Portfolio · Motion graphics · VFX · Color · AI animation · Poetry · Press
Jordan
T. Caylor.
Animator, VFX artist and filmmaker making poetic moving images — from hand-cut shadow puppets to AI-assisted animation. Based in San Fernando, Cádiz. Working worldwide, in English and Spanish.
Animador, artista de efectos visuales y cineasta. Imágenes en movimiento con alma poética, hechas a mano y con inteligencia artificial.
Available
for hire
Disponible
01 — Showreels
Two reels.
Dos demos.
Animation built in 2.5D — flat artwork staged in three-dimensional space in After Effects — and two decades of special effects, compositing and motion graphics for musicians, festivals, brands and documentaries.
Animation Showreel
1:58 · Artwork by Raúl Lucas, David Cañedo, Tyree Guyton, Matthew Accardo, Grafishart and Ana Baldallo — animated by Jordan.
Special Effects & Motion Graphics
3:57 · Work with Geoff Shelton, Raúl Gómez, Pato Musalem, Marko Simic, Iñaki Sagastume, Pitu García, Alfonso Vázquez Sentís and Leslie Lyons.
02 — Music videos
Songs that
move.
Co-producer & VFX
OK Go Sandbox — “Art Together Now”
Directed by Geoff Shelton, produced by Geoff Shelton & Jordan Caylor. Collaborators around the globe answering the pandemic with one remix. Sponsored by Google and friends.
Animation · shadow puppets · FX
Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra — “Od Ebra do Dunava”
An animated ride from the Ebro to the Danube, collecting characters on the way. Artwork by Raúl Lucas of Pajarocirco.
Animation & effects
Gabacho Maroc — “Bouderbala”
A wise man, a band and the questions of living in today’s world. Premiered on French television, TV5Monde.
Animation & effects
Pepa Niebla — “Renaissance”
A woman gives birth on a small boat crossing the strait, looking for a better life. Drawn by Raúl Lucas, brought to life by Jordan.
Photography & animation
David Cordero — “Garden of Time”
A 4K meditation on the meeting of digital and analogue life. 98% of the photography and animation by Jordan.
Animation & everything else
Wonderluck — “Orchid Rain”
Character illustrations by Raúl Lucas of Pajarocirco; animation and all the rest by Jordan.
Also: Tony Tunait “Salivita” · Tulus, 13 music videos for children · Champagne “Pegado a la Tierra” · Fede y la Banda Florido “Alguien como tú” · Little Cobras · Mary Lee’s Corvette “The Sound of the Sea”.
03 — Commissions & colour
For brands, festivals, councils & documentaries.
Motion graphics on commission
Graphics for OK Go Sandbox’s “One Moment of Math” (with Google and the University of St. Thomas) and the making-of “Upside Down & Inside Out”. Spots, explainers and lower thirds for New Belgium Brewing, the Spanish National Library, the Diputación de Huelva, Málaga’s councils and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics.
Colour grading & artifact removal
Bringing out the colour, levelling it shot to shot and quietly erasing what shouldn’t be there — for Gabacho Maroc’s “Moussaoui” (Essaouira & Cádiz), the Cádiz Carnaval documentary “The Singing City / La Ciudad que Canta” by Marko & Natasa Simic, and “Next Door Family”.
04 — Poetic films
“My work tends to focus on the poetic.”
Some laurelled, some not — films made for personal fulfilment, often around a poem read aloud.
I.
Uncle Harry’s Tombstone
A poem by his father, John P. Tuschen, poet laureate of Madison, Wisconsin. Screened from Skopje to Barcelona, Vilnius, Kaunas and Cork.
II.
Love Letter to a Drug Dealer
Poem written and read by Jordan. A meditation on the pain of waiting and desire. ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival.
III.
Untitled
A poem by Leslie Lyons. ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Also released with Spanish subtitles as a “poemetraje”.
IV.
