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vfx is healing me
i'm happy being weird again
Elise Jolie
Aug 254 min read


doing makeup but it's vfx
i'm bad at actual makeup so i made some animated eyeshadow lol
Elise Jolie
Aug 171 min read


new job! new coworkers! (human and dog)
i got a new job!!!
Elise Jolie
Aug 31 min read


i blame Hopsin for this
apparently this song has been sitting in my subconscious waiting for after effects.
Elise Jolie
Aug 31 min read


why was this for kids
i've decided to monetize my childhood fears.
Elise Jolie
Jun 262 min read


green IS a creative color
i grew up in the era of DHMIS, FNAF, and a bunch of other internet things that probably changed me a lot lol. one line that has apparently been living rent free in my head for over a decade is "green is not a creative color." the problem is that i now work with green constantly. green graphics. green assets. green screen footage. every time i open a project with something green in it, that little yellow guy materializes in my brain and starts singing. so this project was basi
Elise Jolie
Jun 151 min read


on rejection and weather
the rejection emails kept arriving, so i turned them into weather.
Elise Jolie
Jun 122 min read


prosecco & puppies!
bringing a nonprofit logo to life through a few seconds of motion, a lot of tiny adjustments, and more time spent animating pastries than i'd like to admit.
Elise Jolie
Jun 92 min read


whimsy > prompts
a dreamy little love letter to nintendogs, nostalgia, and whimsy over prompts ♡ built in after effects using layered parallax environments, green screen compositing, floating petals, and a lot of trial and error. i wanted it to feel like the memory of opening a pink nintendo ds as a kid and disappearing into a tiny digital world for hours.
Elise Jolie
May 272 min read


creative muscle memory
a small visual experiment built from older designs, digital camera pngs, particle systems, and an unnecessary amount of time spent trying to make things wobble the way I WANTED THEM TO in after effects :)
Elise Jolie
May 82 min read


if he swims, i swim
i took my dog and my drone for a walk yesterday.
i think i’m going to start doing that more—
the drone part lol.
i think i like turning the inbetweens of it all into a story.
Elise Jolie
Apr 241 min read


too many aesthetics (at once)
i consider myself an aesthetic shapeshifter, or a living mood board ... existing in every 'era' at once.
Elise Jolie
Apr 232 min read
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