james kowalski

Here are some fun looks under the hood of my winning entry for the #impossibleuiwithrive challenge. I went totally crazy and had so much fun designing, animating, and building this; really felt like I was back in Flash again😀

I set out to build an interface and interaction that could be used as an on-set movie prop, allowing actors to interact and capture a real time interaction performance in-camera.

I chose the X-Men franchise as a basis for the storyline here; people with potential mutant DNA...

Thank you so much for the opportunity, and for assembling an amazing panel of judges. That was so much fun!

While learning Rive, I decided to revisit some mockups I’d created for a fictional snowboard competition broadcast and actually build the thing. I learned a ton in the process. The final product is fully interactive, mixes low and high-framerate animations, and is completely...