My name is Bernard Coops. This website shows my work as a motion graphic designer and photographs I take during my trip around the world that started in july 2009.
I have been working as a motion graphic designer since my graduation in 2004 at Artez Kampen, The Netherlands (now situated in Zwolle).
In 2009 I worked as a teacher in story telling, animation, 4D (AV design) and individual study processes at Artez Zwolle.

Work experience:

2007 | 2009 Teacher at Artez Zwolle, independent motion graphic designer, designer at the creative departement of RTL Nederland (RTL 8 station idents, RTL4 station idents, RTL Travel adrenaline leader and RTL Boulevard leader).
2005 | 2006 Motion graphic designer at Hollandcentraal (clients: a.o. HEMA, Bijenkorf, Bugaboo, Bakerstreet, CBS Outdoor, EO, VARA, NCRV en Nederlandse Spoorwegen).
2004 Independent designer for press, video and motion graphics.

Education:

- Illustration / Animation Design at Artez Kampen, The Netherlands (now situated in Zwolle).

Workshops / Masterclasses:

- Animation (Gerrit van Dijk)
- Pixelation (Paul and Menno de Nooijer)
- Media stunts (Borkowski PR)
- Promo making (Charlie Holland)

Software skills:

- After effects
- Cinema 4D
- Photoshop
- Lightroom
- Illustrator
- Final cut Studio Pro
- Flash
- Dreamweaver
- A large list of animation applications (a.o. Toon Boom, iStopmotion, Flash, Blender 3D)