This edit was one of my first major personal videos after becoming a full-time video editor, and if you can get past the niche topic, I think you'll see the amount of time and effort I put in to create it. Almost all of my videos are personal passion projects, but I never want that to take away from the watchability for the general public. I think I took good steps towards accomplishing that in this story.

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First off, this edit was entirely animated, which was a very new endeavor for me at the time. While there may not be any aspects of creative design, I'm very proud of what I was able to do with images and text in this. I became much more familiar with Apple Motion during this project, as most of the work was done in it. This helped me really get a sense of smooth motion, and discover the in's and out's of incorporating motion graphics into a video. 

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I knew this was going to be a topic that not everyone would connect with, so I wanted to focus on something within the topic that could maybe draw others outside of the hobby in: art and storytelling. Magic: the Gathering as a hobby is great fun, but I wanted to focus on a very overlooked aspect of it, how a wonderful story has been progressing over decades, and how brilliant artist's have brought it to life within these small frames. Art and storytelling is something almost anyone can appreciate, so my hope was that this may introduce someone new to the hobby that may not have been interested before.

I think my own personal storytelling came out a bit in here as well, diving into my history of the game, and my own appreciation for art. I also was able to give experienced Magic players some easter eggs along the way. It was a very fun video to make, and I got a good response from the community that watched. 

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Overall, I think this shows my strengths in smooth motion, easy-going storytelling, and my ability to adapt to new tools for creative edits.