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About the author
Hi! I'm Mike Egan.
I'm a video editor / motion graphics animator by day, and sometimes also night.
I've been making moving pictures for the information superhighway for over ten years! 😬
I also love writing, photography, video games, and making little websites.
Welcome!
Skills
Video Editing: Adobe Premiere; Short-form social videos, vertical video, promos, commercial ad campaigns, brand films, short films, short and long-form documentaries.
VFX/Motion Graphics: Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator; Chroma keying, motion tracking, rotoscoping, motion design, animation.
Writing: Dream Avenue; Non-fiction and fictional video scripts, reviews, editorial, aggregation.
Photography: 35mm film on Olympus OM-1 and Jazz Jelly 207, largely w/ Lomography film; Digital on Canon 70D and iPhone 12 mini.
Web Design: Not much more than what you see on this website.
Languages: English (fluent), Japanese (beginner), German (high school was a long time ago).
Hobbies
Currently making
📺 Eganworks on YouTube [hiatus]
Currently playing
🎮 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut [PC]
🎮 MegaMan Battle Network Legacy Collection (BN2) [Switch]
🎮 System Shock: Enhanced Edition [PC]
🎮 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [Switch]
Currently watching
📺 Star Wars Rebels (Season 1)
Currently listening
Podcasts
🎧 Shift-F1
🎧 Threedom
Music
🎵 90.9FM WDCB Jazz & Blues - 'Chicago's Home for Jazz!'
Currently reading
📚 A Profound Waste of Time Vol. 2
📚 [Lock-on] Vol. 1-4 by Lost in Cult
📚 The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Favorites
Games
Star Wars: TIE Fighter (PC, 1998)
Megaman Battle Network 2 (GBA, 2001)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (PC, 2004)
Civilization V (PC, 2010)
Quadrilateral Cowboy (PC, 2016)
Kentucky Route Zero (Switch, 2020)
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (PC/Switch, 2021)
Movies
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Amelie (2001)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Star Wars (1977)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Chungking Express (1994)
TV
Adventure Time (2010-2018)
Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999)
Seinfeld (1989-1998)
The X-Files (1993-2002)
Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017)
Albums
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire (2010)
The Information - Beck (1996)
Brill Bruisers - The New Pornographers (2014)
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)
Apollo 18 - They Might Be Giants (2013)
Band on the Run - Wings (1973)
Books
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2001)
Shades of Grey (2009)
That is All (2011)
Contact/Follow
💌 Email: mike [at] eganworks [dot] com
📝 Blog: My proper Wordpress blog, where I put effort into my posts.
🥚 Cohost: Current social site of choice.
📺 YouTube: Shorts, video essays, and vlogs. I used to be very active here.
🔴 Twitch: Occasional streams of Sonic the Hedgehog and other games.
🎮 Backloggd: Logging and sometimes reviewing the games I play.
🍿 Letterboxd: Logging and sometimes reviewing the movies I watch.
💾 Neocities: My profile on this website's host, Neocities!
💼 Portfolio: Freelance video editing and vfx work.