As I was examining my Graphic Design Portfolio website, I had determined that I needed something on my home page that showcased my Motion Graphics skills.  I had done a bit of searching and found a couple artists on Behanced that had nice Typography Animated Gifs that I was inspired by.

Below are images that I aspire to replicate to add that extra motion I needed on my website:

 

To begin learning this Typography Animation technique I found a tutorial on YouTube by a Motion Graphics artist that goes by the name of Dope Motions.  This was a perfect project to experiment with After Effects and 3D text elements.

Finally here was interpretation of an Animated Gif with Typography.  I will continue to experiment with this form of Motion Graphics, what I would like to try is create a highly polished Adobe Illustrator text element and then bring it into Adobe After Effects to add the extra motions desired for an even deeper distortion effect.