{"id":946,"date":"2020-01-13T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/cid\/?p=946"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:50:35","slug":"cid-student-stories-brennon-leman-3d-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/cid\/2020\/01\/13\/cid-student-stories-brennon-leman-3d-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"CI+D Student Stories – Brennon Leman & 3D Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maybe you\u2019ve heard the phrase, \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity.\u201d The sentiment surrounding that statement has an edge; often spoken by people receiving just that: bad publicity. However, if that\u2019s the case, then strictly good publicity must be a very good thing \u2013 and good publicity is something GIMM Senior Brennon Leman has been no stranger to these last couple of months. Brennon is a 3D modeler, illustrator, and animator, and this December, he was commissioned to help Medium with their decade wrap-up, The Whiplash Decade. <\/em>As a student in the College of Innovation + Design, we had to reach out \u2013 and he shared a bit about how he got the work,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI watched an interview with an artist I really look up to, and he said if you want to get it going and get jobs, you have to put your work out there and start following a lot of art directors, so I did. I started following art directors from The New York Times, Medium, and all kinds of other publications. Then I got really lucky \u2013 Medium\u2019s Art Director reached out! Work has moved quick in this first month, as I\u2019ve gotten a few commissions since then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brennon was commissioned to create 10 GIFs for Medium\u2019s decade wrap-up piece \u2013 and they are nothing short of phenomenal. To be a current college student and have such a large project is no small task, but productivity is not lost on Brennon. He said this when sharing the timeline of the project, \u201cI was on my phone the other day and the first concept of the first piece I made was November 30th<\/sup>, and they were due on the 8th<\/sup>, so it was roughly 8 or 9 days to do all 10 GIFs. I didn\u2019t get much sleep and was pretty stressed, but it was really cool to see it all turn out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s an incredibly fast turnaround! What was the process like?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorking with Medium was really cool because they kind of just let me do what I wanted. They gave me some of the articles to read, and then I gave them concept art. After either getting approved or denied, I could go with it however I wanted. This work has been especially cool because I want my work to help speak about real-world issues. If you\u2019ve seen The Whiplash Decade, <\/em>you\u2019ll see the articles cover a lot of sensitive topics, for some of those, I wish they didn\u2019t have to be made \u2013 but they should be talked about, and I appreciated making work that could help open some eyes to how the world should be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n