AE Freemart Team

Harry Frank

Harry Frank is freelance motion graphics artist in Detroit, Michigan with clients all over the US and all over the world. He also teaches After Effects and Combustion at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, and is an Adobe Certified Expert in After Effects.

Harry started out as a recording engineer, studying classical percussion and recording engineering at the Fredonia School of Music at the State University of New York.  Audio led to video, video led to graphics, and graphics led to animation and here he is.

Today, he uses a mix of 2D and 3D for his design work, focusing mainly on After Effects and Maya. His work can been seen on television every day, including NBC, Fox Sports, Spike, ESPN, as well as in the circles of the corporate video industry at GM, DaimlerChrysler and Delphi.

He still keeps his musical side alive with a small recording studio. He also likes to travel, enjoys cooking way too much, and plays in a 80’s tribute band called GOTO10.

Look for some great tips, tutorials and design samples at his website, gray machine.

Michele Yamazaki

Michele is the VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Mistress for Toolfarm. She previously spent her days at a video post house for a decade working with mainly corporate clients. Some of the higher profile projects she worked on are the current graphics package for the Jerry Springer Show and last AC/DC World Tour.

In 2001, she launched the AE Freemart with Roland Kahlenberg. In 2002, she started the West Michigan Animation & Effects User Group with Matt Schirado, a friend and editor at a local TV station. She teaches After Effects Kendall College of Art and Design. She worked on a book with Richard Harrington called After Effects @ Work, published by CMP Books.

She spends her spare time with her husband and three year old daughter, Lily. She is an amateur chef, an aspiring jet setter, indie music connoisseur and is involved with a local organic farm. She’s also stuck in the ’80s. And, no, she’s not Japanese.