About

Arno Kruger

Arno Kruger is a multidisciplinary artist working across film and the built environment — operating within a bespoke sphere, leading specialised teams or working unassisted. He is currently a Creative Technologist at Catch + Release.

The following is a selection of commercial work. Personal work lives on Instagram.

Platforms

Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Resolve, Claude, Python, Docker, Cinema 4D, Redshift, Blender, Unity, Substance, Unreal Engine, TouchDesigner, ZBrush, Ableton.

Certifications

• Blackmagic Design — DaVinci Resolve Certified User; Color
• Adobe Certified Professional — Video Design
• Adobe Certified Professional — Digital Video (Premiere Pro)
• Adobe Certified Professional — Visual Effects & Motion Graphics (After Effects)
• Kanban University — Team Kanban Practitioner

Clients

Corporate: FNB, Ascendis Health, O2, BMW, Atomic Pictures, Migrate Films, Rolling Pictures, Moonlighting, Stellenbosch University, Pepkor, Naspers, Brandhouse, Native VML, Maersk Line, Ashanti Gold, Citi Bank, IHS Towers, AWS, OfferZen, Rain.

Government: Department of Arts and Culture (South African Government); Netherlands Consulate Cape Town (Kingdom of the Netherlands).

NGO: ODFSA, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, PLWC, Union of Jewish Women, The Human Rights Commission, Womin.org.

Entertainment: Die Heuwels Fantasties, Fokofpolisiekar, Van Coke Cartel, Mr Cat and The Jackal, aKing, Jack Parow, Rocking the Daisies, Oppikoppi, Guy Tillim (Wrongman), WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery.

Selected Awards

• Construction New Media Award, Design Indaba 2005 — Gold & Grand Prix · The Suburban Magazine (written article)
• SAMA Best Afrikaans Album 2010 — Die Heuwels Fantasties (album cover design)
• SAMA Best Pop Album 2013 — Jax Panik, I Am Jax Panik (campaign design; directed title-track video Dinosaur)
• Core Bookmark 2013 — Be Part of the Miracle (motion graphics)
• Bookmarks Bronze & Silver 2014; Assegai Silver 2014 — Chocnology, digital installations & activations (sculpture artist)
• The Exchange: Organs for Fashion (ODFSA), art direction — Cannes Lions PR Shortlist 2014; 2× Loeries Silver & Bronze 2013; Assegai Gold 2014; Bookmark Gold & Silver 2013; ICSC Solal Gold 2014 (Cause Related); SXSW Finalist 2014; Webby Honoree 2014
• Guinness Made of Black — Loeries Silver 2015 (integrated campaign); Loeries Bronze 2015 (branded content)
• OMO Book of Dirt, stop animation — WPP Ped Cream 2018; Loeries Silver 2018; Assegai Gold 2018; Cannes Lions Shortlist 2018; 1st, Ad of the Month (Live Communications)

Selected Interactive / AR Work

• Book Cover Animator — Instagram AR Filter
  Spark AR (Meta). Image recognition triggers a ComfyUI-generated animation over a book cover. Social AR activation for publishers, authors and book brands.
• Product Configurator — Telco (Router)
  WebAR built in Unity + Needle + TypeScript. Place the product in real space, switch skins/variants, share a screenshot. A try-before-you-buy sales tool with no app download.

Published

• Benetton Colors, “Faces” — 2004
• The Suburban Magazine — 2005
• Ons Klyntji — 2014–2017 (Visual Editor)