This year I went 5 for 5 with my Telly entries, winning the following:

Classic Gold Telly - My Big Amazing Renovation Show Open

Silver Telly - Carter Can Episodic 3D Animations

Silver Telly - Beyond the Box Show Open

Silver Telly - My Big Amazing Renovation Show Open

Bronze Telly - How’d That Get On My Plate Episodic 3D Animations

This brings my current award count to 9 Tellys and 4 Regional Emmys.

Look for these recent projects on air:
Warriors - 3D animations of weapons, 3D animations and modeling of battlefield maps, green screen compositing
Bang for Your Buck - Entire graphics package
How’d that get on my plate? - 3D animations and modeling of informational graphics
Rachael’s Vacations - Entire graphics package
Sweat Equity - Entire graphics package
Carter Can - 3D animations showing renovation plans

I was recently featured on the front page of The Denver Egotist…check it out here.

I found out this week that I won 2 silver Tellys for my work on HGTV’s New Spaces and Top 10 Amazing Kitchens. The work for New Spaces was doing the 3D floor plans of the remodels showcased on the show, and the Top 10 Amazing Kitchens was for the entire graphics package.

Finally! I’ve updated my reel to include new music and my latest work for HGTV and Food Network. Just in case you would like to see my old reel, it is still up here.

Update on Recent Clients & Projects

High Noon Entertainment - (lots for HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network)
MTV - Run’s House DVD
HBO Films - Godzilla DVD
A&E - Paul McCartney DVD
WB2/CW2 Colorado - On-Air Branding Campaigns

Projects Currently Airing:
Ultimate Recipe Showdown - Entire graphics package
Top 10 Amazing Kitchens - Entire graphics package
Rachael’s Vacations - Entire graphics package
Sweat Equity - Entire graphics package
Carter Can - 3D animations showing renovation plans
My First Place - 2D animations showing design plans
CW2 - about 1/2 of the animations/layouts used for the News; web site promo; and various other reoccurring graphics

As you can see, this blog isn’t about long articles or lots of pictures. This is basically just a way to some what formally organize the links and resources I’ve found while being a motion graphics designer in Colorado. I’ve also created a group on Facebook by the same name to help connect others interested in this too. Feel free to contact me or add more links in the comments.

10-1-2006
John Blessing wins 3 regional Emmys for graphic design. They are for a promo for Sports Replay, a promo for Sex and the City, and a station image campaign for WB2. Three wins in one year is a new record for any CW2/KWGN-TV employee.

4-31-2006
John Blessing wins 2 Tellys for graphic design. The first bronze Telly is for the station image IDs for WB2, and the second bronze Telly is for the Fall 2005 Branding package.

10-29-2005

John Blessing wins a Heartland Region Emmy for graphic design in the “Comedy, it’s what’s for dinner” campaign for WB2 Colorado.