This passed week I got an email from my boss explaining the upcoming projects we had. In this email he mentions an idea they had thrown around of using a rubix cube to transition between different video clips....and then asked that I "throw an example together." I'm not blogging to complain about my bosses assumption that I could create and animate a rubix cube in mere hours - I'm blogging to brag that I did it.
After reading the email the first thing I did was open After Effects and create shape layers that formed a cube. Then, I proceeded to stare at my cube as my mind tried to turn it into a 3x3 impossible labyrinth. Null objects were my best friend during this endeavor along with Cmd. + D (duplicate). It was actually a rather simple job once I had thought about it, though I'm sure anyone who looks at my 50+layers would be at least slightly confounded.
I'm extremely proud of myself for not only accomplishing this task, but doing so well within my deadline. This is just one of the reasons I love what I do: There's always the opportunity for the ridiculous and impossible, every project is a complex puzzle to solve, I stretch not only my mind, but my creativity. Come to think of it, my job is a lot like a Rubix Cube - good thing I learned to solve those back in High School!