Last quarter of 2025 has been crazy busy, so not much time for socials, here’s my Contra Condensed! 2025 was all Rive for me, and I’m just getting started! @rive.app for the win, See ‘Ya on 2026! Dave ✌️

Just leveled up! ⚡️ Officially a verified @rive.app Expert on Contra. Pixels, keyframes and state machines certified ✅💪 contra.com/davegamez

Dusting off my YT channel 😅... "Interactive Guitar Player Avatar @rive.app Animation:. www.youtube.com/shorts/LQf-o...

We recently launched a new playlist on our YouTube channel called Rive Direct. Check it out for: ⚔️ Quick tips and tutorials ✨ New feature support ⚡️ Best practices and optimization guidance 🤝 and more... Direct from the Rive team

Due to reasons… You’re going to start seeing more game dev in my channels 😅🕹️ #madewithunity

How do you make a static avatar illustration sing? This Rive animation project was a blast. Head to the link in my bio to read the full case study on how I did it! @rive.app #madewithrive #motiondesign

Working on some really cool @rive.app client projects. Can’t want to share new tricks I’m learning along the way! 🤘#RiveApp

I think it's time to return and add some @rive.app magic to this game! 🕹️🤓 #GameDev #UI #madewithunity #madewithrive

Audio on! 🔊

I wanted to see if it’s possible to build a complete game using only @rive.app no external code, just pure state machines, data bindings, and nested artboards. Spoiler: It works. Here’s how I did it 👇🕹️🔥#Rive Killer music by @davogm.bsky.social

My Swamp Wizard Frog is animated! Used @rive.app’s State Machine for seamless idle & ‘weaving staff’ animations. Big thanks to my son for the wizardly music! Hear it: @davogm.bsky.social #Animation #Rive #CharacterAnimation #WizardFrog

@rive.app’s Graph Editor is Magic! 🪄 🧙‍♂️ #madewithrive #riveanimation #characterdesign #willitrive #riveapp

Rive now works on Google App Ads! 🎉 Bring interactive, motion-rich experiences to your campaigns. Now you can design ads that stand out from the crowd and connect more deeply with your audience.

It’s Monday… Does it @rive.app yet? #riveapp #madewithrive #motiondesign #characteranimation #willitrive

Will it @rive.app? #character_design #riveapp #riveanimation #willitrive

Rive has been nominated for Contra's 2025 Creator Tool Awards 🏆 Vote for us here: creator-tools-voting-2025.contra.com/share/rive

Fellow #MotionDesigners who use Pinterest! Reveal Yourselves… drop your Pinterest here 👇 pin.it/7eF9SqOAU

Ready to level up your motion design game? My latest newsletter is out, packed with fresh insights and inspiration! Don't miss out on the good stuff. Subscribe now – motionbydave.com/motion-desig...! 🚀 #MotionDesign #Newsletter #AnimationTips #CreativeInsights #Subscribe

New website. Fresh motion. Let’s make those pixels dance! davegamez.com Looking for sexy moving pixels? Let’s chat! 🤙 #motiondesign #animation #mograph #portfolio #motiongraphics #illustration

Happy Star Wars Day! And happy birthday to me! 🥳 Double the reason to celebrate! #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #Birthday #CharacterDesign #Blender Who’s a fellow #StarWars Nerd? ✨🎥🤓

NEW DEMO-REEL!!! Take a peek at my motion design playground! This reel is a collection of past adventures, featuring a mix of client gigs, personal explorations, and the occasional dive into the unknown. #MotionDesign #MotionGraphics #DemoReel vimeo.com/1080661598

I stumbled into Substack’s podcast-making capability, so now KEYS & CURVES has short quickcasts where I take a walk and record my musing on animation and motion design topics weekly. Today’s topic? Animated anthologies and why maybe we should be making our own? 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/keysandc...

Join my IG Broadcast Channel. Motion Potion 🧪 ✌️👇 www.instagram.com/channel/AbbU... #MotionDesign

Testing the waters! Wanted to see if my skills from other 3D software would translate to Blender, and this beginner course by the awesome Nikolay Naydenov on character creation (based on the beautiful art of Deema Egorov) was perfect. #Blender3D #Blender #3DSculpting #CharacterDesign

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Rigga Ding Dong Sunday! #Blender3D

Blender + Coffee ☕️☕️✌️

More Blender Fun!

