motion design
“Cows”: The 3D Animated Short Winning Student Oscars with a Claymation Look
“Cows” – A Unique 3D Animated Short Taking Gold at the Student Oscars with a Claymation Look At first glance, it looks just like a meticulously crafted clay stop-motion film, but surprisingly, “Cows” is 100% 3D computer animation! Created as a graduation project by a talented team of students at France’s ESMA art school, this…
Visualizing HCMC: Phase 2 – Interaction by MxC Creative
3D Mapping at Ho Chi Minh City Hall: Part 2 – Interaction by MxC Creative To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh City being named after President Ho Chi Minh, the iconic City Hall building got a dazzling makeover with a 3D projection mapping show. For this event, MxC Creative brought Part 2…
July Animation – Kiss Me! by Ramon N90: Process, Brushes, and Art Insights
July Animation – Kiss Me! by Ramon N90 & Custom Brush Pack Artist Ramon N90 has officially wrapped up the motion design project, “July Animation – Kiss Me!” Curious about how it was made? Ramon has shared the full personal brush set, detailed process videos, and key artistic insights behind the artwork. Catch all of…
Bringing Tremendous API to Life Through Animated Storytelling
Tremendous API: Turning Complex Tech into Vibrant Animation MezzoLab teamed up with Tremendous to create an engaging animated explainer video, bringing the powerful features of the Tremendous API to life through crystal-clear visual storytelling. Ditching dry technical documentation, this project takes a seamless narrative approach, beautifully blending rich textured illustrations with dynamic, flexible motion design.…
Reimagining Famous Artists in the ClipArt Project
Reimagining Great Masters Through a Fresh Lens in the ClipArt Project The ClipArt Project is a passion project dedicated to reimagining the iconic visuals and artistic concepts of history’s greatest painters through a modern graphic lens. This project came together through a super creative collaboration featuring animation and sound design from several talented artists: Clip…
Neero: Visualizing Mobile Payments in Africa by Eliézer Koffi
Neero – A Motion Graphics Project for Mobile Payments by Eliézer Koffi As a pioneer in Africa’s mobile payment scene, Neero was built with a clear goal: making money transfers and everyday transactions effortlessly simple for everyone. For this brand showcase, designer Eliézer Koffi spearheaded nearly every key phase—from creative direction and illustration to motion…
Top Free After Effects Text Presets to Speed Up Your Workflow in 2026
The Best Free After Effects Text Presets to Grab in 2026 Animating text in After Effects can be a total time sink. One minute it is just fine-tuning a couple of basic letter movements, and the next thing, hours have flown by tweaking easing curves without quite hitting the sweet spot. That is where text…
BRAINROT: Lazy Square’s Retro Sci-Fi Short Satirizes Doomscrolling Culture
BRAINROT: Retro Sci-Fi Animated Short Satirizes Doomscrolling Culture by Lazy Square The modern habit of mindless doomscrolling and endless content consumption gets a sharp, hilarious twist in the animated short film BRAINROT, a retro sci-fi piece created by Alex Semenov under his studio moniker Lazy Square. Featuring voice performance by Thomas Middleditch, the film delivers…
Warrior Cats First Look: Pushing Feline Anatomy and Expression in CG Animation
Character Design in Warrior Cats: A Fresh, Creative Take on CG Animation Instead of sticking to the usual sleek, hyper-polished CG style seen in so many recent animated projects, the upcoming Warrior Cats adaptation is taking a much more distinctive artistic route. The production team at Original Force, along with director Rodrigo Blaas, just dropped…
Birdie x Ribbit: Turning Air Quality Monitoring into a Playful Visual Metaphor
Birdie x Ribbit: Turning an Air Quality Monitor into a Delightfully Playful Visual Metaphor As one of their debut projects right after launching, Nordic design studio Ribbit took Birdie—the award-winning air quality monitor—and elevated it into a metaphor-packed short film instead of a typical product demo. Birdie itself is a quintessential piece of Scandinavian design:…
