Up, up, up, and away!

 I was really excited to have the opportunity to work on this explanatory video with Wienot Films as it included some awesome jets and even the cool animation to build a model plane. Each project has its unique set of challenges and complications just like the projects being spoken of in the doodle video. It can be a lot like trying to put together a model with a million little pieces at the beginning but with a solid plan to follow the animated video will come together and become a professional hand drawn animated whiteboard video that will work amazing as a landing page video or for a startup to include in a sales presentation. This video has a lot of color that isn't always included in all our videos but the tree tops wouldn't look the same in just black whiteboard marker. We always try to include the color in a way that helps push the story along and doesn't distract from what the message in an explainer video is trying to tell. 

All Aboard!

 

The Prime One sketch video here was one of my favorite explainer videos to work on with a new design for characters based on a really simple stick figure. The task of drawing the trains was a lot of fun also to include in an explanatory video. I am always giddy like a school girl to see the images I have drawn come together in an animated video and see the company include on a landing page. Sometimes these sort of videos can be used as a startup video by startups trying to explain how they have a different position in the market. I love seeing the hand drawn elements come together in a professional way to create a unique doodle video that helps tell a story and share a message! 

Never too early to make solid plans!

 This was a really fun sketch video to work on in conjunction with RetireMax. I had the pleasure of creating some hand drawn elements of a home being build. Each explainer video has its own theme and requires its own needs to make it a professional landing page video or a startup video. 

This whiteboard animation might have been the first one when I had the opportunity to draw some of the clients into the video. There were lots of fun elements to draw and when I got to see the drawings all animated together into a doodle video it was exciting, it is every time!

How to rethink the norm!

 

In this doodle video the industry of law, in particular the idea of lawyers is reimagined by Tandem. I really like the old school film filter that Wienot Films put on at the beginning when referencing the board game 'Life', and pointing out some really interesting facts about the current thinking about and by lawyers. 

All sketch videos need to have a professional level of finish but also need a hand drawn feel to them which helps the likability of the subject matter. What makes explainer videos different then other product videos is we try to use the medium of animated whiteboard video and a bit of cartoon to help anyone feel comfortable and want to say, "Oh, I get it now!" 

We work hard to make the best startup video and landing page videos with whiteboard animation. We would love to make an amazing explanatory video for you!

Who doesn't like a racing excitment!

In this sketch video Wienot Films has taken the exciting world of stock car racing and shown that some of the little things that make a team can make a huge difference in winning or losing. Any explanatory video we can have a great story and in this story a guy named Jake is trying to get his business equipped with the right tools to be more productive. I am not sure if Pioneer Transfer used it as a landing page video or if was a product video used in sales conferences. These type of videos are great startup videos if you are planning for a big announcement as we strive to open up the world of business and have the hard working members of society take back control of our lives from those that are trying to control what good people want to do! All our videos have a very professional feel while being hand drawn by me after the story and script have had lots of development and effort to make it look like the most amazing doodle video anyone has ever seen!

Managing a video about managing projects!

At the beginning of the characters adventure in this Vista One hand drawn doodle video has an individual that is trying to navigate a sea and finds that what he thought would be a simple row turns into a sea with many obstacles, a storm rolls in and a his boat springs a couple leaks. 

The individual gets some help from a sleek helicopter but the important part is that the help doesn't lift him out of the situation but gives him the tools to better navigate the journey ahead. There are a lot of challenges that any business can encounter and it can be tricky to find the right people with whom to partner and in this video Wienot Films does a great job at explaining how Vista One Solutions is working hard to give a secure and confident partner to help with your ability to manage more and bigger projects.

One Awesome Demo!

We here at Wienot films have a wide variety of styles that clients can choose from, although I might have a personal bias toward the professional whiteboard video but all of these styles are really amazing and will do really well in your individual explainer videos. 

As a company that is ready to help you make your dream come true we work really hard to not push any personal agenda but assist you in making a video that will best tell your story and we will use any style that you feel will best compliment the message you are trying to share!

The hand drawn doodle videos that I have worked on have been a great example to me of how a group of people working together from all walks of life and all different professions can bring an idea to light that will help and influence others in positive ways. Not every one of our videos have had a corporate motive as we have taken time to help share heart warming and share support for positive issues we feel strongly about. Each animated whiteboard video gets its own time dedicated and effort to make it a work of art that you will be proud of and want to share with everyone!
 

