A collaborative effort between Alanna Scott and myself for Weird Load Projects. 12 pages of medicinal images. Dive in now! It's good for what ails you. Edition of 30 hand numbered. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2022. Available here!
A sculpture I made a while back. Spray paint on MDF. 12 x 10 x 7 1/2”. 2021
The first Weird Load book of 2022! 12 pages of Flower people from Liam Hogan. Edition of 20 hand numbered. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Available here!
Into Alignment. A painting from 2021. Spray paint on MDF cut outs. 24x24”
Hairy ‘stache is the new Weird Load Projects collaboration book with art from Kevin Romaniuk and Liam Hogan. 12 page black + white zine with full colour centrefold. FULL COLOUR! Edition of 30 hand numbered. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Only 10 available! Are you crazy!? What you waiting for!? Available here!
Another Weird Load Projects collaboration: Space Buddies. Some contemplations on the universe from Cathy and I for all of you! Available here!
8 Pages | Black+White | 5.5" x 8.5" | Edition of 15
This may be the answer to some of your problems! New Weird Load shirts available in the shop! Short sleeves. Long sleeves. All the sleeves!
Transcendent Waves
2021, Spray paint on MDF, 9x14”
Spooky Action! Some drawings from 2019 about magical quantum entanglement.
16 Pages | Black+White | 5.5” x 8.5” | Edition of 25
Limited Edition Print
From the Series: Clowns (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
Limited Edition Print
From the series: Sacred Frequencies (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
Limited Edition Print
From the Series: Temples (2017)
12” x 14”
Acid Free Paper
“Kindness”
Couldn’t have been more honoured to work with the wonderful people at RAK to make this beautiful video. Good people doing good things for people. All good. Oh, and I got to write the script for this one.
CREDITS
Client: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Script: Liam Hogan
Art Direction & Illustration: Chris Anderson
Animation: Chris Anderson, Conor Whelan, Diego MacLean, Shawn Hight
Music & Sound Design: Playdate
Limited Edition Print (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
A show of selected prints from the ASL archive of published material and ephemera at Publication Studio Vancouver.
February 28 - April 18, 2015
The exhibition coincided with the release of the ASL book "Rock And Roll Meeting" published and distributed by PSV. Purchase it here. Or here.
“Facebook Ads”
MailChimp needed help launching their newest feature: Facebook Ads. So we created a cute little spot using their new branding along with audio by the incredible Antfood! This is one of my favourites from my time at Giant Ant.
CREDITS
Client: MailChimp
Directed by Giant Ant
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Producer: Liam Hogan
Script: Cory Philpott
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Illustration: Chris Anderson, Rafael Mayani, Shawn Hight
Animation: Diego MacLean, Henrique Barone, Chris Anderson, Justin Lawes, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Nicholas Ferreira, Taylor Peters
Music & Sound Design: Antfood
Limited Edition Print
From the series: Sacred Frequencies (2018)
12” x 16”
Acid Free Paper
Slater Bradley, Sean Coggins, Nadja Frank, Myfanwy MacLeod, Ana Mendieta, Dennis Oppenheim, Laura Piasta, Melanie Schiff, Kevin Romaniuk + Liam Hogan.
Feb 3–Apr 17, 2016
Like a Rolling Stone is an exhibition about rock and rock. Conflating geology and rock music, it considers the ways in which two seemingly unrelated subjects linked by the same homograph share associations and points of contact that are both concrete and implied. Emerging artists, artists with international reputations and iconic artists are brought together in an exhibition that includes painting, photography, sculpture, video and documentation of performances.
Vancouver artists Kevin Romaniuk and Liam Hogan work collaboratively focusing on outsider subcultures, occult rituals, rock and roll lineages and stoner mysticism. Their site-specific work , created for this presentation, functions as a social space where events will be held throughout the duration of the exhibition.
“Work Simplified”
You can always try explaining the merits of Slack and how it can help bring clarity and focus to your busy modern life but sometimes it’s better just to show it. The guys at Friendship Park really nailed the music for this one too! Nice!
