TT—32.
TT-32 (Tim Turns 32) was a personal project celebrating my 32nd birthday. Unfortunately, Covid-19 happened, and the dinner never happened, but thankfully the website did.
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The site started as a build to experiment with all kinds of stuff I'd wanted to try, such as 3D graphics, background blur filters, fancy typography, and most of all, a horizontal scroll (which you should never use, except when you're doing a cool project like this).
I used the horizontal scroll as a design technique to symbolize the passing of time (fitting for a birthday party). Much like how a movie passes by your eyes, it feels like a journey.
It was a lot of fun, and I learned a great deal about scroll-in triggers that tend to get wonky in combination with a horizontal scroll. Apart from that, making 3D graphics look like futuristic ice cream made me crave real thing all the time.
Prototyping
Creative Direction
And...ah 1, 2, 3D
I love making 3D graphics in my spare time, and I'm amazed at what you can do with textures and modeling shapes. For this project, I got inspired by the form of ice cream, the one thing I eat a lot on my birthday.
I modeled various abstract shapes and made them look like futuristic ice cream and cakes. Then, inspired by the twist in the candles we usually place on the cake, I designed the number-shaped graphics with a similar inward twirl.
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