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Creative (list)
A relatively complete list of types of creative projects/assets I've worked on, topped with a couple of recent reels (storytelling/narrative & animation/data/graphics)
Sample categories:
- Image slider | before-and-after Shanghai 1920-2009
- Telly Award Silver Winner: A Symphony of Hope (JPA Health)
- Animated social: CDC family history video (JPA Health)
- PSA (public service announcement) for LUNGevity Foundation (JPA Health)
- Gallery: animation, data visualization, motion graphics
- Gallery: social videos, posts and snackables
- Mini-docs: climate change, air pollution...
- Livestreams: Arvinas, JPA Health
- Corporate videos: GE, TD Bank...
- Nonprofits: social and short videos
- UGC: others shot, I edit
- About videos: introductions about organizations or programs
- Events/Highlights: promotional videos and sizzles
Published Articles
This page compiles select articles that I wrote and published in Forbes, The New York Times, World Policy Journal, The Atlantic, etc. I owe a lot to what I learned as a print journalist:
- Photo on NYTimes front page of Crescent Lake in West China
- Multimedia feature article in The Atlantic on China's air pollution
- Van Gogh, Outsourced in Forbes
- Chinese Pet Mating in Forbes
- Don't Hand Me That Gu Ge in Forbes
- Giving Points in Forbes
- 60-Mile Wi-Fi in Forbes
- Roll'Em in Forbes
- Tibet: Plateau in Peril in World Policy Journal
- Behind the scenes of filming lung cancer patients on jpa.com
Motion Typography (by me)
This is a scroll of social snacks of motion typography and other vignettes that I have made and posted over the past few months:
- Small step for dove, giant leap for dovekind
- The world is perfectly imperfect
- "I won ~80% of my tennis matches, but only 54% of all the points." - Roger Federer
- "Aging is what happens if we're lucky; it means that I'm alive." -Cindy Crawford
- Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene
- "The goal of life is not to live a life with zero stress; it is to live a life with healthy, manageable stress." - Dr. Aditi Nerukar
- KPI - keep people interested, keep people informed, keep people involved, keep people inspired
- "To come up with that performance against that player on that stage that means that much to you, it's G.O.A.T.ing." - Andy Roddick on Djokovic winning Olympic gold
Motion Graphics (by others)
This is a scroll of bookmarks of what inspired me in the space of motion graphics done beautiful in video projects seen all over the web:
- Split screen blending visuals with stats (FT/Santander)
- Thumbnail graphics and animation to show scale (WSJ on Tesla crash data)
- 3D animated graphics and overlays (LinkedIn News)
- Organs and microbes cartoonized (Netflix)
- Timeline panning or scrolling with slides across (Today show)
Thumb Stoppers (by others)
This is a scroll of thumb stopping social posts that I loved and paused to stare and think, and remember to copy down here:
- Rudy Willingham the cut-out animation artist
- WSJ on Neuralink's brain implant and renditions
- 360 video from Everest
- Skies clear out during global tech outrage 2024
- Speed of light around the planets
- Moon in two perspectives (USA vs Australia)
- Simone Biles made by dices
- WSJ: Simone Biles in animated illustration
- Animated static images using AI
- Arms sales 2000-2023 animated
- Changes in tennis racquets lead to changes of the game in Wimbledon
- Top 10 highest paid political leaders
- UNICEF: Heatwaves debilitate children's health and well-being
- UN: Gaza facts, nice and simple infographic slides
- 10 hard truths and illustrations
- Djokovic's 10th Wimbledon final, with photos on Instagram
Challenging Your Audience
These guys have done the most daring of all: challenging your audience to the maximum. And their audience gladly sucked it up.
Forms and Formats
A variety of content forms or formats that I've seen and loved. I curate on this page as a scroll of inspirations:
- WSJ: Scroll-animated graphs & charts
- UNDP: Mosaic or photo grid
- Selling a product, and lifestyle
- Interactive image slider: Shanghai 1920-2009
- Animation, data visualization and motion graphics
Gretel at JPA Health
Flight route on map (GE)
Everest glacier meltdown (Asia Society)
National Prevention Week (SAMHSA/JPA Health)
Beijing air pollution: blue vs smogged skyline (Asia Society)
Face morph (TD Bank)
Homebuyer survey infographic (TD Bank)
Sydney 2C vs 4C temperature rise scenarios (Asia Society) - Livestreams
Filming Kids
I geek out a lot when it comes to being a father of two boys, especially when they go play baseball or other sports. And I take filming them seriously, and devoted a lot of time figuring out some great ways to do a decent recording. They are both Aaron Judge and Patrick Mahomes fans by the wayy.
