Hello! I’m Rogier de Boevé, an unbiased artistic developer primarily based in Belgium. Over time, I’ve had the chance to collaborate with main studios and companies resembling Dogstudio, Immersive Backyard, North Kingdom, and Reflektor to craft immersive digital experiences for shoppers starting from international tech platforms and luxurious watchmakers to nationwide broadcasters and iconic client manufacturers.
Following Wildfire
Following Wildfire showcases an progressive undertaking that makes use of synthetic intelligence (AI) to detect early indicators of wildfires by analyzing real-time photographs shared on social media. As wildfires change into extra frequent and devastating, instruments like this have gotten important.
I centered totally on the storytelling intro animation, which featured 5 WebGL scenes crafted totally from particles. The response from the neighborhood was unbelievable because it earned two Webby Awards, a Clio, and was nominated for honors like FWA’s Web site of the Yr.
Company: Reflektor Digital
Rogier de Boevé Portfolio (2024)
Not like consumer work, the place you’re adapting to a model or working intently with a crew, my portfolio was an opportunity to take full artistic management from begin to end. I dealt with each the design and growth, which meant I may observe concepts that matched my creative 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 examine, the place I shared a number of the technical selections and visible pondering behind it. However what makes this undertaking 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 in-built partnership with Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly, to assist creators discover inspiration.
Working with Dogstudio is all the time thrilling and being a part of the Sprite × Marvel collaboration much more so. It was simply one of the prestigious and bold tasks I’ve labored on up to now. We created a digital corridor the place customers may discover, uncover behind-the-scenes tales, and immerse themselves on this 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 a large sports activities fanatic and fan of Roger Federer, it was a privilege to be a part of this undertaking. I used to be commissioned by North Kingdom to develop a spread of WebGL parts selling On Working’s new assortment, The Roger. These included immersive storytelling scenes and a digital showroom showcasing all the 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 some extent to experiment and analysis rather a lot earlier than saying “this could’t be completed.” Many occasions, what appears unattainable simply wants a artistic workaround or a recent perspective. I’ve discovered that by sitting down with designers early and hashing out concepts collectively, usually lead to discovering the neatest strategy to convey the ideas to life.
Instruments & Tech
I don’t all the time get to decide on which framework I’ve to work with, so I attempt to sustain with a lot of the fashionable frameworks as a lot as attainable. Once I do have the liberty to construct from scratch, I usually 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 also be the frontend tooling that Astro makes use of.
Whatever the framework, I usually 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.
Last 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 go away an enduring impression.
Thanks for studying and in the event you ever need to collaborate, be happy to succeed in out.
