Jadden Picardal

Jadden Picardal

jaddenpicardal [at] gmail [dot] com

Hi! I'm a third year undergrad student and motion artist studying CompE at Purdue

I create interfaces that move with purpose, spanning code, motion, and tangible design

Talk to me about games, video editing, and keyboards

At the Envision Center, I work across the stack: designing an ESP32-powered photometric stereo rig for 3D artists and contributing to a cross-platform MR classroom for Meta Quest 3 and Vision Pro (used by 20+ departments).

Last summer, I prototyped a data platform for the U.S. Air Force, working in tight sprint cycles to ship production-quality software fast. Read more here

As Communications Lead at Purdue Hackers (3K+ members), I help run creative tech events and celebrate scrappy experimentation. I thrive in environments full of curiosity, late-night debugging, and low-stakes failure. We're currently working on a showcase of student-made creative technical projects, spill ≋

Outside of that: making games, editing videos, taking photos, and logging thoughts on movies

Currently playing Minds Beneath Us and maintaining a silly dating game about fruit jams

im sitting on rocks at a beach. i look so tiny here.

Motion Reel

a sneak peek into my experimental and client work

after-effects touch-designer p5.js

Visual Feed

Miscellaneous branding, motion, and design explorations

posterlad inspired photo
Motion study 1
Brand work
Layout experiment
Design system

Made with ♡ by Jadden and Astro. Typeface is Opening Hours Sans.