EXPLAINER / 3D / MOTION
Popcorn
An unnecessarily dramatic explanation of how popcorn works.
Ideas
in Motion
in Motion
OTTERMAN
OTTERMAN
OTTERMAN
OTTERMAN
STUDIO
Motion designer and animator creating stylized character work and elevated motion graphics using a hybrid workflow of animation, design, 3D, and AI.
CHARACTERS
STORIES
BOLDER IDEAS
STORIES
BOLDER IDEAS
ANIMATION
DESIGN
MOTION
AND BEYOND
DESIGN
MOTION
AND BEYOND
01 MOTION + ANIMATION REEL
Make it move.
Make it matter.
Motion design, animation, editing, 3D, visual storytelling—and a few things that are harder to categorize.
02 SELECTED WORK
Different tools.
Same obsession.
Design the idea first. Then use whatever combination of animation, editing, 3D and newer tools gets it there.
03 WHAT I DO
Traditional craft.
Newer toys.
I'm most useful when a project needs both motion-design judgment and a willingness to figure out a new way to make the thing.
01
Character & Mascot Animation
Turn an existing mascot or illustrated character into expressive animated content for social, campaigns, promotions and branded storytelling.
02
Motion Graphics
Custom motion design for brands, agencies, products, explainers, title sequences, social content and campaigns.
03
AI-Assisted Animation
Stylized animation and visual experimentation combining traditional motion design, 3D, generative video, compositing and editing.
Also available for freelance studio support, editing, animated training and eLearning production.
04 ABOUT
Part motion designer.
Part animator.
Part otter, apparently.
Otterman Studio is an independent motion and animation studio focused on character, motion, and visual experimentation.
I'm Jimmy, a motion designer and animator with more than a decade of professional experience creating animation, video, interactive media, and visual storytelling.
My work combines traditional tools like After Effects, Premiere and Blender with newer AI-assisted production techniques. I'm especially interested in stylized characters and using emerging tools to push motion-design work somewhere less predictable.
I work directly with clients and also collaborate with agencies, studios, and internal creative teams on a freelance basis.
05 CONTACT
Have something
that needs to move?
Mascot with nothing to say? Motion project that needs an extra set of hands? Strange idea you're not quite sure how to make?
jimmy@otterman.studio↗