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A few years back I saw the film, The King, and really liked the art direction.
A few years back I saw the film, The King, and really liked the art direction.
I thought I’d share some ideas I worked on in the last year or so. I started drawing some stuff that surprised me. Later, I saw a theme emerge about armor, fire, smoke. I like when the subconscious speaks to us and we eventually figure out the message. I stay away from looking too much […]
Good friends of mine recently and suddenly lost their wonderful friend and family member, Canto, a Samoyed dog. They reached out to ask for something they could wear to remember him. I knew I didn’t want to do anything corny that they (and I) would cringe over in a year. I researched mourning jewelry from […]
Recently, I was commissioned to create three pendants for a customer’s Valentine’s Day gift to her daughters and their close friend. The brief was for something witchy, earthy and featuring large stones of jasper. We originally tried to find willow creek and bamboo imperial jasper but had no luck. Everything they liked ended up being […]
I have been gradually working on new designs since the shelter in place order came about, here in Los Angeles. One of them is the Comet pendant, which is made of sterling silver and copper. It features a sunstone cabochon that’s been bezel-set. The tail of the comet has black spinel, brilliant-cut, accent stones, that […]
The rush is on to get gifts in time for the holidays. I heard over the past year from customers that they would like me to offer some smaller sized rings. So, I finally got around to making and listing them. More are in progress but I thought I should share these with you, in […]
Shown above: The 5,6,7,8 Earrings | Available on www.etsy.com/shop/Raydesignbymnichols
This reel provides breakdowns and focuses on background replacements and invisible effects, using mostly After Effects. Reach out with any questions or if you need a shot list.
This is a small portion of my work of the past 4 years, mostly from Zoic Studios. Everything here is done in Nuke. “Before” plates weren’t provided to me. If you want to see breakdowns, refer to my 2011 reel, from the golden era of plate-providing. All images have captions with explanations. If […]