Michael LaniganTechnical Artist • 3D Generalist • Motion Designer
Microsoft Windows 10 / Edge Motion Design
After Effects, Illustrator, Sketch, Maya
Motion Design work done at Microsoft for Windows 10, Microsoft Edge, Surface Duo, and HoloLens. As a Motion Designer and 3D Visual Artist I designed motion specs and guidelines for the design and dev teams to follow, and helped build Microsoft's Fluent design language.
Various launch animations done for Microsoft Edge and Windows 10. The majority of the work at Microsoft was done within Illustrator and After Effects as motion studies, but I also recreated the Edge browser inside of Maya for more experimental 3D and AR/VR-centric explorations.
Motion Studies done for Edge Mobile, including Home Page, Books, Cortana, and scrolling capabilies.
As part of the Perceived Peformance and Reliabilty team my main goal was to keep animations feeling quick, smooth, and accessible. I created motion specs and documentation to outline animation curves, duration, transparency, and other effects to the rest of the team.
Animated SVG motion study for the Edge Downloads feature. Animations from After Effects could also be exported via Lotte and BodyMovin' and brought directly over into the browser.