EXPLAINER / 3D / MOTION
How Does Popcorn Work?
An unnecessarily dramatic explanation of how popcorn works.
OTTERMAN
STUDIO
Otterman Studio is a one-person, named Jimmy, freelance studio focused on motion design and animation, creating stylized character work and elevated motion graphics with a hybrid mix of animation, design, 3D, and AI.
CHARACTERS
STORIES
BOLDER IDEAS
ANIMATION
MOTION DESIGN
AND BEYOND
01 MOTION + ANIMATION REEL
Make it move.
Make it matter.
Motion design, animation, editing, 3D, visual storytelling—and a few things that are harder to categorize.
02 SELECTED WORK
Different tools.
Same obsession.
Design the idea first. Then use whatever combination of animation, editing, 3D and newer tools gets it there.
Animated Mascot Concepts for Social Media
Independent concept work created to explore how existing mascots and characters could be used in animated social content.
03 WHAT I DO
Traditional craft.
Newer toys.
I'm most useful when a project needs both motion-design judgment and a willingness to figure out a new way to make the thing.
01
Character & Mascot Animation
Turn an existing mascot or illustrated character into expressive animated content for social, campaigns, promotions and branded storytelling.
02
Motion Graphics
Custom motion design for brands, agencies, products, explainers, title sequences, social content and campaigns.
03
AI-Assisted Animation
Stylized animation and visual experimentation combining traditional motion design, 3D, generative video, compositing and editing.
Also available for freelance studio support, editing, animated training and eLearning production.
04 ABOUT
Part motion designer.
Part animator.
Part man.Part otter
…because otters are fun.
Otterman Studio is an independent motion and animation studio focused on character, motion, and visual experimentation.
Behind the studio is more than a decade of professional experience creating animation, video, interactive media, and visual storytelling.
My work combines traditional tools like After Effects, Premiere and Blender with newer AI-assisted production techniques. I'm especially interested in stylized characters and using emerging tools to push motion-design work somewhere less predictable.
I work directly with clients and also collaborate with agencies, studios, and internal creative teams on a freelance basis.
05 CONTACT
Have something
that needs to move?
Mascot with nothing to say? Motion project that needs an extra set of hands? Strange idea you're not quite sure how to make?
jimmy@otterman.studio↗