Jared Langner

A Tribute To Toriyama

This video was dedicated to Akira Toriyama, who became one of my main inspirations for pursuing a professional career in art. Though he may have passed, the spirit of his work lives on in all who were motivated to become artists thanks to his legacy; gone, but not forgotten.

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Monster of the Deep

Using Adobe After Effects for the first time, I learned how to make custom objects, make them move, have them decelerate and accelerate, and so on. I then applied these concept to a short Godzilla animatic video, as I thought it would be a fun idea to try. I also learned some new effects which could be applied to my projects in the future, such as a glow effect.

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Sense of Self

This was a piece I made in my spare time. Using what I've learned so far, I made this self-portrait in glitch art form. The Japanese writing and character that appears on the shirt demonstrates the Japanese part of my identity, the video game controller showcases my pursuit of enjoyment and gratification in digital media, the movie case represents the American side of myself and my early childhood, and the glitch effect is meant to depict how I lose sight of who I am at times. However, all I have to do is take a step back, look at where I started, and realize how far I've come so as to regain my sense of self.