Let's get on the Road!

 

I am so grateful for the past 8 years of working at Wienot Films! I have been able to work remotely the entire time as the home base for the company is Austin, TX. During my tenure with Wienot, I have lived in Texas, Arizona, and Utah. It has been an amazing company to work for throughout the years. I have been both a contractor and I have been an employee. 

We have been able to make a lot of different type of videos and try a few different genres of videos, all on a traditional whiteboard with me drawing with a camera mounted above the whiteboard. We have worked hard to really carve out a niche with a style that is an actual whiteboard and the artist live drawing here and there with a high end animation feel. 

This adventure has been amazing!

Mountain Climbing!

I think this video has a nice aesthetic and is worth a watch. After some work we were able to smooth off all the little errors in production and make an amazing piece of art at Wienot Films. 

It happened to be my very first video to illustrate and although I have progressed a little on my drawing ability working with the whiteboard. It presents some unique challenges and quite an adventure with which to illustrate.

The story is about a gal that is trying to climb a mountain but at the beginning doesn't have the climbing buddies or the equipment to do the job. She is able to find the help just like the potential customer could find the help and community if he or she were a trucker! 

Great little video and I can't wait to do some more!

The beginning of a journey!

 I took a short drive from Killeen, TX where I was serving in the Army at Fort Hood and arrived in Austin, TX to visit a friend of a friend to see if I might have the talent to help Wienot Films make the whiteboard explanatory videos that tell wonderful stories. 

The task was to have a few characters and some vehicles to draw and make a little demo video to have Wienot Films be able to show to potential clients. As time passed the style that I offered was picked up by different clients and since then I have been an active part of the company since then.

In this video we included some big trucks and I had the pleasure of working on several videos for clients that were truck companies in one way or another. It has been an amazing adventure to work at Wienot Films and being able to use my artistic skills to help others bring their dreams to life. I have been really grateful for all the opportunities that have received as being a part of the Wienot team!

Holiday video fun!

At Wienot Films, we have had a great time making various holiday videos, maybe we can make one for you? Here are a few examples of what we've done in the past.

Each holiday provides some fun ideas and opportunities for some cool visuals. During the production of this video I took on the initial editing responsibilities and worked on extending my tool box. It was a real challenge to have the characters move in a way that would resemble the unique attributes of each character's personality. There was a steep learning curve but it was an exciting adventure to see each individual come to life and see them move! 

This one had a little extra as we were trying out the skills of another animator and we got a fantastic video to share with you! The unique style of animation is one that we do not often use as it quickly raises the price of the video but when the budget is adequate for this sort of movement the results are stunning. 

This was an early attempt of mine at the holiday fun and trying to get lots of characters on a single sheet! I have not presented these videos in an order that represents the date they were published to the world and this video was early in my learning curve of the whiteboard medium. On top of that fun I think this had the additional challenge for the first time of trying to invert the colors/light. It was quite the equation to not get confused with the all too simple compliment of colors. 

This video was both a great success of mine to create a cool illustration but it also contains a small but glaring goof of mine. I had a character style that I was enjoying using and the turkey was a creation based on reference from real turkeys and some other cartoon images to see how other artists solved the challenge of turning a turkey into a cartoon. I wanted to have a pilgrim sitting on a turkey going on a hunt. I thought the basic idea was fun enough but my biggest challenge, the one that got me in the most trouble was that I couldn't lose the concept that he needed to be sitting in a saddle. There wasn't much to be able to see the saddle except for the saddle horn. That's where I got in trouble! We were well into production and at the time I was not doing the editing and there were lots of reasons I could give for needing the saddle horn but when my boss showed it to a few people they loved the video except for the 'thing' coming out of the pilgrims crotch. I guess it does look too much like something that would be horribly inappropriate if it really were something anatomical coming from his crotch but the concept of riding a saddle won out and now I would love to go back and fix this if I could!

Version 1 and Version 2

 

There's a lot that goes into making a video and then there's a huge mystery to me around what will make a good video, an interesting video, and the illusive viral video. Too often the search for a viral video gets in the way of creating a good video while the interesting part seems to be very subjective.

