Team Rolfes

Team Rolfes is a New York-based digital performance and image studio specializing in figurative animation, VR and mixed-reality collage. Founded in 2017 by Sam Rolfes along with his brother Andy Rolfes. The studio has designed visuals for clients such as Super Deluxe, Adult Swim, Nike, and various musicians around the world.

Works with Lady Gaga

Nicopanda Fall/Winter 2016

Sam Rolfes designed a multi-color wave pattern of fabric of a blouse from Nicopanda's Fall/Winter 2016 collection:

"Sour Candy" Lyric Video

In the lyric video five fairy-like creatures can be seen dancing and floating in the air on, – what seems like, – the planet Chromatica. Each of these creatures represent a specific tribe: Jennie is Freedom Fighter, Lisa – Cyber Kid, Rose – Kindness Punk, Jisoo – Droplet Symbol (name of tribe associated with this symbol is still unknown), Gaga – Chromatica. Lyrics appear in the upper-left corner in both Korean and English alongside the face of the singer. Faces are seen morphing into different looks of each artist.

Sam Rolfes said on his Twitter that all characters were puppetted live in Virtual Reality. He also added that the creative team spent a long time flying around with them, getting to know their personalities and how they moved, so they could dance together.

Credits

Director — Sam Rolfes
Lead Animator— Andy Rolfes
Producer — Kara Kittel
Production Company — Team Rolfes
3D Technical Artists — Nicole Ruggiero, Alex Baumann, Damien Blaise
Overlay Design — Kristyna Kulikova, Simon Kounovsky
FX — Travis Treadway, Derric Eady, David Johnson, Undertone FX

Sour Candy (Lyric Video)

Dawn of Chromatica

Team Rolfes design the physical and digital packaging of Dawn of Chromatica, created by Sam Rolfes, Andy Rolfes, and S.A Mayer, with merch design by Kristýna Kulíková.

For digital edits Sam Rolfes used original photography from Chromatica album photoshoot taken by Norbert Schoerner and promotional photoshoot taken by Francesco Carrozzini.