2008: Motion Graphics Reel

2008 Reel: Motion Graphics from ben russell on Vimeo.
As 2008 draws to a conclusion, I put together a demo reel of the best couple seconds of a lot of projects i've done over the past few months. It's pretty amazing where I was a year ago, compared to now.

EDIT: On the last few days of the year I took suggestions to change the intro part to my reel. Same piece, new beginning+music.

The Tree Of Life

Tree Of Life from ben russell on Vimeo.
This piece is along a thread of interest that began sometime in my undergraduate years and has carried through. I always knew I wanted to make some work that involved some of the metaphysical/spiritual aspects of religion, but with all the material it's hard to focus on one aspect. I did this piece, at this moment because I kind of wanted to get it off my chest in order to move forward and do some different things, but for now this will be what I'll submit as my final version for my motion graphics class.