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Art Director &
Motion Designer

Freelancer

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ABOUT

AXEL LOVES MOVING PIXELS

I am a freelance motion graphics designer based in Germany. Specializing in live events with large screen formats and classic motion graphics like explainer videos.
Since more than 15 years my aim is to deliver high-end, contemporary 2D & 3D animation for live events, tv channels, production companies, agencies and design studios. Available for agency bookings worldwide.

AGENCIES | PRODUCTION STUDIOS

Astronaut  |  bright! studios  |  Congaz  |  DER SPIEGEL  |  FEEDMEE Design  |  GROSSE8  |  IMAGINATION  |  Make Mami Proud  |  MPC  |  OSK  |  Parasol Island  |  Peter Schmidt Group  |  Republic Studios Shanghai  |  SPIEGEL TV

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Telekom
Disney
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MPC
Montblanc
Nike
der_spiegel
StepStone
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If you wanna talk about working together, no worries mate! Tell me about your upcoming project or feel free to contact me for any reason. Give me a buzz or drop me a line. Easy.

Dipl.-Des. Axel Ketz

E: axel@axelketz.com

T: +49 160 98 210 334
W: www.axelketz.com

 

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SEPHORA Ambassador

CLIENT: VIVO
CLIENT: Sephora
DIRECTOR: Norilynn De Los Reyes
ART DIRECTOR: Axel Ketz
ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
PRODUCER: Eva Vogelsang
SOUNDDESIGN: Tim Abramczyk
VOICE-OVER: Susa Jasperbrinkmann
DATE: 07/2020

NIKE on WeChat

CLIENT: NIKE
AGENCY: ID Creations
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jason Cheah
2D & 3D ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Trista Yang
DATE: 08/2019 

Die digitale Praxis

CLIENT: KVWL
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Axel Ketz
SCRIPT SUPPORT: Michael Hedergott
LEAD ANIMATOR & AD: Axel Ketz
CHARACTER ANIMATION: Tim Piotrowski
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Lea Nehm
SOUND DESIGN: Tim Abramczyk
VOICE-OVER: Christoph Jablonka
DATE: 01/2021

Explainer Reel - Deutsche Telekom

CLIENT: Deutsche Telekom AG
AGENCY: Grosse8
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Harald Mönch
3D ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
PRODUCER: Aurora Grisanti
MUSIC: Bensound
DATE: 10/2019

HERSHEY’S TVC

MPC Shanghai created a playful 30-second TVC mixing animation with live action. Such a big and skilled team. One of my favorite jobs 2016.

CLIENT: Hershey’s
AGENCY: Anomaly Shanghai
CREATIVE: Antonius Chen / AGENCY PRODUCER: Coco Gu
PRODUCTION HOUSE: The Eye / POST PRODUCER: Chingwen Huang
DIRECTOR: Limin Wang / EP: Tzuhui Chien
EDITOR: Binglong Huang / POST: MPC
ANIMATION AND DESIGN: Toma Ever, Axel Ketz, Derek Lian
VFX SUPERVISOR: Barry Greaves / COLOURIST: Vincent Taylor
ILLUSTRATOR: Olivier Wyart, Song Tianshu (Mars)
COMPOSITING: Iman Javaherypour, Joseph Tsang, MadhukaGunasekera
DATE: 10/2016

SmartX

CLIENT: ABUS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Linda Schäfer
ART DIRECTION: Jan Philip Welters
2D/3D ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
SOUND DESIGN: kolea.tv
VOICE OVER: Tania Higgins
DATE: 08/2022

Kaffee-Nation

CLIENT: Der Spiegel
TEXT: Jens Radü
DESIGN & ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
VOICEC-OVER: Christina Pohl

Innovation Lab

CLIENT: Deutsche Telekom AG
AGENCY: Grosse8
CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Harald Mönch, Joerg Thommes
DESIGN DIRECTOR: Harald Mönch
ANIMATION: Axel Ketz, Robert Sander
POSTPRODUCTION: Christian “Pingo” Schiffler
ILLUSTRATION: Franziska Holly
SOUND DESIGN: Matthias Kulow
DATE: 10/2019

MONTBLANC - Merry Christmas

Viral Christmas video for MONTBLANC China

CLIENT: MONTBLANC
PRODUCTION: ID Creations
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Fabrice Sanchez
3D ARTIST: Jean Brice Hubert
COMPOSITING & POST PRODUCTION: Axel Ketz
SOUNDDESIGN: Gaetan Lourmiere
Music: Gum
DATE: 12/2013

Sonic Branding

CLIENT: Smith & Western Sound
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Nick West
ART DIRECTOR & ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
PRODUCER: Dan Higson
SOUNDDESIGN: Smith & Western Sound
DATE: 03/2021

Porsche Golf Cup

This is the opening video for the Porsche Golf Cup Asia 2016.

CLIENT: Porsche
PRODUCTION: ID Creations
ART DIRECTOR: Axel Ketz
2D / 3D ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
PRODUCER: Fabian Sommer
DATE: 06/2016

StepStone Video-Interviews

CLIENT: StepStone
LEAD ANIMATOR & AD: Axel Ketz
CHARACTER DESIGN & ANIMATION: Tim Piotrowski
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Sophia Scharffenberg
VOICE-OVER: Uwe Thoma
DATE: 10/2020

Crazy Dogs!

CLIENT: JuJuKong
AGENCY: RedRabbit Animation
DIRECTOR: Egmont Mayer
HEAD OF ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
ANIMATION SUPPORT: Meirong X, Nino Maljevics
SOUND EFFECTS: Svetlana Maraš
DATE: 01/2017

Digital Integration

CLIENT: Campion
PRODUCTION STUDIO: Hello Creative
ART DIRECTOR: Amanda Brizzi
ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
SCRIPT: Big Words
VOICE-OVER: Fiona Macleod
SOUND DESIGN: Axel Ketz
DATE: 07/2017

Lincoln Dance Performance

This performance was the opening act for the LINCOLN MKX car reveal show in Beijing, China. A special projection on gauze made it magical.

CLIENT: Lincoln
AGENCY: Imagination
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Iain Greenhalgh
DESIGN & ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
CHOREOGRAPHER: Lisa Keegan
DANCERS: Kari Cuffe, Anneka Hack, Ryan Hanson, Kristopher Long

BASIC DANCE CONCEPT: Axel Ketz
SHOW DIRECTOR: Laetitia Lee
LIGHT TECHNICIAN: Steve Nield
DATE: 10/2015

AGDA AWARDS - Creative Response

The Australian Graphic Design Association invited me to create an animation for the 2015 awards

CLIENT: AGDA - Australian
Graphic Design Association
DESIGN & ANIMATION: Axel Ketz
DATE: 07/2015

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