How much a typical promo video costs?
The typical animated promo video costs anywhere from $3K to $10K a minute. $3K will get you a very simple animated promo video as it will barely cover the costs …
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How the way you wipe your bum can save the world. Crunchers vs Folders
(Para leer la version en castellano de este articulo Haz Click Aqui.) Everything fascinates me, and when I mean everything I mean even things that are down right bizarre. We …
How to create mayhem with a mirror and a Chinese hat
When I was about 12 I got into trouble by doing another of my usual experiments. We lived in the most bizarre house I have ever seen, at least in …
The beauty of connecting with like minded people
Today I met for coffee Kurtis Steward a local photographer that loves to blog about his passion at http://kurtisstewart.com/. Kurtis found about me through this post from Sebastian Marshall. Kurtis …
Mentor: Alexis Ohanian
The great Alexis Ohanian deserves a very special place in this site. In fact, one could say that the main reason why Grumo exists today is thanks to Alexis generosity …
Two effective ways to accelerate success
We are obsessed with success, with successful people, companies, actors, products, stories, but why? There are many reasons and some are more selfish than others. But really, most reasons are …
Grumer: Jeanette Seah
Jeanette Seah was the first motion designer to ever be hired by Grumo Media. Jeanette is one of the very few candidates with a reel that excelled in both illustration …
The Story behind the name Grumo
We call our videos grumos. Grumo is the Spanish word for clump. It doesn’t mean anything in English but is an easy to remember, fun and unique word, exactly what …
Grumer: Zak Cain
Zachary Cain was hired to animate the storyboard for our grumo “Fridge” a really cool upcoming YCombinator startup from New York. There is always a risk to hire someone you …
A Simple Method to Manage Creative Genius
I have been wondering what is the best way to transfer my creative vision to my recent motion graphics artist hires. (To skip to the meat of the article Click …
New Grumo: What is Summify?
Summify is a great little startup that just graduated from BootUp Labs here in Vancouver, BC. I had the great honor to create this little video to explain what their …
What is Pointkit?
PointKit is an unusually simple yet surprisingly powerful online task managing, time tracking and invoicing service that helps freelancers, contractors, and small teams become more productive and get paid faster. …