Archive for July, 2009
2A in the news General 2A
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Posted 04:52 PM
2Advanced Chief Creative Officer & President Eric Jordan and Creative Director Shane Mielke have both been featured in numerous industry magazines over the past few months. From featured articles to colorful showcases, their spotlighted work has been honored through several noteworthy magazine features. See below for more details.
Computer Arts Projects Magazine - Interactive Design Issue 125 (July 2009)
In the "My Career So Far" section, Shane Mielke reflects on the last ten years’ most instrumental projects, spotlighting the noteworthy.
Web Designer Magazine - Issue 150 (April 2009)
Shane Mielke makes the Cover of Web Designer as the Feature Interview in an elaborate six page spread.
Advanced Photoshop Magazine - Issue 54 (March 2009)
Featured in a special 6 page profile highlighting his inspirations and artwork, Shane Mielke also takes time to discuss his future goals and direction.
.net Magazine - Issue 188 (May 2009)
With 2 other designers in tow, Eric Jordan was tasked with re-designing the very first webpage using technologies and techniques available today for the website build-off section. Also featured in the showcase gallery was the 2010 Ford Mustang Reveal site.
.net Magazine - Issue 186 (March 2009)
In this .net article, Eric Jordan and Oliver Lindberg discuss the impact of Flash, how DJing helps keep him grounded, and his creative aspirations for 2009. Pages later, Shane Mielke walks you through a Dreamweaver AIR App Tutorial proving that you don’t need to be a Flash/Flex genius to create Rich Internet Applications for the desktop.
Web Designer Magazine - Issue 150 (November 2008)
Eric Jordan’s work for 2Advanced has earned him recognition as one of the 5 most influential Flash gurus in the dynamic world of interactive. Posted by admin » Permalink
Singularity General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 02:55 PM
2Advanced was asked to develop a site for the new Singularity game, a title being released in 2010 by Activision. To enhance the experience and hint at the game's plot, we created an 8 second CG airplane crash sequence to serve as the introduction to the site. 2Advanced also created an interactive experience where user's can get a taste of the game's unique time-manipulation weapons.
The site can be viewed here. Posted by admin » Permalink
DJ Hero General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 02:42 PM
Activision asked 2Advanced to mix up a website for their latest video game title: DJ Hero, based on the popular Guitar Hero franchise. The site can be viewed here. Posted by admin » Permalink
Wolfenstein General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 02:27 PM
Activision brought 2Advanced in to develop a site and community platform for the latest Wolfenstein video game, based on the popular franchise of the past. We built an internal mission feature and an avatar ranking system to allow users to engage with the Wolfenstein community. The site can be viewed here. Posted by admin » Permalink
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 02:16 PM
2Advanced built and deployed a site for Activision's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" video game title. We also implemented a major statistic reporting platform which ties into the Nintendo DS platform. The site can be viewed here. Posted by admin » Permalink
Abu Dhabi: Yas Marina Circuit General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 01:58 PM
2Advanced was asked to create an intense motion graphics piece for the Yas Marina Circuit, a Formula One race track in Abu Dhabi, Dubai. For the opening sequence we created an earth-zoom animation which dives from satellite level down through clouds to the track level. We then rendered sweeping flybys of the track in 3D and stylized them in post production, as well as created a scene featuring a CG Formula One race car. Finally, we wrote a custom soundtrack to tie it all together. The animation can be viewed here. Posted by admin » Permalink
2010 Mustang Reveal General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 10:52 AM
2Advanced teamed up with Wunderman (Team Detroit) to bring the smell of burning rubber to your computer screen. The 2010 Mustang reveal lets users experience the vehicle in all its glory, burnout smoke and all. The site won the coveted FWA Site of the Day Award for February 17th, 2009. Experience it here. Posted by admin » Permalink
Adobe Flash Player 10 Animation General 2A
Monday, July 20, 2009 Posted 10:40 AM
2Advanced was brought in to create a marquee animation for the Adobe Flash Player 10 page on Adobe.com. The brief was to bring some life to the Flash brand and entice downloads by highlighting the unique features of the newest player. We created some initial storyboards and styleframes which were eventually fine tuned to the final look: a crystallized "F" logo coalesces from broken shards, bursts through a glistening red cube, and dives into the world of Flash, an intense tunnel of energy where anything can happen. The deadline was tight, and the sound design portion of the project needed to be rushed, but overall we were satisfied with the end product.
The live animation can be viewed on Adobe's site, here.
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Wolverine iPhone App General 2A
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Posted 03:10 PM
Activision asked 2Advanced to develop an iPhone application to promote the new Wolverine video game which coincides with the movie release. The free application allows users to unlock exclusive game content by using the built-in iPhone camera to photograph icons which can be found at various locations on the web and in real life.
Although the application is temporarily offline, you can read a more in-depth article on the application here. Posted by admin » Permalink
2Advanced Preloaders on Prettyloaded General 2A
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Posted 03:09 PM
We are honored to have a few of our preloaders immortalized on PrettyLoaded.com. Pretty Loaded is "an archive of preloaders that preload other preloaders...which in turn reveal yet more preloaders". Visit Pretty Loaded. Posted by admin » Permalink