Robert Hranitzky | Design Portfolio

We created this trailer for the latest generation of the Wacom Bamboo pen tablets. Highlighting multi-touch functionality and the pressure sensitive pen and eraser, we show a journey through time and creativity - and the nasty little things that might happen when working with paint, ink or stone when trying to create a picture and deliver a message.

Created in collaboration with Steve Holmes and Akira Endo this trailer features a range of different techniques and tools. Mainly we used After Effects and Photoshop for the first part and Cinema 4D for the 3D beauty renders of the product towards the end of the trailer.

Thanks to Torsten Schrank and his team for the wonderful illustration of the couple and also thanks to Jake & Dan for making their beautiful ink spill footage available!

This trailer for Wacom Inkling features a broad range of different techniques: 2D animation mixed with drawings and video footage, stop-motion-like animation of drawings and of course realistic 3D renderings of the beautiful product itself. Next to creating this trailer, we also animated a teaser clip, created 3D renderings for the packaging and also fully animated tutorial clips to get started with this magical product. Trailer was created in collaboration with Akira Endo, as he took care of the 3D part, which was done in Cinema 4D and rendered with Maxwell Render. Fine colorgrading of the video clips done by Peter Deinas from Scanwerk.

Make sure to watch the Making Of Inkling to see how we created it.

In advance of releasing Wacom Inkling to the public, Wacom created a one week-long teaser campaign to create some buzz around this "mystery product". I was asked to come up with an idea on how to animate the famous quote from Paul Klee: "A line is a dot that went for a walk". The 30 second clip features a continuously evolving line on a paper surface that starts as a dot and forms different objects that hint at the features of the product like taking it on the go, outside, flexibility, paper, etc. Akira Endo contributed with the beautiful walk-cycle animation of the person, which was done in Cinema 4D and Steve Holmes contributed with creative input.

Very few people like to read manuals and we often reply with a quick "RTFM", so why not make learning how to use a new product fun? For Inkling we created the probably most stylish, fully 3D animated manual/tutorial there is so far! In just six chapters it takes you from installing the software, to creating your first scribbles and finally review your drawings with Wacom Sketch Manager. This fun project was created in collaboration and with great help from Akira Endo, Max Iglesias and Diana Eglseder.

Maxon asked me to take their new Cinema 4D R13 logo for a spin and create an animated version that can be used for their showreel, presentation intros, etc. It was designed by my friends over at Aixsponza and I think it is just plain beautiful! Maxon being my absolute favorite 3D software company it was a pleasure and an honor to animate their new logo with Cinema 4D R13 by using some of the great new features in the latest and greatest release so far. Of course lot of After Effects magic happened in post, but every frame is handcrafted with passion and lots of attention to detail. Enjoy!

Goldsteig asked for an animated logo and a virtual 3D packaging for their latest product commercial for "Bambini Mozzarella". Shot with a high-speed camera cheese never looked more beautiful than here. Our task was 3D shading & animation of the logo ribbon and modelling the cheese cup in Cinema 4D. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo for Scanwerk.

Project Title: Goldsteig “Bambini Mozzarella”
Production: Bayerl & Partner Film
Agency: Signalwerk
Direction / DoP: Vittorio Sacco
Telecine: Thomas Hanser
Flame Artist: Mirko Ilowski
3D Artists: Akira Endo, Robert Hranitzky

For "beyond tellerrand – FFK" in 2011 Marc Thiele asked me again to deliver the opening titles for the of the event. This year we worked on this as a team of six enabling us to pull this off within a week. We played with the metaphor of a small growing bonsai tree to convey growth, networking, roots and stability. All filmed with the Canon 5D MKII and the 100mm macro. The team consisted of Robert Hranitzky, Akira Endo, Diana Eglseder, Saad Khayar and Michael Münch.

Created for the Norwegian production company Med på notene, this short little animation was done in just under three days. The task was to show the character transform into a lovable and fresh hero who eventually ends up finding a girl - of course after chewing some fine gum from Läkerol. The piece was done entirely in After Effects (including the 3D packshot) from just two stills and the packaging graphic.
Character design: Kathrin Halvorsen, Saturn kommunikasjon AS, Norway

In celebration of Mammut's 150 year anniversary famous internet agency webguerillas approached me to create a trailer to drive attention to the biggest test event ever. Together with Steve Holmes and Akira Endo we created a journey that takes you through some spectacular videos, 3D motion tracked graphics and 3D mountains. Big fun!

Starring a cast of virtually all the german Photoshop experts, this trailer was created in advance of the huge Photoshop community event initiated by Calvin Hollywood. It shows multiple artwork and before & after imagery, hinting at the many workshops with lots of tips & tricks to become better in Photoshop.

