Michael John Hughes is an experienced 3D generalist and animator with background experience in creative direction, graphic design, photography and videography. My experience allows me to develop the creative concept and art direction all the way to completion, including storyboard, model, texture, animate and render! These skills give me a unique approach to my 3D design and visual approach, they help me explore new and interesting creative strategies that genuinely help brands speak to their audience, beyond just following trends or copying inspiration. I've worked with brands from all over the world including Cotton On, Quince, Keune Haircosmetics & Josie Maran, and was the Creative Director at 199A® in my most recent in-house position, a multi-brand fashion store with a unique physical and digital visual identity. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Michael John Hughes

Michael John Hughes is an experienced 3D generalist and animator with background experience in creative direction, graphic design, photography and videography. My experience allows me to develop the creative concept and art direction all the way to completion, including storyboard, model, texture, animate and render! These skills give me a unique approach to my 3D design and visual approach, they help me explore new and interesting creative strategies that genuinely help brands speak to their audience, beyond just following trends or copying inspiration. I've worked with brands from all over the world including Cotton On, Quince, Keune Haircosmetics & Josie Maran, and was the Creative Director at 199A® in my most recent in-house position, a multi-brand fashion store with a unique physical and digital visual identity. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Michael John Hughes is an experienced 3D generalist and animator with background experience in creative direction, graphic design, photography and videography.

My experience allows me to develop the creative concept and art direction all the way to completion, including storyboard, model, texture, animate and render!

These skills give me a unique approach to my 3D design and visual approach, they help me explore new and interesting creative strategies that genuinely help brands speak to their audience, beyond just following trends or copying inspiration.

I’ve worked with brands from all over the world including Cotton On, Quince, Keune Haircosmetics & Josie Maran, and was the Creative Director at 199A® in my most recent in-house position, a multi-brand fashion store with a unique physical and digital visual identity.

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Freelance 3D Animator & Designer at Keune Haircosmetics
July 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Create a series of 5 animations for socials for the launch of Keune’s next-generation ‘Care’ range, accurately recreating and each playfully focusing on the product ingredients or characteristics whilst still remaining visually cohesive as a series.
Freelance 3D Animator & Designer at Cotton On
August 20, 2025 - October 22, 2025
Create both artwork and animation of the campaign slogan ‘Summer Served’ to be displayed visually and on window decals across AUS/NZ/SA, and alongside physical fibreglass chrome and customer-interactive augmented-reality [AR] versions of the artwork at the Melbourne Central flagship store.
Freelance 3D Animator & Designer at Quince
September 1, 2025 - September 22, 2025
A collaboration to deliver a fun and playful animation for some Quince products coming into the fall season. The animation references elements of travel and origins of material, all within the a brand world-building arrivals and departures lounge.
Freelance 3D Animator & Designer at Josie Maran
November 10, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Create 2 animations for the holiday season that incorporates the Josie Maran body butters into the seasonal visuals of the brand in a stop-motion animation style. The project heavily involved re-creating products exclusively from e-commerce images, applying some natural and realistic imperfections, the creation of props and the animation and movement within the scene
Freelance 3D Animator & Designer at Argenta
June 1, 2025 - July 9, 2025
Replicate, brand and animate Argenta's 3D printing robots and create an animation within an eco/tech brand-building world that communicates the cutting edge products, equipment and services.

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Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Retail, Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Josie Maran Holiday Gifting
    Create 2 animations for the holiday season that incorporates the Josie Maran body butters into the seasonal visuals of the brand in a stop-motion animation style. One focused on the brands Sephora gifting kit, balancing in a rough christmas tree shape and giving a playful, almost toy-like animation for a more subtle, elevated holiday approach. The other animation focused on gathering and asked what a Josie Maran table setting would look like after a night spent with company, what might still adorn the table to highlight not only the brand itself, but a time of friends, food, family and giving. The project heavily involved re-creating products exclusively from e-commerce images, applying some natural and realistic imperfections, the creation of props and the animation and movement within the scene.
    uniE608 Keune Haircosmetics
    I was hired to create a series of 5 animations for socials for the launch of Keune’s next-generation ‘Care’ range, accurately recreating and each playfully focusing on the product ingredients or characteristics whilst still remaining visually cohesive as a series. Relatively consistent camera angles and circular motifs feature throughout to tie back to the Keune logo symbol, whilst also using warm pinks and oranges with blues to keep a simliar colour palette, despite the unique approach to each animation
    uniE608 Argenta
    I was hired to create a 3D animation for use on both social media and website hero for Argenta's brand launch. Brief: Replicate, brand and animate Argenta 3D printing robots and create an animation within an eco/tech brand-building world that communicates the cutting edge products, equipment and services