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I have had the pleasure of working with Kurt on multiple projects, In this time he has displayed a level of professionalism and talent that is rarely seen. I can easily recommend him to anyone looking for value for money and expertise in his field.

-Mitchell

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About

Kurt Johnston is a creative that found his passion in animation at a fairly young age.
Growing up he fell to sleep hearing stories his mother created every night, sparking a love for storytelling.
Pair this with incessant need to make things and it's easy to see where this passion started.

Before graduating from Bond University with a bachelor of Interactive Media and Design, Kurt had already gained employment as an animator at a startup in which he developed his skills in not just animation but a wide variety of things from client interaction to the inner workings of a business.

For the past 2 years he has further developed these skills as a freelancer, understanding his client's needs and helping them achieve the best results.

 

Kurt has produced numerous animations for me and the results have been fantastic. He has brilliant ideas, technical skills and is great to work with.

-Michelle

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Regular Content

Kurt aims to create and upload new content on a regular basis on his Instagram.
Finding it helps keep his skills constantly developing it is a great way to see consistently new work and an understand how he ticks.

 
To say this year has been crazy would be an understatement. I have been so lucky this year and being able to celebrate Christmas in this spot is truly a cherry on top and I can't help but be great full for it all. So from me and mine to you and yours happy holidays! #christmas #holidays #vacation #sydney #grateful
Got to love a chance to fully suit up. With an opportunity at a friend's surprise Harry Potter party in which you are given the role of Dumbledore, you best believe I decided to rock Young Dumbledore. If you were invited to a Harry Potter party, who would you go as? #harrypotter #dumbledore #cosplay #suit
Not bad for a cosplay made in a day. I have truly realised over the past few months what a really busy schedule is like. I am doing more and more that fulfills me in both creative and professional ways and I could not be happier. Every now and again however I do love being able to slide in a side project like a cosplay (even if it was only a day). For those of you who do cosplay, what was the most rushed cosplay you have made? #cosplay #supanova #brisnova #daredevil
Usually my Halloween outfits consist of clowns, prosthetics and masks but I decided this year it needed to change. So for once I am going more sophisticated with a steampunk twist... Oh an I may have a giant inflatable dinosaur that I ride on. Dinosaurs are sophisticated right? #halloween #steampunk #dinosaur #sophisticated #dinosaursaresophisticated
And that's another year done! For reference each year I take part in putting together a concert for people with disabilities called the night of abilities. After all the sleepless nights working on it, the feeling I get watching each night get better and better makes it all worth it. #nightofabilities #disabilities #concert #rockstars
What random skill are you an expert at? I found out that I am actually really good at a driving range. Okay maybe not... #golf #expert #drivingrange #ishouldgopro
Gotta love those moments where you don't know what to work on so instead you try and make up for all the social media posts you haven't been making. Good thing I had my dice still in my bag from last night's game. #laptop #workanywhere #d20 #dungeonsanddragons #work
As much as I love technology and what it can do I find myself going through way to many notebooks on a regular basis. Anyone else have an unending love for going classic pen to paper? #pen #paper #notebook #writing
Whenever you play a tabletop game like dungeons and dragons it is guaranteed you will roll a natural 1 from time to time. I personally have rolled my fair share and so have my players, this one is the story of when my players failed to intimidate a chicken and ended up creating a major villain in their world. The players had just defeated one of the larger threats for this campaign and decided they needed to celebrate this. Naturally they started by getting very drunk and starting thinking about food to go with it. After asking the bar owner of they had hash browns I replied telling them that he did not understand what they were. I thought this would determine them from looking any further and instead it gave them the idea to create them for this world. Skipping forward over some arguing over what they would call them, they made their own list of ingredients they would need; one of these being eggs. This is where things started to go wrong. Instead of going to a local store or farmer directly to buy eggs they decided to try and steal them. Going to one of the local farming plots they found a coop with chickens inside of it. Moving inside they saw a few chickens and quite a few eggs. "Do you want to grab an egg?" I asked trying to get past this quickly. The response came from the rogue who stated she wanted to pull out her dagger and threaten the chicken to hand over one of it's eggs. Roll intimidation Natural 1 The rogue then tripped dropping her dagger. At this point I thought why not use this as an opportunity to make them remember their bad decisions. The chicken picked up the dagger in its beak and started threatening them. Wisdom save Natural 1 They ended up being frightened by the chicken and ran away. That chicken went on to become a well trained assassin in the world, waiting for the day it found those who threatened her family. So much for hash browns. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #nat1 #dice #rpg #fail
I took this picture 5 years ago as I was just starting my studies at Bond University. . Now as I post this I am getting ready for teaching my first Lecture here. . Crazy what can happen in 5 years.
I love being able to 3d print things I want. - I found this file on thingiverse by an account called ahmedjaber. After seeing it I instantly thought, "what if I made this dice big enough to hold like a Pokeball?" - So I did, now to get to the game tonight and use it. - #3dprinting #dice #dungeonsanddragons
Got to love a good ol puzzle box. #thingsilove #puzzlebox #puzzle
Got to love going back to basics. #pivot #animation #animator
 
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Recently he also started a Twitch livestream in which he shares his work and how he makes what he does.

The stream jumps around time wise according to when he has a project he can share the making process with.

He was creative and super efficient as we were on a tight deadline. He took on board feedback really well to develop the design to a new level.

-Ruth

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Contact

If you have an idea you want animated or want to see what an animation could do for you Kurt would love for you to reach out!

 

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