Christian Effenberger
Christian Effenberger
New Website Portfolio · Skater Dawg Trailer
This is it! My short retro pixel animation trailer, created for the sole purpose to aggressively promote the recent relaunch of my very own website portfolio. Hope you don’t mind. Check out new art and animations with projects still to come! Looking forward to your feedback, bug reports, tips and tricks. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits: Animation, Music & Sound Effects Christian Effenberger
Christian Effenberger
Amazed Espresso Bear
A loop I did frame by frame for the #CharacterReactionGIFs challenge on pictofolio.com. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks!
Christian Effenberger
Addicted To Love
Animation loop for the Animation Smash Down Challenge #9 by Markus Magnusson. This loop made it to the top five winner clips. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks!
Christian Effenberger
Acorn Tilewalker – Game Trailer
Trailer I made for the turn-based puzzle game Acorn Tilewalker by indie developer TomGrillGames. Released in 2019 it marked the first game for the small indie studio based in Munich. I contributed all art an animation – while Tom coded like crazy. In May 2019 Acorn Tilewalker got nominated for the Animated Games Awards at the 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. Eventually, Trüberbrook took home the prize which was already an honor to be nominated with! Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! // Credits Programming: Thomas Pronold / TomGrillGames Art & Animation: Christian Effenberger Sound Design: Thomas Süßmair Year: 2019
Christian Effenberger
Bahnausbau München
Explanatory animation “Bahnausbau Region München”. Illustrated by the example of constructing a railway bridge, we learn about the planning process for new infrastructure by Deutsche Bahn AG. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits Bahnausbau Region München Animation Length 3:58 Min Art Direction, Animation & Sound Design Christian Effenberger Voice Over Andrea Plötz Script Wolfgang Weinseis Sound Mix & Mastering Akkordarbeit Client Deutsche Bahn Netz AG Year 2018
Christian Effenberger
Skilling It!
It was time to shine a neon light on the skills of Robert Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer, and Timo Werner with our hand-drawn, cartoony animations. This is a compilation of some spots which kicked off the Bundesliga Season 2019/20. Realized in awesome collaboration with Musclebeaver and MicMacMedia (see credits). Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits Animation Musclebeaver & Christian Effenberger Production, Concept & Edit MicMacMedia Client DFL / Bundesliga Year 2019
Christian Effenberger
Snowman Walk Cycle · Happy New Year
A little walk cycle I did for some animatied New Year’s greetings in my newsletter. Made in After Effects with Rubberhose & Cyclops (for the fancy bounding boxes and motion paths). Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks!
Christian Effenberger
Geh Wählen!
In 2017, before the Bundestag elections here in Germany, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE launched a cross-media campaign called “Geh Wählen!” (Go vote!). It features over 35 of my hand-drawn animations in four master spots and several single trailers. I’ve put together a single trailer compilation which focuses mainly on the animation parts of the spots. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits Go Vote! Animation Watch Original master spots 1 – 4 Original single trailers Length 35 vignettes à 06 – 12 seconds Agency Creative Solutions Client ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH/Creative Solutions Year 2017
Christian Effenberger
Happy New Year Bird 2020
My happy new year animation for … uhm … that 2020-year-thing.Featuring the bird character of a 21-second loop, which is still in development. It’s working title is called “Fresh Breath”, and will feature a second (human)character. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks!
Christian Effenberger
Atemlos Animation Collab
This is my animated sequence for the collaborative animation project by Daniel Bahr in 2017. It’s about the lethal effects of particulate matter.14 animators were tapped to participate in this project, each one producing a segment of 10 seconds, according to their assigned section of the voice-over text. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits Voice Over Gordon Piedesack Script Konstantin Flemig Animation Torben Stange Lotte Hornstein Fabian Friedrich Elias Naphausen Christian Effenberger Dominik Liebherr Johannes Kirschner Anne-Celine Soenke Balázs Böröcz Daniel Brenner Simon Greiner Janis Aschberger Frank Rosenkränzer Daniel Bahr Voice Recording Kristen & Schmidt Tonstudio und Musikproduktion Music Hans-Peter Schumacher Sound Design Jonathan Heidger Producer Michael Schranner AHA Film! Director Daniel Bahr Special Thanks einszwostudio Julia Barton Yeah Families & friends
Christian Effenberger
Was Illustratoren wissen müssen
As an illustrator you simply have to know how to draw, don’t you? Error! Pricing, contracts, copyright, taxation, presentation of your portfolio and customer acquisition. How can the “Illustratoren Organisation” help you? Watch the video! “What illustrators need to know” is an explanatory video I made for the professional association of German-speaking illustrators, the Illustratoren Organisation e.V. Visit the project on my website for more details – thanks! Credits Was Illustratoren Wissen Müssen Animation Length 2:29 Min Script, Concept & Animation Christian Effenberger Music www.akkordarbeit.com Client Illustratoren Organisation e.V. Year 2015 Awards Kinofest Lünen 2015 – 1st place Category “Erklärfilm” (explainer video)
Christian Effenberger
Parasite Preschool
My contribution to the Fuck Yeah Calendar 2020 by Schlogger. Featuring one illustration per week, I got to draw the last week in May this time. Turtles, parasites, and cauliflower!
Christian Effenberger
Chestnut Campfire
Final artwork for the week no. 44 (end of October) of the Fuck Yeah 2019 calendar by Schlogger. You can order a contemporary physical copy of this over at the Kwimbi Web Comic Shop or from one of the 59 artists themselves.
Christian Effenberger
Chimp Detective
Some say he’s “just a monkey in a trench coat”. Others know too well that he is the one true … Chimp Detective™️!
Christian Effenberger
Old Guy Turnaround
Took that little guy for a spin 🎠.
Christian Effenberger
Chimp in a car
I see bad people. In big cars. Sketch inspired by real life.
Christian Effenberger
Turtle
Grumpy turtle. Or better: Probably supernaturally gifted turtle, completely focused inwards.
Christian Effenberger
Gladiatoren für GEOlino
One of six gladiators I illustrated for GEOlino Magazin. I was generously provided with lots of reference material to make these tough dudes look historically accurate.
Ich bin in der glücklichen Lage meine Leidenschaft seit mehr als 10 Jahren als Freelancer in den Bereichen Animation und Illustration auszuleben. Ich sauge zudem alles auf, was mit Storytelling und Charakterentwicklung zu tun hat, um meine Kunden auch konzeptionell bei der Umsetzung ihrer Ideen zu unterstützen.
Meine Erfahrung in diversen Animationstechniken und -programmen gebe ich in Workshops weiter und liebe den Austausch mit den Teilnehmern.
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