AJ Basayne  •  Bay Area

Art Director

I make invisible engineering visible. Photorealistic 3D, motion, and brand systems for construction materials and industrial manufacturers.

7+ years. Tensar's first photorealistic render library. Geopier's animated explainers. Embedded across three CMC brands.

Geopier Commercial Metals Co. Tensar

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AJ Basayne

Tensar

3D / Blender Technical Illustration Motion

Built the first photorealistic 3D render library for Tensar's entire geogrid line — modeled from scratch in Blender.

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Geopier

3D Animation Motion Graphics Explainer

Geopier's engineering happens underground, out of sight — so I animated it into something you can actually watch.

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Commercial Metals Co.

Brand Systems Motion 3D Visualization

One designer embedded across four industrial brands — from Google Ads to the full identity for CMC's Global Leadership Summit.

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Twist of Fate

Art Direction Brand Identity Illustration

How do you give a gothic dive bar an identity that refuses to sit still?

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Stampede Cocktail Club

Art Direction Illustration Motion

Hired as a designer, promoted to Art Director — now every visual and menu the club puts out is mine to direct.

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Four Seasons Seattle

Art Direction Illustration UX Research

A children's activity book held to Four Seasons luxury standards, made to keep young guests happy on the road.

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FIFA Seattle World Cup Poster

Illustration Poster Design Art Direction

Named a finalist out of more than 200 entries in the contest to design Seattle's 2026 World Cup poster.

Illustration and Creative Direction - FIFA World Cup Poster. Produced in Illustrator.

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