Ofrenda by Gabriela Sánchez: A Special Mention at Uruguay Illustration Award 2025
Ofrenda – An Impressive Short Film Project by Gabriela Sánchez at the 2025 Uruguay Illustration Awards Ofrenda is a personal short film created by artist Gabriela Sánchez for the 10th Uruguay Illustration Awards (2025). The project earned a well-deserved Special Mention thanks to its incredible attention to detail and unique visual concept. Even as a…
YouTuber Austin McConnell Spent 4 Years Learning 3D Animation to Revive an Obscure 1960s Superhero
YouTuber Austin McConnell’s 4-Year Journey of Self-Taught 3D Animation to Revive a Forgotten Superhero Atlas (also known as Jim Randall) is an ultra-obscure superhero born back in 1964. After making a single appearance in Daring Adventures #18, he completely vanished into obscurity. Packed with powers gifted by the Greek god Atlas and sporting a wildly…
COYOTE VS. ACME — Main on End Title Sequence by Michael Lo
COYOTE VS. ACME — An impressive main on end title sequence by Michael Lo and team Check out this seriously slick Main on End Title Sequence for the feature film Coyote vs. Acme, brought to life by designer Michael Lo alongside team members for major clients Warner Bros. and Ketchup Entertainment. The project brought together…
Inequality – An Animated Short on Economic Disparities by Gui Jorge
Inequality: A Thought-Provoking Motion Design Project by Gui Jorge The widening wealth gap leaves everyday people facing heavier financial pressure with each passing year. The tough reality? It’s a self-perpetuating cycle—unless real action is taken, things will only keep spiraling downward. That’s the hard-hitting message Gui Jorge Porto delivers through the project “Inequality.” Gui Jorge…
LOS HIJOS DE AMALTEA: 2D Feature Film Proposal by Estrella Vázquez Cabeza
“LOS HIJOS DE AMALTEA” 2D Animated Feature Pitch Proposal by Estrella Vázquez Cabeza Take a peek at this super sleek pitch deck for “LOS HIJOS DE AMALTEA,” an incredibly polished 2D animated feature concept by Estrella Vázquez Cabeza. This proposal captures the full visual development journey for a 2D feature film. Every single detail—from character…
Artifex Creatura: Joan Moreno’s Animated Upgrade Protocol
Artifex Creatura by Joan Moreno: When the Biological Nervous System Becomes High-Tech Machinery Imagine a world where biological bodies are actually hyper-sophisticated pieces of technology—could human perception be fundamentally limited by built-in hardware? That is the fascinating premise digital artist Joan Moreno explores in the animated short film, Artifex Creatura. Designed as a classified technical…
Bringing Nostalgia to Life in Olipop’s ‘Raspberry Sherbet’ Campaign
Vibrant Summer Vibes in Olipop’s ‘Raspberry Sherbet’ Campaign Inspired by nostalgic summer days chilling poolside with sweet sherbet and juicy, tangy raspberries, this promo project for Olipop’s ‘Raspberry Sherbet’ flavor delivers an absolute visual treat. The entire world in the video is built with sun-drenched, neon-hued illustrations that seamlessly mix 2D artwork with dynamic mixed-media…
M&M’S World Cup 2026 Animation Spot by Francisco Castro
M&M’S World Cup 2026: A high-energy animated spot by Francisco Castro. Check out this fun, upbeat short film crafted specifically for the M&M’S campaign gearing up for the 2026 World Cup! Animator Francisco Castro brings eye-catching motion design to life, playing around with the brand’s iconic circular shapes in a super creative way. Brought to…
Pitch Styleframes for Netflix’s “Dead Boy Detectives” Main Titles by Lusine Arakelyan
“Dead Boy Detectives” Pitch Styleframes by Lusine Arakelyan Check out these pitch styleframes crafted specifically for the main title sequence of Netflix’s “Dead Boy Detectives,” designed by the talented Lusine Arakelyan. Developed over at elastic.tv under the art direction of Creative Director Jeff Han, these key visuals set the perfect vibe and distinct visual tone…