGINE