Harebrained News is the blog of Maija Graham, an artist, educational media developer, graphic designer, and schemer.
Animation

Beyond Magazine animations

Beyond Magazine Flash elementsArchive of Flash elements from beyondmag.com

Animated Flash elements created for the website of Beyond Magazine, a not-for-profit, independent, free of advertising, beautiful “little magazine about a lot of things”.

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Oil Origins animation

SAIT Polytechnic Oil Formation animationClick here to watch an excerpt from The Origins of Oil

This is an excerpt from an animated slide show I created for a Petroleum course at SAIT Polytechnic to illustrate how oil is formed. There is no audio and it is only a short loop, like a meditative Paleozoic screen-saver.

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Dip-tacular party invitation

Christmas Festive Dip-tacular invitationClick here to watch the Christmas Festive Dip-tacular invitation

When I’m not coming up with strange and wonderful new ideas for get-togethers involving food, I’m animating invitations to them.

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Stampede Party invitation

The SouvenirClick here to watch The Souvenir

This is probably my most cinematic and labour-intensive foray into animation, all for a party invitation.

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Corrosion of Iron animation

Alberta Learning Corrosion animationAn excerpt from a longer animation developed on sub-contract to the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary for the Alberta Learning Chemistry Learning Objects repository.

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Voltaic Cell animation

Alberta Learning Voltaic Cell animationClick here to watch an excerpt from Voltaic Cell

An excerpt from a longer animation developed on sub-contract to the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary for the Alberta Learning Chemistry Learning Objects repository.

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Waffle Party invitation

Waffle Party inviteClick here to watch the Waffle Party invitation

Sometimes, when I’m not busy enough, I animate elaborate party invitations in Flash. For the audio, I recorded myself several times so I sound like a chorus and pitch-shifted the voices a bit higher.

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The Arusha Centre

The Arusha Centrehttp://arusha.org/

The Arusha Centre an organisation that provides resources and programming on local and global social justice issues. I designed Flash banners, graphics and a Flash “activist showcase” sidebar for the site.

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Arusha Action Series

Arusha Action Filmshttp://action.arusha.org/

Arusha Action Series is a social action event and film initiative of the Arusha Center. I designed a flash banner and graphic skins for the site to convey an action comic book feel using a character designed by Patrick Sweet for the Arusha Centre.

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Alberta College of Art & Design Student Services

ACAD Student Services websiteArchive of ACAD Student Services’ website

An online companion to the printed “view book” that the Alberta College of Art & Design Student Services sent out to prospective students.

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