Saiman Chow is a motion graphic artist and like we say back home “he has it tied”. He was born in Honk Kong and moved to L.A. when he was 15 where he finished school and then went on to study at Art Center College of Design and graduated in 2000 with an Illustration major.
In a recent interview with a japanase magazine he explained how growing up in Honk Kong and moving to L.A. influenced his work. His words are amazing.
Definitely, Hong Kong is a pretty unique place to be. It was a British colony, so we are pretty westernize. It borrow a lots of Japanese pop culture, and at the same time it maintain a strong Chinese tradition. It was a unique mixed cultural experience. When we were kid, everything around us were Japanese. We basicly grew up with Japanese cartoons ,comics and video games. Doraemon, Dr. Slump and Q Chan etc. Every kids love them. So my early works are all about Japanese pop stuff, Then later, as I live in the state longer, I discover more and more different genre of graphic art that I never thought I would be into, the whole 60’s stuff. They blew my mind. Psychedelic, Archigram and Keiichi Tanaami etc. I am really bless that I was able to get in touch with different kind of cultural experience and eventually apply to what I do.
He worked with amazing brands like Nike, Adidas and Hello Kitty. Here are a couple of his motion movies.
Adicolor
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4W45qKGiz4
Nike
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDxyzZoHLg
His recent work is for FuelTV where he partnered with Golden Lucky. The short film is called “Looking Thu The B-Sides.”
Teaser1
LOOKING THRU THE B-SIDES Teaser 1 from FUEL TV on Vimeo.
Teaser 2
LOOKING THRU THE B-SIDES – Teaser 2 from FUEL TV on Vimeo.
Teaser 3
LOOKING THRU THE B-SIDES – Frenchie connection from FUEL TV on Vimeo.
The final ad should come out shortly. In the meantime his website is filled with awesome motion graphic movies. Here is the link
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