Very cool video of designing a counter
http://vimeo.com/107310092
Very impressive!
The plane counter vid is great to watch as well:
http://vimeo.com/107310090
Brant, do you know what program he/she is using?
Looks like an upgraded version of Illustrator, but I'm about 5-6 years behind, so I can't say for sure.
Yup, that's Illustrator. CS6 from the looks of it though it might be CC.