Hello! I’m Rogier de Boevé, an impartial artistic developer primarily based in Belgium. Through the years, I’ve had the chance to collaborate with main studios and businesses corresponding to Dogstudio, Immersive Backyard, North Kingdom, and Reflektor to craft immersive digital experiences for purchasers starting from international tech platforms and luxurious watchmakers to nationwide broadcasters and iconic client manufacturers.
Following Wildfire
Following Wildfire showcases an progressive challenge that makes use of synthetic intelligence (AI) to detect early indicators of wildfires by analyzing real-time pictures shared on social media. As wildfires grow to be extra frequent and devastating, instruments like this have gotten important.
I targeted totally on the storytelling intro animation, which featured 5 WebGL scenes crafted solely from particles. The response from the group was unimaginable because it earned two Webby Awards, a Clio, and was nominated for honors like FWA’s Website of the Yr.
Company: Reflektor Digital
Rogier de Boevé Portfolio (2024)
In contrast to shopper work, the place you’re adapting to a model or working carefully with a workforce, my portfolio was an opportunity to take full artistic management from begin to end. I dealt with each the design and improvement, which meant I may observe concepts that matched my inventive imaginative and prescient, with out compromise. The result’s one thing that feels absolutely mine.
I wrote extra in regards to the course of in a Codrops case research, the place I shared a number of the technical selections and visible pondering behind it. However what makes this challenge particular to me is that it represents who I’m, not simply as a artistic developer, but additionally as a digital designer and visible artist.
Sprite × Marvel – Corridor of Zero Limits
The Corridor of Zero Limits is an immersive, exploratory expertise inbuilt partnership with Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly, to assist creators discover inspiration.
Working with Dogstudio is at all times thrilling and being a part of the Sprite × Marvel collaboration much more so. It was simply one of the crucial prestigious and bold tasks I’ve labored on so far. We created a digital corridor the place customers may discover, uncover behind-the-scenes tales, and immerse themselves on the planet of Wakanda.
Company: Dogstudio/DEPT
The Roger
Marketing campaign website ‘The Roger’ for On Working. A efficiency shoe sportswear model tailor-made to each informal and athletic wants.
As an enormous sports activities fanatic and fan of Roger Federer, it was a privilege to be a part of this challenge. I used to be commissioned by North Kingdom to develop a spread of WebGL elements selling On Working’s new assortment, The Roger. These included immersive storytelling scenes and a digital showroom showcasing the complete assortment.
Company: North Kingdom
Philosophy
Don’t strategy a technical problem as an insurmountable burden, however as a artistic problem that begins with shut collaboration.
Make a degree to experiment and analysis loads earlier than saying “this will’t be finished.” Many occasions, what appears inconceivable simply wants a artistic workaround or a recent perspective. I’ve realized that by sitting down with designers early and hashing out concepts collectively, typically end in discovering the neatest strategy to convey the ideas to life.
Instruments & Tech
I don’t at all times get to decide on which framework I’ve to work with, so I attempt to sustain with many of the common frameworks as a lot as doable. After I do have the liberty to construct from scratch, I typically select Astro.js as a result of it’s easy, versatile, and customisable with out imposing too many conventions or including pointless complexity. If I’m simply constructing a prototype and don’t want any content-driven pages, I take advantage of Vite, which can be the frontend tooling that Astro makes use of.
Whatever the framework, I typically use open-source libraries which have a huge impact on my work.
- Three.js – JavaScript 3D library.
- GSAP – Animation toolkit.
- Theatre.js – Timeline-based movement library.
Ultimate ideas
On the finish of the day, it’s not about how fancy the code is or whether or not you’re utilizing the newest framework. It’s about crafting experiences that spark curiosity, interplay, and depart a long-lasting impression.
Thanks for studying and for those who ever wish to collaborate, be happy to succeed in out.