🚨 New feature alert! Text Follow Path is officially available to everyone. Align text along a shape, dynamically adjust placement, and even bind it to data.

Manual retopo in Blender… Why Not? www.instagram.com/stories/dave...

Old Piece “of cheese” new render! #cinems4d #arnoldrender #3drender #cheese #3dAnimation #characterdesign

Seriously guys… Who invited Pablo? #unrralengine5 #starwars #stormtrooperlife #stormtrooper #motiondesign #dance #friday #weekendvibes #weekend

C4D, Blender, Unreal Engine, IRL - my Friday in a nutshell! 🌀 How’s yours going? Happy Friday! ✌️ #C4D #Blender #UnrealEngine #3D #VFX #MotionDesign #Friday #IRL

I may or may not have binge-watched @badxstudio's @unrealengine 5 Beginner Tutorial series to create this Star Wars animation... and it was SO worth it! 🤩 Link to Credits and disclaimer 👇 davegamez.notion.site/Star-Wars-Im...

Chris Dalton, who leads Rive's rendering team, set out to reinvent how graphics handle soft edges. Here's the unfiltered story behind Vector Feathering.🪶

I may or may not have binge watched Bad Decisions Studio’s Unreal Engine 5 tutorial series last weekend! 👀 #UnrealEngine5 #motionGraphics #animation

Leveling up my @unrealengine.bsky.social skills with School Of Motion’s Unreal Engine for 3D Artists course! 🚀 Huge shoutout to @winbush.bsky.social for being an incredible instructor. 🔥

Davo is cooking some cool chiptunes!! 🕹️⚔️🎼🔥🔥🔥

Water Ripples in Unreal Engine. Don’t sleep on @unrealengine.bsky.social Dev community site, it has really good tutorials on how to do motion graphics with unreal. I found this great tutorial by Michael Neely on how to do this animation only with the Material Graph.

Valentine's Day! #ValentinesDay

Nic Dean & I just launched a monster tutorial covering new text style expressions capabilities in After Effects 2025 & the HUGE difference they make for creators of templates. We also talk with John Colombo from the AE team, who created an awesome free preset! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG8U...

1/2 🧵 @rive.app’s Tutorial Update: I initially intended to create a simple game to serve as a tutorial for Rive Animation in Game UI. However, work got in the way, and I found myself getting carried away with the coding aspect. The game is now complete…

The game code is complete; now it's time for the @rive.app part to work on UI design and animation. ✌️ Have you used Rive for game UI yet? #MadeWithRive #MadeWithUnity

If You like retro games and @rive.app, You’re gonna love my upcoming tutorial on YT. 🕹️👾 #MadeWithRive #MadeWithUnity

Ready to brew animation magic? 🧪✨ Join Dave’s Motion Potion! Exclusive tips, creative concoctions, and behind-the-scenes peeks to make pixels dance. Let’s mix motion magic together—join now! 💫✨ #MotionDesign Music by Lesiakower from Pixabay www.instagram.com/channel/AbbU...

Who invented Mondays, and why do they hate us? Asking for a friend. 😅☕️ What’s your go-to remedy for Monday madness? #Rive #MadeWithRive #MotionGraphics #InteractiveDesign #RiveApp #2DAnimation #AnimationTools

Last call! Got an After Effects tip you want us to share with the world? Can be basic or advanced! Join @ecabrams.bsky.social & I Wed (Noon ET / 9a PT) on @adobelive.bsky.social to soak up all this AE knowledge! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImJC...

Exploring the power of @rive.app with this animation I created! 🎨✨ It’s amazing to see how intuitive and fun the tool is for crafting smooth, dynamic movements. #MadeWithRive #AnimationJourney #MotionGraphics #InteractiveDesign #RiveApp #2DAnimation #CreativeProcess #LearnAnimation #AnimationTools

I posted a new KEYS & CURVES for the lucky few of us that get to work a TWO DAY WEEK this week 👀 We all still deserve a little inspiration for our efforts, right? Check out a very interesting website, a demo reel roundup with some TMNT action, & more! keysandcurves.substack.com/p/a-quiet-st...

⬖ I figured I'd share the Creative Feed I made again for newcomers. If you are using the feed and think there's something that could be improved, let me know. It's an evolving thing... And make sure to like it so it reaches more people in the Motion Design and 3D spaces! #motiondesign #3D #vfx