BOTH · NOKODEK · 3 Flicker Poems · A Triptych of Kisses
A 15,000-photo collage and live video loops for a festival in Donosti; Three flicker poems and A Triptych of Kisses — the former two with music by MusicKomite, SuckaFish P. Jones, the latter two by Jordan.
05 — AI animation
Hand‑made,
machine‑dreamt.
Jordan began working with artificial intelligence on the graphics for Vumbra’s “The Crows” — seven minutes where his own animation and AI-generated imagery feed each other. Today AI is part of the toolbox: never a shortcut, always a collaborator that gets directed, cleaned and composited like any other layer.
La IA como pincel, no como piloto automático.
- AI-assisted music videos & loops
- Style frames & look development
- Compositing & cleanup of AI footage
- Hybrid 2.5D animation, hand-cut + generative
06 — Poemas al momento
Poems on the spot.
Poemas al momento.
Away from the timeline, Jordan busks in the streets of Cádiz with a vintage typewriter and a cardboard sign. A stranger gives him a word, a feeling or a name — and a few minutes later walks away with an original poem, typed from the top of his head. No drafts, no copies, no two alike.
Dime una palabra y te escribo un poema. Lo que sale, sale.
Te amo
Has dicho “te quiero”
Por primera vez
Esta noche
Mas fácil decir “adiós”,
No?
— Jordan T. Caylor
“I love you.” You said “I care for you” for the first time tonight. It’s easier to say “goodbye”, right?
07 — About · Sobre mí
New York to Kathmandu. Now to a home by the salt flats.
Jordan T. Caylor is a creative professional in media production. He has worked on films, commercials and documentaries in New York, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, Barcelona, Dharamsala and Kathmandu — as director, cinematographer, editor, VFX artist, sound and music designer, translator and writer. Today he specialises in post-production, motion graphics and AI-assisted animation.
He lives in San Fernando, on the Bay of Cádiz, and works in fluent English and Spanish with clients anywhere. He also makes experimental soundscapes and visual art.
Vive en San Fernando (Cádiz). Trabaja en inglés y español, para cualquier parte del mundo.
EN · ES
Fluent in both. Translation & subtitles too.
San Fernando
Cádiz, Spain · CET · remote worldwide
2.5D
After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Audition, Ableton Live + AI
08 — Press
Seen around
the world.
The Boy Band Con · YouTube Originals
Jordan made the infographics for “The Boy Band Con”, a YouTube Originals documentary on how producer Lou Pearlman built, and then conned, bands such as *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. The film was released worldwide.
Gabacho Maroc “Bouderbala” · TV5Monde
Jordan conceived (together with Raúl Lucas), animated and did the special effects for the music video “Bouderbala” for Gabacho Maroc, the international group signed to Sony Records. Two members of the band then went on France’s TV5Monde to talk about the video’s impact and the meaning of its main character. Video not available in all countries.
OK Go “Upside Down & Inside Out” · Behind the scenes
Jordan worked with filmmaker Geoff Shelton on the infographics for the behind-the-scenes video explaining the ideas and mechanics behind OK Go’s zero-gravity music video “Upside Down & Inside Out”. It was used worldwide.
One Night Stand · Qwest TV
Jordan made the graphics for the presentation and intro of the television series “One Night Stand” by Leslie Lyons for Quincy Jones’ streaming channel Qwest TV. This trailer is for an episode featuring Seun Kuti, son of Fela Kuti, both renowned Afrobeat musicians; Fela is widely considered “the King of Afrobeat”.
More press on these videos and other projects Jordan has made or helped out on, gleaned from the internet:
09 — Available for hire · Disponible
Let’s make
something move.
Hagamos que algo se mueva.
Basic
Logos & titles
Logo animation, 2D compositing, titles and lower thirds.
Medium
2.5D scenes
Flat artwork staged in 3D space, simple character articulation, explainers and spots.
Advanced
Music videos
Complex articulation, sophisticated camera work, imported 3D, shadow puppets — the full ride.
Also
AI, colour & words
AI-assisted animation, colour grading, VFX cleanup, EN↔ES translation and subtitles.
Cádiz · 36.5°N 6.3°W
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