Adobe x Tierra Whack
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Adobe x Tierra Whack

'Try New Things'

When Adobe came to us with the idea of a collaboration with Tierra Whack, we immediately thought, “Let’s get weird!” The task was to combine live action footage of Tierra with an animated world representing her unique visual aesthetic - and that got us buzzing with excitement. We brainstormed lists, made sketches, made bigger lists, made more sketches, and then began to sculpt what her world would look like inside of Adobe Creative Cloud.


Using a blank Adobe canvas as our starting point, we crafted a story that bursts to life as Tierra describes her creative process. In developing the world, we wanted everything from the characters to the objects to be “W” themed, on-brand for Tierra Whack. In the end, the entire process from start to finish was as fun and exciting as the campaign itself.

Credits

Production Company
Scholar

Director
Chace Hartman 

Managing Director
Christina Roldan 

Executive Producer
Lisanne McDonald 

Head of Production
Ryan McLaughlin 

Line Producer
Brooke Loonan 

Director of Photography
Aaron Platt 

Production Designer
Gregorio Racadio

 

Design & Animation
Scholar 

Creative Director
Chace Hartman 

Managing Director / EP
Christina Roldan 

Head of Production
Ryan McLaughlin 

Art Directors
Amy Wallace, Dennis Go 

Senior Producer
Gregory Behrens 

Designers
Ana Chang, Zach Herdman, Amy Wallace, Seth Brau 

Animators
Sam Button, Sam Bachman, Seth Brau, Matt Everton, Dennis Go 

Compositors
Dae Kang, Rachel Moon 

Flame Artist
Dae Kang 

Storyboards
Daniel Colon

 

Editorial
Scholar 

Editor
Ben Keller

 

Mix & Sound Design
M Squared Productions


Music
Interscope Records

 

Artist & Track Name(s)
Tierra Whack - “Hungry Hippo”
Tierra Whack - “Door”

 

Client
Adobe

Agency
Pereira O’Dell

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We got as weird as we could right from the onset, which helped us go into the shoot already knowing how in-camera performance and animation should interact and feel, ultimately leading to a seamless story arc and delivery.

Process

Finding the right tone for this vibrant, imaginative world was crucial and required close collaboration between Adobe, Tierra Whack and our design team.