Danny Rubyono
Designer
Beaverton, OR, United States
Member since January 9, 2016
Danny is a visual and motion designer with 17+ years of experience working with various creative agencies and motion design studios. He is also the owner of Duro Compagnie—a collective design boutique that specializes in motion graphics and visual communication. His strength lies in his ability to leverage his multi-disciplinary background in 3D, print, animation, and user interface to create a purposeful and beautiful design/experience.
Danny is now available for hire
Portfolio
Employment
- Owner | Design Principal2001 - PRESENTDuro Compagnie, LLC
- Provided motion graphics and visual communication services ranging from explainer videos, product promos, branding, live events, and environmental designs.
- Directed and oversaw the live action production that we needed to incorporate as part of the video deliverables which involved casting, location scouting, set design, and composition planning.
- Developed digital content for events that involved environmental design components; this required figuring out solutions or applications that would work best within their space requirements.
- Collaborated with developers in building an UI design interface for software and mobile applications.
- Provided a long term retainer service for organizations who embraced working directly with a small production boutique such as Duro to streamline the process of communication and to save cost.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Maxon Cinema 4D - User Interface Designer2017 - 2017Louder Online (via Toptal)
- Designed an interactive growth mapping report that visually demonstrate to the end user their potential growth plan for their online digital presence.
- Developed an animation prototype of the interactive growth mapping report that showed how the information layers were structured which allow the end user to dive deeper into the data.
- Created a sustainable design which can be replicated hundreds of times for clients for an easy update.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator - Graphic Designer (Network Visualization)2017 - 2017Collaborist (via Toptal)
- Hired as a visual designer to illustrate a complex concept for a mobile application.
- Produced a series of visual narratives or progressions that explain the high level concept of the project that was used for an investor presentation.
- Worked collaboratively with Collaborist to come up with the best solution.
- Implemented a daily check-in to make sure all expectations were met.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D, Adobe Photoshop - Creative Director for Motion Design2010 - 2014SMITH
- Designed and directed interactive marketing tools for Cisco's web and mobile platform.
- Developed design assets and provided animation content for Xerox's ColorQube marketing initiatives.
- Created and developed a visual center for ISN TV, a subset of the Intel company that produces and curates videos of technology experts' testimonials, interviews, and discussion forums for the Intel community.
- Created and produced an internal rebranding kit for SMITH. This involved a promo video, website design overhaul, collateral design, and other marketing tools.
- Stepped up my role as a producer to bring in jobs that created new opportunity for SMITH to expand its offering into environmental/space design.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Maxon Cinema 4D - Design Director2001 - 2009Downstream
- Provided graphic support for a post-production facility which is a subset of the Downstream family.
- Provided design and art direction for various environmental project; including motion graphics and interactive content.
- Mentored and fostered a team of animators to get up to speed with the company design culture which boosted collaboration across disciplines within the organization.
- Collaborated with programmers and developers to create a unique solution for media content strategy and implementation.
- Provided design guidance and technology recommendations to ensure a sustainable workflow and to maximize productivity within the organization.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Maxon Cinema 4D - Motion Designer1999 - 2001Attik (San Francisco, CA)
- Worked on various design pitches for broadcast TV channels including FOX, AXN, and HBO.
- Provided motion graphics support and 3D animation for commercial projects and environmental designs.
- Developed thematic visual designs that was curated internally and then the selected piece would be included in the Noise book (a hard cover design book that served as an inspiration for designers around the world).
- Worked on several print collateral and logo identity designs for the technology and entertainment industry.
- Developed a pre-visualization animatic (animated storyboard) as a proof of concept which was used for designing the space where the digital content resided.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Electric Image, Infini-D, Strata Studio Pro - 3D Modeler and Animator1996 - 1998Sierra On-Line (Dynamix)
- Developed textures and created animation sequences that were optimized for a real-time rendering engine.
- Designed and develop 3D plane assets for Red Baron; including the art direction for the interface and menu selection.
- Worked on building a virtual world for 3D Mini Golf; created the textures and loop animation as part of the level design.
- Provided production art support for different game departments within Dynamix.
- Provided user testing to ensure all the artwork had correctly been implemented.
Technologies: 3D Studio Max, Adobe Creative Suite
Education
- Master of Art degree in Computer Art1997 - 1999Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, Georgia (USA)
- Bachelor of Science degree in Fine & Applied Arts1992 - 1996University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon (USA)
Experience
- Adobe Photoshop18 years
- Adobe After Effects18 years
- Adobe Illustrator17 years
- Motion Graphics14 years
- Branding10 years
- Maxon Cinema 4D10 years
- Illustration10 years
- User Interface (UI)8 years
Tools
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
- Maxon Cinema 4D