CREDITS
Client: Slack
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Art Direction & Illustration: Rafael Mayani
Additional Illustration: Jay Grandin
Storyboards: Shawn Hight
Character Animation Lead: Henrique Barone
Character Animation: Henrique Barone, Conor Whelan, Max Halley, Matt James, Jorge R Canedo
Character Clean Up Animation: Rafael Mayani, Conor Whelan, Max Halley, Jay Grandin, Jorge R Canedo
Animation & Compositing Lead: Shawn Hight
2D Animation: Shawn Hight, Matt James, Max Halley, Conor Whelan
Music & Sound FX: Friendship Park
Limited Edition Print
From the series: Sacred Frequencies (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
Limited Edition Print
From the Series: Clowns (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
Limited Edition Print
From the series: Sacred Frequencies (2018)
12” x 12”
Acid Free Paper
“Sprite Corner Toolkit”
Had an amazing time working with the folks at Wieden+Kennedy NY to produce a suite of material including a series of cool animated GIFS, overlays, transitions, intros and outros, all for the Sprite Corner, a bodega-takeover-hiphop-venue in New York. Fun!
CREDITS
Client: Sprite
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy NY
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Producer: Liam Hogan
Animation: Henrique Barone, Matt James, Mathijs Luijten, Nicholas Ferreira, Shawn Hight, Jorge Canedo Estrada, Rafael Mayani, Jay Grandin
Sound Design: Ryland Haggis
An ASL collaboration with Born A Bad Seed Clothing, "Only Losers Left Alive" was an exclusive limited edition ASL report that highlighted ASL research into various aspects of lifestyle and identity. The 14 page, full colour report was available for a limited time with Bad Seed orders.
“Colorscope: Pink”
Colorscope is a multi award-winning series from CNN exploring our perception of colour across cultures one shade at a time. We were asked to contribute our take on the colour pink to the series. The result is this beautiful spot. Check it out. Learn somethin’ bout pink!
CREDITS
Client: CNN
Creative Producer: Sarah-Grace Mankarious
Directed by Giant Ant
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Producer: Liam Hogan
Storyboard: Conor Whelan, Jay Grandin, Marion Bordeyne, Eric Pautz
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Illustration & Visual Development: Eric Pautz, Marion Bordeyne, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Sitji Chou, Whitney Lam
Animation Direction: Conor Whelan
Animation: Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Chris Anderson, Henrique Barone, Matt James, Taylor Peters, Whitney Lam
Compositing: Conor Whelan, Eric Pautz, Shawn Hight
Sound Design: Bryan Stone
“Spaceship”
Slack came to us this time with an idea based around an old song from the ‘40s. Licensing the specific track was critical to the spot and proved tricky to say the least! Cool song though. Worth it all in the end.
CREDITS
Client: Slack
CEO/Creative Director: Stewart Butterfield
CMO: Bill Macaitis
Marketing Director: Brad Morris
Project Manager: Jamie Rosenfield
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Illustration: Rafael Mayani, Shawn Hight, Yan Jamacaru
Character Animation Lead: Henrique Barone
Character & Cleanup Animation: Henrique Barone, Desiree Cassidy, Justin Smith, Mathijs Luijten, Matt James, Yan Jamacaru
3D Animation: Nicholas Ferreira, Matt James, Jorge R Canedo, Mathijs Luijten
2D Animation & Compositing: Matt James, Nicholas Ferreira, Mathijs Luijten, Jorge R Canedo, Yan Jamacaru, Jay Grandin
Cel FX Animation: Jay Grandin
Sound FX: Cory Hawthorne
Music: “Count Your Blessings And Smile” by George Formby, re-recorded by Danny Simmons & team
“Toronto 2016 Titles & Teaser”
It was especially fun to work on this spot given the theme: LEVEL UP. We referenced 30 video games to create this mini-history of the evolution of gaming and introduce 75 speakers to the conference. Brought me back to the old NES days. Also there may or may not be some avatars of me in this one. There are.
CREDITS
Client: FITC
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jorge R Canedo
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Additional Design: Jorge R Canedo, Nicholas Ferreira
2D Animation & Compositing: Jorge R Canedo, Nicholas Ferreira, Shawn Hight, Matt James, Max Halley
Cel Animation: Henrique Barone, Jorge R. Canedo, Jay Grandin
3D Modelling & Animation: Nicholas Ferreira, Matt James, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight
Music & SFX: Antfood
