I am so pleased to finally bring you this new gallery. 2012 has been a big year for my virtual studio, and collaboration, work, and ideas continue to thrive.

May I present to you some of our latest video, design, and branding work. All of these projects are team efforts, and it has been my great pleasure to work with such talented individuals.

2D animation, motion graphcs, graphic design, front-end web design, logo and brand development, and all things print. I can hold my own when it comes to copywriting, advertising, and creative strategy. Whatever it takes to tell your story.

I'm also a big fan of collaboration, team crossover, and creative alliances. And I am more than happy to share projects with my network of talented professionals. Other designers, developers, and artists…from a simple logo to a full-on social media platform. If I can't do the job myself, I most likely know someone who can.

Ben Blumensheid (me) – Creative Director, Designer, Grunt
Zdenka Blumensheid – Photographer, Strategist, Persuader

This is a family business. We are an independent animation & design studio and make up a small corner of a growing network of creative professionals. We take business and craftmanship seriously, and earn a living by helping bring success to our partners.

I am a graduate of Pratt Institute with 10 years' experience in a variety of design ventures. In 2010 I was an Art Director at Sabatino|Day, a great ad agency based in Dayton, Ohio. I had the opportunity to move to Europe and work for Sabatino|Day remotely, so we packed our Macs, Wacom tablet, and two cats and traveled to Zagreb, Croatia. Those two years abroad were a defining period in my career, and this company was born out of the connections, inspiration, and good fortune we found on the road. Today Zdenka, our son, and I live and work in California with plans to continue our trek, both creatively and geographically.

My method is to push the boundaries of creative, but approach each project with a critical eye on the core message. What is the story? Who is the audience? Why are we telling them?

Every project starts with a pen and paper, and usually a good bike ride. Concepts that come out of this shop are often on the feral side, and later mature into sharp, refined pieces of communication. Clients hire me because I dream up weird stuff, yet I know to rope those ideas in and make them work. I like to push the boundaries of telling a brand's story. Sometimes this means nudging a brand to the edge of its comfort zone, and sometimes it means trying a whole new dance move.

If you are a designer, animator, web developer, copywriter, juggler, magician, or just all around good person, I would very much like to meet you.