I have seen too much of the artist ventures or avenues artist take that appear to be nothing more than shock and awe. The art world and the world's perspective of it has had a decline in talent, and skill, and the idea of objective good. 

I'm not expert and there are lots of more popular opinions that seem to be the common idea but I wonder if we are selling our culture short when we celebrate paint splatter and a huge rock as the peak of art and what showcases talent. I hope we can witness a resurgence of art in lots of different areas that requires effort to gain the skills and time to perfect the craftsmanship and art that communicates what is the best in our society. 

That being said the above video was the 'redo' from the below video and for some reason the first version has the fraction the attention the above video has. It makes me wonder...

It's gonna be different after the first kid!

 

Before I started working at Wienot Films and during the time I was investigating the explanatory world of videos on Youtube I watched this cute video. I already had a handful of children at that point and I don't know if even then I remembered that brief moment when it was just my wife and I living the wonderful married life!

Since that time we have added a couple more children to our happy family and now we are even having the opportunity to seeing them leave on adult adventures like church missions and college. We have enjoyed our journey as a family from the early times with just my wife and I and then the addition of our first children. Each child has brought new challenges and a wonderful joy into our lives that has given additional meaning and depth to all the other things I do. 

There are changes and difficulties that come with having children but they are outweighed by far with the happiness and advantages that children naturally bring. 

My spirit animal, the American Buffalo.

I have to admit that I am more of a fan of the term Buffalo but it is because of the symbol of the creature and not so much the actual factual about the creature. I love that historically they had their own territory as they roamed the vast North American continent. These amazing creatures roamed from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. Although these most powerful creatures once numbered in the excess of 10’s of millions they were once hunted to near extinction and only with massive intervention have they recovered to roughly 31,000, even if these numbers are restricted to only a select number of national parks and a few reserves. 

The sacred white buffalo “Big Medicine” represented all the sacred power of the mystic and real world around us. The buffalo symbol represents the sacredness of live and the abundance of resources around us. The buffalo is a symbol of self sacrifice and it will continue to give until nothing is left to offer. 

I love the idea of living up to the symbol of this great creature and one small way for me was to create this fun little drawing. 

Who doesn’t love a cat… drawing?

I really like my cartoon cat, I can’t say that I like cats but the cartoon is cool. I know that the Felis Catus is one of the less cool carnivorous mammals although it is quite the domesticated specimen of the Felidae family. I don’t know that this small animal that has cousin are all wild I don’t know if I agree that just calling this sort ‘domestic’ makes it any better or more distinguishable from the relatives out in nature and not in your home. I don’t believe it for a minute that this house pet is any much different from the ‘feral’ variety free ranging and fooling the rest of us that it’s not coming into contact with me or bothering my daughters who are currently scared to death of cats. 

I recently of the term “catio”? What an interesting idea to provide for your cat an outdoor recreation area that will be enjoyed without the risk of harm coming to the cat or worrying your own pet is going to getting into trouble roaming the neighborhood. There a many ways that we can take the temperature on any given society and wonder if Mahatma Gandhi had some insight into one possibility with his quote, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” I am a huge fan of being a good steward over the things we have in hour care, and yes this does include the animals with whom we adopt into our lives. I can’t say I agree with the humanization of pets or the idea that they are our “children”. I think we need to think responsibly on all commitments we take and all living things needs our full attention and the way we treat all living things is a very accurate estimate of a moral barometer. Now that I’ve been way to philosophical I would like to remind that I am encouraging you enjoy a fun little cartoon drawing of a cat and I encourage you to draw along!

The tale of two Networks

What a great video to work on with some great people. I have always enjoyed being able to throw a little homage  to other creatures and this was the perfect chance to say thanks for the work of previous animators and game makers. I think we did a pretty good job of creating a corporate video in this hand drawn style. 

Boat Ride

I don’t get to draw on the white board for every corporate video we produce here at Wienot Films, but there aren’t many that I don’t have the honor of working on initial storyboards. This video for IHS Markit was a fun quick storyboard to work on before I got to hand it off to the computer animator. I really like the look of the hand drawn video but this one is a great style. It is an amazing product for some effective marketing.