JC Tecklenburg
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JC Tecklenburg
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Freelance Motion Designer, Problem Solver, Human.

He/Him | Chicago | jctecklenburg.com
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Here's what the transition looks like RAW
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Crystallization

#AE #Particular
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!
October 3, 2025 at 7:39 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
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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
Catenary Sockets.

Messing around in C4D, Redshift, AE, etc.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
GTN GIF
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.
September 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
GTN GIF
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!
September 2, 2025 at 3:06 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!
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
WDB GIF
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.
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
GTN GIF
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 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.
August 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM