Content Specialist working in the education industry, and Freelance Designer.
My name is Mike Thompson, I am a designer and animator stationed in the Twin Cities. Since 2009, I have collaborated with clients in need of graphic design, branding, printing, marketing collateral, photo manipulation, motion graphics, and animation. I seek challenging opportunities and strive to produce unique and dynamic media. I look forward to hearing from you.
Animated advertisement created to promote a series of children's books focusing on the technology behind the character Batman. Responsible for animation.
Upstate Motion Comic
Comic book pages to which I was tasked to add motion with animation. The animations were created to be part of an online webisode series. Responsible for animation.
BUTLER BUILDER SALES MEETING INTRODUCTION
Animated sequence created for an introduction to a sales meeting video presentation.
TENNANT GLOBAL SALES MEETING INTRODUCTION
Animated logo created for an introduction to a sales meeting video presentation.
Aliens Invade Earth
ROCKSOLID FLOORS GATEFOLD BROCHURE
Worked with Inventiv Designs to design a gatefold brochure for RockSolid Floors. This brochure was created to be a marketing piece to accompany a POP display in Menards.
Illustration & Character Design
WRESTLING COLORING BOOK
Responsible for illustrating a 13 page coloring book to be handed out at live wrestling events. Each page was dedicated to a wreslter appearing in the show.
PHOTO MANIPULATION
Tasked by Inventiv Designs to take existing photographs and manipulate them for the purpose of being used on product packaging and sample boards. The glamour shots were prominantly featured on retail product packaging for RockSolid Floors. The sample boards were part of a POP display for the RockSolid Floors Interior Floor Coating system.
LOGOS
Logo designs made for companies, products, packaging, and bands.
PRODUCT IMAGES
Photographed existing products as well as photomanipulated product packaging and labels onto photography of containers. Product images were used digitally for websites, as well as in print for catalogs and sell sheets.
