John Einselen
I grew up in the Indiana wilderness (to this day, no cell phone, DSL, or cable can make its way to my parents house; it’s way out there), homeschooled through lower education, and attended Indiana Wesleyan University for the higher part. I have a bachelor degree (or two) in Computer Graphics and Photography.
After working a while at the WGM Media Department doing video production, visual effects, and motion graphics (including a documentary trip to Kenya), I freelanced graphic design and visual effects jobs for half a year. I was also lead effects artist for the award winning short film No Greater Love.
I spent a year and a half in the Cincinatti / Kentucky area, doing design, illustration, motion graphics, and visual effects. Part of that time was working for a museum art team, creating various visual effects and animations for displays. I also got to work a little on historical instrument research and reconstruction, kiosk design, and CNC operation.
Currently I reside just north of Detroit, Michigan, and work for Vectorform as a motion graphics artist. While that’s my formal title, I’ve been doing anything from graphic design to simple HTML and CSS programming. Thankfully I still get to do some 3D and animation, so it keeps things fun.
You can find a lot of my personal projects on this site, including my music instrument collection, depressing poetry, or attempts at javascript programming.
To view my professional work, visit SymbolEffects.com for visual effects and production reels, or JohnEinselen.com for my photography and design galleries. There’s also the brand new SeventhLeaf.com, front end to my freelance webdesign work.
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