Video Production & 3D Animation
Long-running creative partnership with Sauce Leopard, a Denver-based hot sauce brand that's been featured on Hot Ones twice (Seasons 18 and 29). I make their videos, 3D product animations, and commercials. They make hot sauce. It works out.
The work spans live action product videos, 3D renders in Unreal Engine, NeRF photogrammetry experiments, and social content. Every new sauce gets its own visual identity — packaging, color palette, energy. It's the kind of ongoing partnership where the creative gets to evolve alongside the brand.
Hero product commercial for the core line. Fire, motion graphics, and the general energy of a brand that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Backyard BBQ content shoot in Denver. Lifestyle footage that doubles as paid social and retail marketing.
Comedy skit series that helped build the early audience. Low budget, high energy, and the reason anyone cared about the sauce in the first place.
3D product render built in Unreal Engine 5. Bottles, environments, and lighting designed to give the brand a premium visual presence.
3D-rendered NERF gun commercial. Modeled, animated, and composited in Unreal Engine. The crossover nobody asked for.
Brand partnership content with CU Boulder. College audience, tailgate energy, and hot sauce on everything.
Commercials, product ads, lifestyle content, and comedy skits. Everything from brand teasers to paid social. Fire optional but encouraged.
Unreal Engine product renders, animated spots, and NeRF photogrammetry experiments. Took the bottle from a Sony FX3 through LumaLab — early experiment that held up.
Studio shoots across the full line. Every bottle has its own personality, so every shot got its own treatment.
Advisory on retail, e-commerce, and positioning as they scaled from DTC to wholesale. Not my core skill set, but it helps when you've watched a brand grow from day one.