Full CG product trailer for 3Dconnexion's SpaceNavigator. It features a fully rigged 3D hand and a huge city created with Procedural CityEngine. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo and Fabian Rosenkranz.

For NAB2010 GenArts released two new customer showreels. I was honored to be asked to create the intro animation. Picking up on the beautiful teared paper design of GenArt's current website, the animation is a full CG piece, recreating the look and feel of torn paper to reveal the titles of each reel.

For the fourth year in the row I've been asked to direct the graphics package for Flashforum's annual conference. This year marked their 10th anniversary so it had to be a bit more special this time around. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo and Michael Muench it became a filmic Opening Title sequence that was shown before the Keynote. It shows multiple metaphors of a designer's approach and everyday life from an up-close perspective. The piece was shot entirely with the Canon 5D MKII and 100mm macro lens.

Image-Trailer for DOSCH DESIGN, the source for superior quality in the area of 3D CGI, images, movie-clips and graphic-design content. It focuses on the highly flexible usage possibilities with this fine and massive content. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Teaser for the introduction of the collection "DOSCH Stock Media". It shows the highly flexible usage possibilities with these ultra-high-res content, that include fully editable layers and objects. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Product trailer for Wacom's latest consumer pen tablet system, the "Bamboo Fun". It shows the ease of use and benefits of using a tablet with multi-touch when working with digital images. We had some fun integrating green-screen video footage, drawings and 3D renderings into one piece. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Product trailer for Wacom's latest consumer pen tablet system, the "Bamboo Pen and Touch". It shows the ease of use and benefits of using a tablet with multi-touch. It focusses on showing the benefits when doing daily tasks like browsing and emailing. We had some fun integrating green-screen video footage, drawings and 3D renderings into one piece. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Full CG promo trailer for Wacom's latest and greatest pen tablet system, the "Intuos4". Created in collaboration with Akira Endo. Featuring fine artwork from Michal Jelinek, Rafał Wojtunik and Floris Didden. Also we were asked to create the "evil visual" which ultimately became the monster you can see in the intro sequence.

Event Trailer for the popular FFK (formerly known as "Flashforum Conference") in Cologne, Germany. It was a great project to play around with the fantastic Trapcode Particular Plug-In

Created for renowned video artist Christoph Brech, the traces of light follow both hands of conductor Mariss Jansons during a rehearsal with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in March 2006. He was wearing two little green marker on each hand, which were then tracked and traced to create this interesting and constantly evolving "painting".

Showroom Film for the "Audi R8" sportscar. It was created and Art Directed in collaboration with Akira Endo. I was also involved in compositing several shots, including sky replacements, terrain extensions and retouching. Watch the Making of movie

Colorgrading by Peter Deinas, Scanwerk GmbH.
Additional CG Artists:
D. Hennies & M. Iglesias

Trailer for the introduction of the brand new Kawasaki "ER-6n" at INTERMOT 2008. Art-Directed and created in collaboration with Akira Endo & Scanwerk.
Additional CG Artists
D. Hennies & M. Iglesias.
Colorgrading by Peter Deinas, Scanwerk GmbH.

Trailer for Carl Zeiss's new fluorescence microscope that features much faster tuberculosis analysis. Created entirely with digitally painted graphics in After Effects while matching the original look of original microscopic footage. I am especially proud of this project as it is for a good cause. McCann Erickson Credits - CD: Stefan Hempel, AD: Tina Güntner

Created for the new BMW 1Series convertible, hatches and coupe models. Shown at "BMW Welt" - Delivery Center in Munich, Germany. I freelanced at lucie_p together with the finest assembly of freelancers. My involvement was 3D camera and type animation.

Event Trailer for the well known FFK conference in Cologne, Germany.

Full CG trailer featuring Wacom's Cintiq 21UX interactive pen tablet with a built-in 21.3"" display. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Full CG trailer featuring Wacom's new Cintiq12WX interactive pen tablet with a built-in 12.1" display. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.

Event Trailer for the "Flashforum Konferenz 2007". My take on painting with light to create an abstract and surreal space that is a metaphor for data which is traveling through the web with high speed. It was created in Cinema 4D and After Effects.

Image trailer for user interface design studio "Cogneus" in Braunschweig, Germany. It visualizes the company name, logo concept and studio's main goals.

Artbeats NAB 2008 showreel featuring lots of brand new stunning HD footage. It was shown first at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas. Created for Energi Design - Creative Direction: Steve Holmes.

Customer showcase featuring many international clients that are using Adobe InDesign. Created for the Adobe Booth for the IFRA trade show. Created in collaboration with Akira Endo.