Cortland Bechtell

This demo reel showcases my work in motion graphics primarily in After Effects.
This demo reel showcases my recent work in After Effects and some work in Maya as well.
In each scene I placed icons in the lower left corner to show what programs were used and what work went into them.
The majority are my freelance work.
I worked on the design for a mobile game called Parallel Man: World Jumper. Here are some shots from the development of the game. You can see some of the animation I did for the game in my motion graphics demo reel.
Here is a bunch of logos I made for FutureDude Entertainment to help them pitch ideas to studio execs. I ended up making many more logos than shown here.
This website was designed by me and Fredrick Haugen. Coded from the ground up by myself in PHP and WordPress. Total Comfort had many revisions for this site. Each one was completed within a few hours of the request and made live on the Dev version of the site.

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These are production paintings I did to help visualize how scenes might look in a movie adaptation of the Venus: Daedalus One script. I even modeled and rendered 3D objects for the movie to show in the scenes.
Buzz Aldrin’s website was redesigned with heavy custom coding, Megento Store integration and 8 months of extra modifications. This site was coded from the ground up by me in PHP and WordPress. The look is based heavily on the original site, most design was changing graphics into a tighter more streamlined interface.

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This is a motion graphics animation done in After Effects and Adobe Illustrator.
These animations are designed to clearly show users what to do when using the EZ-TAB machine.
This website was created around the logo I finished for Energy Concepts, design by Fredrick Haugen. This site was designed by myself and MorrisHaugen. Coded from the ground up by myself in WordPress. The site was a success, Energy Concepts became more professional and modern and now has an excellent portal to it’s customers.

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This site was designed by MorrisHaugen and coded from the ground up by me in PHP and WordPress. The site was a success allowing Pilgrim Cleaners to look more professional and modern.

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This is the logo for the company Energy Concepts. The idea was the brainchild of Fredrick Haugen and was realized in full vector art by myself. I also went on to code the website for them as well. You can visit it here. The logo was later re-designed by us to be much nicer and more modern.

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This logo was designed for the MorrisHaugen project Slingshot. Concept designed by MorrisHaugen and realized by myself in Adobe Photoshop. Below you can see a few iterations that I developed. Starting with the bottom and the final being at the top.

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This logo design came about after the company MorrisHaugen asked for a logo that combined the M and H as a cube. It uses an isometric view and reflection.

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This logo was created as a project for an MCAD graphic design class. The process involved viewing hundreds of images and creating multiple ideas to create a look and feel for a fictional client.
A vector art eye, created for a project involving statement through eyes to create a possible magazine cover.

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