My name is Jon Hickley and I am a Senior Motion Graphics Designer & Animation Director.
I create 3D & 2D animations, rich media ads and the odd doodle.
Animation for Southampton FC’s 25/26 kit launch. Featuring the classic Corinthian ‘Big Head’ figures.
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Created at Statler & Waldorf for Penhaligon’s, I led the team in producing this 3D animation and was also responsible for lighting and final compositing.
View VideoHalloween advert for the limited edition holiday cookie!
View VideoI was the production lead of this amazing production for Penhalaigon’s Christmas 2023 campaign.
View video3D animation created in Blender in collaboration with Arwec Studio. Character animation by Kris Bandzevicius.
View Video3D animation I directed and produced at Statler & Waldorf for Penhaligon’s.
View Video2D animation created in Afterffects for the fragrance brand Penhaligon’s.
View Video3D animation produced for Penhaligon’s 2022 Christmas campaign.
View video3D Character animations created for a fun e-learning module for Google.
View Video2D animation created for, Quadmark, to help promote their fantastic range of training enablement services.
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Holding page animation created for a new luxury spa. Photography by Christoffer Relander.
View video2D animation, created as part of a series for Google’s e-learning platform.
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View videoA little fun personal project, I created for a fictional teaser trailer for this 80’s classic.
View VideoThis 2D animation was nominated in the Vimeo Awards, in 2020 for best social ad.
View videoA fun little personal animation featuring Murray from an all-time classic game, Monkey Island.
View video2D e-Learning video for Google’s Wear OS.
View videoHTML5 Christmas Calendar built for Desktop. 3D animation and HTML5 created by me, character animation from Statler & Waldorf.
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3D animation created in Blender. This animation went on to be shared globally on MAC cosmetic’s global Instagram account.
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3D animation created in Blender, using a Cycles rain setup I created, which was also featured on Blendernation.
View Video3D animation created with Blender and Element 3D. Used Globally for MAC cosmetics, in a wide range of locations and formats.
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3D animation created for Revolution Beauty’s WhipLift Mascara
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3D animation for Estee Lauder, Pure Color Envy Lash. Animation used online and in-store.
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I produced this video in partnership with the fashion photographer Billie Scheepers. Was used on social media and at the Glamour beauty festival.
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Some fan art for the Sci-fi show, The Expanse.
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An illustration created while coming up with some story concepts.
ViewA view from one of my favourite places, Toronto Island.
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Parody of Life of Pi, featuring Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty pirate!
ViewThe wind blowing over this field in Yosemite Valley was quite mesmerising.
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Loved my time in Yosemite Valley. The falls were like nothing I have seen before.
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A bit of fan art of one of my favourite ships from Star Trek.
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3D animation created in Cinema4D to support Smashbox’s Black Friday gift set.
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Smoke animation created using X-Particles & Cinema 4D.
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3D animation created for Origins UK Instagram account.
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Gifting video created for paid social posts pre Mother’s day.
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Filmed for International woman’s day, I directed and oversaw production.
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Supporting video used in-store to support Bobbi Brown’s January Skincare Focus.
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3D animation created to support the social launch of this new product.
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Created for the launch of MAC’s Guilty Pleasures campaign. Produced and directed by me.
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For this shoot, I was involved in creating a fake CGI door. I was also responsible for pre-production storyboards.
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How-to Series shot on location, to help drive sales to Lab Series hero products.
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Fizgig, from the Dark Crystal, drawn because he looks like my cat.
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Aslan, walking along the beach near Cair Paravel.
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Book launch trailer for writer Jonathan Dance’s fantasy adventure novel, the Heart of Escher.
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Created to support the launch of Jonathan’s Dance fantasy adventure novel, the Heart of Escher
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The cat on the moon, “hmm what is that popping out of the crater?”
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“Up to your old Excalibur tricks again, eh, Centauri?” Sketch of Robert Preston, who plays, Centauri, in the Last Starfighter. Love this film.
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Little Meg-moo. Such a cute cat.
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Produced to help raise awareness during Estee Lauders annual Breast Cancer Campaign.
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My little robin friend, from 2016’s Isle of Wight holiday. Animated in Blender.
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Love this big ball of fur! (My Cat)
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Pencil drawing from one of my favourite films.
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Escape from Alcatraz fan art. Did Frank make it?
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Dynamic HTML5 ads, built in Doubleclick Studio.
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3D animation created for MAC cosmetics UK Instagram account.
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Originally this was going to be shot photographically, however, creating this in 3D allowed more flexibility and control. Modeled and rendered in Blender.
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Displayed in shopping centres, this animation was created to help direct customers to the store and help brand awareness.
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Built using jQuery, this featured on the Bumble and bumble site globally and was one of their first moves away from Flash.
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This featured on the Jo Malone homepage and was created using HTML5 Canvas so it worked both on desktop and tablet devices.
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Estee Lauder Foundation tool created in jQuery. This was originally built in Flash but was later converted by myself to HTML5.
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HTML5 banner ad, built for Doubleclick Studio. 3D animation and model created by myself.
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HTNL5 banner ad, built using PixiJS. This animation was also used in digital display units.
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HTML5 rich media ad, using inline video.
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HTNL5 banner ad, built using PixiJS.
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HTML5 banner ad using repurposed US assets.
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3D model of a Gunstar from the film, the Last Starfighter, which I built in Blender.
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HTML5 banner ad.
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HTML5 banner ads.
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A series of animations done for MAC Global, some of which featured in Times Square.
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A quick video for Estee lauder’s mid-winter moment campaign. Shot close up to capture the application detail.
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HTML5 banner ad, built using a sprite technique, to allow richer video content.
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Title sequence for the short children’s movie, which shares how life on earth is connected through moving water.
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Filmed on location, this video was produced to increase applications for on-counter roles.
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