JC Tecklenburg
@jct.bsky.social
Freelance Motion Designer, Problem Solver, Human.
He/Him | Chicago | jctecklenburg.com
@jctecklenburg on IG/TW
He/Him | Chicago | jctecklenburg.com
@jctecklenburg on IG/TW
To get the icy SSS look, I CC composite the original texture over-top, then adjust levels to give the impression that the older areas are getting darker.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
To get the icy SSS look, I CC composite the original texture over-top, then adjust levels to give the impression that the older areas are getting darker.
Here's what the transition looks like RAW
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Here's what the transition looks like RAW
To animate the transition, It's just the threshold effect clipping only the relevant pixels.
Because 8 Bit images contain 256 colors per channel, you can save an 8.5second animation within a single png! (at 30fps) Honestly that's really long.
Because 8 Bit images contain 256 colors per channel, you can save an 8.5second animation within a single png! (at 30fps) Honestly that's really long.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
To animate the transition, It's just the threshold effect clipping only the relevant pixels.
Because 8 Bit images contain 256 colors per channel, you can save an 8.5second animation within a single png! (at 30fps) Honestly that's really long.
Because 8 Bit images contain 256 colors per channel, you can save an 8.5second animation within a single png! (at 30fps) Honestly that's really long.
This entire animation is contained within this single image!
Each frame is given a unique grey value and then stacked. It looks like a depth matte but it contains temporal information instead.
Each frame is given a unique grey value and then stacked. It looks like a depth matte but it contains temporal information instead.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This entire animation is contained within this single image!
Each frame is given a unique grey value and then stacked. It looks like a depth matte but it contains temporal information instead.
Each frame is given a unique grey value and then stacked. It looks like a depth matte but it contains temporal information instead.
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A quick BTS of the wine transition.
Dominik Ruckli's match size capsule keeps a cube at the right size and position at the center of the wine mesh. Then I boolean them.
You can see a plane showing the tracked footage FOV parented to the surface. I morph between the two cameras!
Dominik Ruckli's match size capsule keeps a cube at the right size and position at the center of the wine mesh. Then I boolean them.
You can see a plane showing the tracked footage FOV parented to the surface. I morph between the two cameras!
October 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A quick BTS of the wine transition.
Dominik Ruckli's match size capsule keeps a cube at the right size and position at the center of the wine mesh. Then I boolean them.
You can see a plane showing the tracked footage FOV parented to the surface. I morph between the two cameras!
Dominik Ruckli's match size capsule keeps a cube at the right size and position at the center of the wine mesh. Then I boolean them.
You can see a plane showing the tracked footage FOV parented to the surface. I morph between the two cameras!
Wine Chicago
I was reading Drops of God on a flight into O'hare and had a moment of inspiration.
All rigged up with Dominik Ruckli's Match Size Modifier capsule. Plus a procedural meniscus. #C4D #Redshift #AfterEffects
I was reading Drops of God on a flight into O'hare and had a moment of inspiration.
All rigged up with Dominik Ruckli's Match Size Modifier capsule. Plus a procedural meniscus. #C4D #Redshift #AfterEffects
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wine Chicago
I was reading Drops of God on a flight into O'hare and had a moment of inspiration.
All rigged up with Dominik Ruckli's Match Size Modifier capsule. Plus a procedural meniscus. #C4D #Redshift #AfterEffects
I was reading Drops of God on a flight into O'hare and had a moment of inspiration.
All rigged up with Dominik Ruckli's Match Size Modifier capsule. Plus a procedural meniscus. #C4D #Redshift #AfterEffects
Here's a fun accidental frame which i found cool
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here's a fun accidental frame which i found cool
Finally got around to modifying Mikey Borup's After Effects Tutorial to mosaic a lack-of-detail instead of luma.
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Finally got around to modifying Mikey Borup's After Effects Tutorial to mosaic a lack-of-detail instead of luma.
Catenary Sockets.
Messing around in C4D, Redshift, AE, etc.
Messing around in C4D, Redshift, AE, etc.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Catenary Sockets.
Messing around in C4D, Redshift, AE, etc.
Messing around in C4D, Redshift, AE, etc.
Opened up the After Effects Beta this morning and got a tip of the day from a very smart and incredibly handsome individual.
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Opened up the After Effects Beta this morning and got a tip of the day from a very smart and incredibly handsome individual.
Gideon: The Ninth.
The illustration skulls were a last minute addition. The animation is driven almost exclusively with displacement maps.
The illustration skulls were a last minute addition. The animation is driven almost exclusively with displacement maps.
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Gideon: The Ninth.
The illustration skulls were a last minute addition. The animation is driven almost exclusively with displacement maps.
The illustration skulls were a last minute addition. The animation is driven almost exclusively with displacement maps.
Gideon The Ninth.
I rigged up each letter with a random off-settable direction per stroke which adjusted reveal matte angle in addition to just the positions!
I rigged up each letter with a random off-settable direction per stroke which adjusted reveal matte angle in addition to just the positions!
September 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Gideon The Ninth.
I rigged up each letter with a random off-settable direction per stroke which adjusted reveal matte angle in addition to just the positions!
I rigged up each letter with a random off-settable direction per stroke which adjusted reveal matte angle in addition to just the positions!
Gideon the Ninth.
This lockup is what propelled me to make the entire rest of the piece. And it's the last sequence I'll be clipping!
This lockup is what propelled me to make the entire rest of the piece. And it's the last sequence I'll be clipping!
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Gideon the Ninth.
This lockup is what propelled me to make the entire rest of the piece. And it's the last sequence I'll be clipping!
This lockup is what propelled me to make the entire rest of the piece. And it's the last sequence I'll be clipping!
We. Do. Bones.
The type treatment that started it all. I saw a CelestialMaze tweet and thought that'd be a cool treatment for the locked tomb type.
The type treatment that started it all. I saw a CelestialMaze tweet and thought that'd be a cool treatment for the locked tomb type.
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We. Do. Bones.
The type treatment that started it all. I saw a CelestialMaze tweet and thought that'd be a cool treatment for the locked tomb type.
The type treatment that started it all. I saw a CelestialMaze tweet and thought that'd be a cool treatment for the locked tomb type.
Gideon The Ninth.
I forgot to make the slash in 3D so the broken number is done completely in composite! It was a fun little challenge.
I forgot to make the slash in 3D so the broken number is done completely in composite! It was a fun little challenge.
August 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Gideon The Ninth.
I forgot to make the slash in 3D so the broken number is done completely in composite! It was a fun little challenge.
I forgot to make the slash in 3D so the broken number is done completely in composite! It was a fun little challenge.