My Boys' Birthday Memories
My unannounced job of parenting two amazing boys has been filming their life and preparing birthday videos (and cake designs) for them every year. Here's a round up of latest highlights.
Big 3 in Tennis & Their Major Finals
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic has written a unique and remarkable dynasty in men's tennis history. Here are some grand slam finals that either one of them, or both many times, played for 20 years:
- 2024 Wimbledon: Alcaraz d. Djokovic
- 2023 US Open: Djokovic d. Medvedev
- 2023 Wimbledon: Alcaraz d. Djokovic
- 2023 Roland-Garros: Djokovic d. Ruud
- 2023 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Tsitsipas
- 2022 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Kyrgios
- 2022 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Ruud
- 2022 Australian Open: Nadal d. Medvedev
- 2021 US Open: Medvedev d. Djokovic
- 2021 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Berrettini
- 2021 Roland Garros: Djokovic d. Tsitsipas
- 2021 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Medvedev
- 2020 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Djokovic
- 2020 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Thiem
- 2019 US Open: Nadal d. Medvedev
- 2019 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Federer
- 2019 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Thiem
- 2019 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Nadal
- 2018 US Open: Djokovic d. del Potro
- 2018 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Anderson
- 2018 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Thiem
- 2018 Australian Open: Federer d. Cilic
- 2017 US Open: Nadal d. Anderson
- 2017 Wimbledon: Federer d. Cilic
- 2017 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Wawrinka
- 2017 Australian Open: Federer d. Nadal
- 2016 US Open: Wawrinka d. Djokovic
- 2016 Roland-Garros: Djokovic d. Murray
- 2016 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Murray
- 2015 US Open: Djokovic d. Federer
- 2015 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Federer
- 2015 Roland-Garros: Wawrinka d. Djokovic
- 2015 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Murray
- 2014 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Federer
- 2014 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Djokovic
- 2014 Australian Open: Wawrinka d. Nadal
- 2013 US Open: Nadal d. Djokovic
- 2013 Wimbledon: Murray d. Djokovic
- 2013 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Ferrer
- 2013 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Murray
- 2012 US Open: Murray d. Djokovic
- 2012 Wimbledon: Federer d. Murray
- 2012 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Djokovic
- 2012 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Nadal
- 2011 US Open: Djokovic d. Nadal
- 2011 Wimbledon: Djokovic d. Nadal
- 2011 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Federer
- 2011 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Murray
- 2010 US Open: Nadal d. Djokovic
- 2010 Wimbledon: Nadal d. Berdych
- 2010 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Soderling
- 2010 Australian Open: Federer d. Murray
- 2009 US Open: del Potro d. Federer
- 2009 Wimbledon: Federer d. Roddick
- 2009 Roland-Garros: Federer d. Soderling
- 2009 Australian Open: Nadal d. Federer
- 2008 US Open: Federer d. Murray
- 2008 Wimbledon: Nadal d. Federer
- 2008 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Federer
- 2008 Australian Open: Djokovic d. Tsonga
- 2007 US Open: Federer d. Djokovic
- 2007 Wimbledon: Federer d. Nadal
- 2007 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Federer
- 2007 Australian Open: Federer d. Gonzalez
- 2006 US Open: Federer d. Roddick
- 2006 Wimbledon: Federer d. Nadal
- 2006 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Federer
- 2006 Australian Open: Federer d. Baghdatis
- 2005 US Open: Federer d. Agassi
- 2005 Wimbledon: Federer d. Roddick
- 2005 Roland-Garros: Nadal d. Puerta
- 2004 US Open: Federer d. Hewitt
- 2004 Wimbledon: Federer d. Roddick
- 2004 Australian Open: Federer d. Safin
- 2003 Wimbledon: Federer d. Philippoussis
You might see my bias:)
