
Watch Hunger Stop for Michael Kors
Aka, bringing some much needed "good" into 2020
While working as a freelance motion designer over at Michael Kors during the chaos that was 2020, I was approached with a unique ask. A senior manager for the global social media team at Kors reached out to me asking if I ever created a face filter for Instagram before. I - ever the opportunist - said no, but I'd be willing to learn the program needed to create whatever was needed. And thus, the task to create a face filter for the Watch Hunger Stop campaign was handed over to me. This project, while seemingly small, is probably one of the most important pieces I've ever made for a client. Not only did I learn how to work in new program, Spark AR, this filter actually did a tiny bit of social good.
You see, for every person that used and posted a photo or video using the filter, Michael Kors donated 50 meals to the
World Food Program. To my amazement, over 600,000 people used the filter I created. That means that about 30,000,000 meals were distributed because of the filter alone. That's roughly the population of Texas! I was floored. Helping that many people in need with my design was a humbling experience and I eagerly look forward to doing more good like this in the future.

A small collection of beautiful faces who
used the filter. A tracking particles effect with a
simple skin smoothing filter made in Sparks AR.
I say simple, but there was a lot I had to figure out on
the fly (process to come!) but I'm overall
thrilled with the end result!
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Try the "Share Your Heart" Instagram filter, which you can find on the @michaelkors Instagram profile in the filters tab!
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