From silly and weird GIFs to sentimental and profound music videos, Henrique loves crossing the borders and the boundaries between illustration and animation and, while his work is bold, dynamic, and joyful, his understanding of acting and emotions can touch the heart on a subtle emotional level.
Other than his extensive commercial work in the Animation and Motion Graphics industry, and his work for StoryBots: Answer Time, to which he was nominated for Best Character Animation for TV at the Annie Awards, he is also known for his short films: This Idea is Not Working (2011), Tough West (2011), and The Man Who Saw a Boat (2013).
PERSONAL WORK
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PERSONAL WORK /
Both of my student films, where I did everything, including casting and directing VO artists, were Vimeo Staff Picks. MORE ABOUT THIS IDEA IS NOT WORKING and MORE ABOUT TOUGH WEST.
I had the idea of doing something sports related, focusing on the movements. The Olympics felt like the right moment and I teamed up with Rafael Mayani, Conor Whelan, and John Black to bring this to life. That was a side/passion project that bounced around a bunch and won Best Sports Ad in The Motion Awards 2016. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
Oakhouse FIlms wanted to animate kids' poems. They came with the recording of a kid reading the poem and I came up with the concept + boards, Fe Ribeiro did the design and I finished Animation and Comp. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
Mike Edel had a song about baseball and I co-directed the film with him and Jorge Canedo. I was responsible for the actual making of the film and Mike and Jorge were more on the production. I also did the Character Design on that one. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
Written, directed, and animated by me and designed by Fe Ribeiro, this film talks about Reduced Inequalities, one of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
COMMERCIAL WORK
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COMMERCIAL WORK /
For the longest time, I had a goal of directing other types of animation such as stop-motion or 3D. Pixel Melbourne trusted me from the other side of the globe to direct this 3D ad fro Geeks2U! Fun one!
More about it MORE ABOUT IT HERE
The work for Sendcloud started as '4 simple loops' and the overall excitement turned that into a full 30-second campaign. I was able to bring together a team of 4 talented animators and the project was produced by Agent Pekka.
This witty and almost 5-minute TED-Ed lesson by Tejal Gala was the perfect ground to push my career towards directing more, managing projects longer than a loop for social media and teams bigger than only myself. I couldn't be more proud and humble about hearing yes from so many incredible people on this patchwork of visual styles and worst-case scenarios. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
Nick needed "memes" based on 25 words to use as an intro for 25 episodes of the show Face's Music Party. I created all the concepts + animatics, partnered with Robert Loebel for design, and did the animation myself. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
For Mother’s Day Today Tab, Apple came up with the concept of displaying four Incredible Moms (Brave, Caring, Cooking, Hero) based on 4 of the most downloaded games. I brought Kim Salt to work together.
AirBnB reached out looking to elevate a set of 12 illustrations with subtle and elegant loops. They brought four amazing illustrators to the team and I had the most beautiful and pleasant vacation situations to bring to life! SEE ALL THE LOOPS HERE
Worked with elastic and Netflix on that one, putting a small animation team together and doing Animation Direction on this opening for Kevin Hart’s show.
Long collaboration with Netflix, bringing to life shorts, gags, and songs for StoryBots: Answer Time. Storyboard and Art Direction were provided and I was in charge of bringing it to the finish line, animating, comping, and expanding the Animation team whenever extra hands were needed. MORE ABOUT IT HERE
Sebastian Curi developed a series of illustrations for Jovia Credit Union and needed an Animation Director to bring them to life. I animated them, then hired and supervised two animators/ clean-up artists to complete the task. MORE COLLABORATION WITH ILLUSTRATORS HERE.