The most important skill I developed as a digital artist is how to build my projects in a way that I can (nearly) painlessly update EVERYTHING about it, and fast. A major design shift across the board for the 3rd time in 6 weeks you say? Give me 20 minutes.

Whenever you feel threatened by technology just remember that my vacuum can't find its way out of the bathroom. Not once. Not ever. We'll be fine.

Wait! When did we get the ability to save posts here? I've been away too long, haven't notice it. Yay! Custom pinning only needed for organization now.

Fellow creatives... how do you juggle the internal struggle of "don't do free work because that's a rabbit hole path" , but at the same time "these are friends that really could use some help and I really want to see them succeed" ?

Alrighty... crazy busy weeks of hell at work are over. Back to our usual programming. Starting off with rest, because you know, burnout is a real thing.

usiest time of the year at work. You know there'll be long days. You pull a couple long ones on your terms, render 120+ screens to get ahead. Finish templatizing the project for another 325. 200GB packaged and delivered 9 days ahead! They call: 85% of the in-venue screens are changing. I'm fine 🫥

Motion Design folks: is it just me? Or does anyone else have to empty their memory and cache from After Effects several times a day? Honestly, some of my larger - full stadium takeovers, might have to even be a couple of times per hour. If it's just me, what am I doing that is causing this? 🤔

Just a reminder to go clean your screen. And your keyboard while you're at it. Yes, it feels like a brand new computer, doesn't it? You're welcome.

Organizing our new NAS server and found all my old edits in a (dusty) folder... I used to carry a camera on me 24/7 and edit a memory bank at the end of the year. Kind of a Vlog with my favorite memories. Dang, those are sweet to rewatch! Even teared up at a couple 🥲 Gotta start doing those again

Such a different vibe from this channel that I felt like I had to share it. Love the overall design and how cohesive everything looks, plus we get some new takes on Mograph in Blender! Fun! Honestly a lot of great tips and tuts here, so I can't recommend only one.

This trailer is SO good! Best course trailer I have seen since Pierrick's Rigging course. Totally worth a watch! Both the trailer and the course, obviously 😅

I don't use a ton of add-ons on my workflow, and hardly ever find one that is always on (other than node wrangler 😅). This one is different. Holy smokes how much easier and faster it is to light anything! @glebalexandrov.bsky.social 's overview video was incredibly helpful. Go check it out!

I once told myself I would not leave any projects unfinished... And while I still mean it, I hate that I have 6 or 7 concurrent personal projects that all sound and look appealing to me at the same level, all "in progress" and far from "done". 🥴

⬖ Needed some extra repetition to get used to Grease Pencil after finishing the Draw course from @cgcookie.bsky.social, so here we are... 3 quirky pet portraits. Like everyone else, we have the best dogs in the world! Had a lot of fun making these... ⚡️ ✨ 🫧

Motion Design Hotline for the rescue? For the life of me I can't get this to work (rough day). I don't know why every time I try to automate a text layer I get jumbled between comp space and layer space. 🥴 @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social @ecabrams.bsky.social Here's the scenario:

I've been thinking about making quirky portraits for our puppies for a while, but never got to it... But @cgcookie.bsky.social had a few Grease Pencil courses that I really wanted to play with, so I figured why not? It's not like Maia really have a say in it 😅 Poor puppy... #b3d #greasepencil

I started learning Grease Pencil and when I saw this I couldn't help but think of you @oddernod.bsky.social . Have you put any of your comics in 3D yet? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWgj...

I made a Blender Add-On that will save you a lot of time if you are a Motion Designer that works with a lot of empties (think Nulls 😉) I'm submitting it as an extension so it's available for free. If it looks like it can be useful to you, keep an eye out for a link soon! youtu.be/a0ecYrAp1W4?...

I can't believe I haven't heard of this add-on before. It's insane! Real-time bump, an awesome decal system, VDM... wait, all mixed in procedural layers? 🤯 Wait, it's free? 🤯🤯 #b3d

⬖ I'm writing a little #b3d add-on that will automate the empty add and parent workflow. Think of our After Effects "Nulls" scripts, but in Blender. I can't decide on the UX/UI though. When is giving the user options too much? What style do you like better for options? Checkboxes or dropdowns?

You know when you wake up early because your brain is firing on all cylinders with ideas? So. many. of them. Enough of them that I couldn't jot them down, I had to type. Fast. Felt good! Still going! Now let's hope I can get these juices flowing for the work day too.

⬖ It's one of those that I didn't even need to watch it before liking and sharing. @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social is talking text animation and expressions in After Effects? Sign me up! I better go watch it now... lol 😆

Is it me? Or is Pinterest overflowing with GenAI? If you are typing a prompt in its most basic form it actually might be better to go straight to a Pinterest search. 🥴 Better/diversified inspiration sources have never been more important. Enter @oddernod.bsky.social with Keys & Curves. ⬖

Well, that's exciting! I love how much development has been happening on my favorite apps in the last year or so! LFG!

@oddernod.bsky.social As always, lovely to see Keys & Curves in my inbox this morning. While we're all waiting on SOM's course drop, I see you are tackling Core. I've watched them all and recommend you adding a couple of their originals to your list if you have time. Thanks for sharing the tips!

Unpopular opinion: there is a place for AI generated stuff. Our job as artists is to find where to effectively use it in your advantage. It is not going anywhere. Another opinion: I can't stand the aesthetic of 99% of it, and it makes me sad to see family and friends enjoy it. Gotta dig for the 1%.

Now I need a break from my photography hobby. Will open Blender instead of Lightroom later today. What should I tackle next? Map explorations/terrain modeling, Motion Graphics practice, or avatar/character creation?

While the northern lights were the goal and highlight of the trip, the Arctic sky was surreal and mesmerizing pretty much all the time. We were lucky to have polar stratospheric clouds (the pearly-rainbowy smudges in the sky) during our entire stay. #landscapephotography #wildernessphotography

We were lucky to have the best of the best to show us around Copenhagen and Roskilde in Denmark. A place full of contrast in architecture, history, and color. Honestly, an eye candy spot for anyone that loves details and textures (yes, I'm looking at you, 3D and Design peeps). #streetphotography

A trip of a lifetime, checking off from the bucket list. #northernlights #landscapephotography #nature

Trying to figure out what's up with this world: our husky sled in the Arctic was canceled because of too warm temperatures that led to slushy snow. In January. At the same time my family in Brazil is melting to 120⁰. Also there's snow forecasted for our home town: a beach in the south. What? 🌏🤒

The Norwegian Fjords lived up to all our expectations—breathtaking, dramatic, and absolutely stunning. Certainly an experience we'll never forget! #landscapephotography #norwaynature #fjords

On a 3D/ Motion design break for a couple of weeks. Exploring some new countries and frolicking in winter wonderland. We love the beach weather, but we also miss the beauty of everything covered in snow. I also miss hunting the sunlight and shadows on my photography. #photography

3D Artists, question: Are you using Topaz Labs in your workflow? If yes, are you using the photo enhance on each image from your sequence, or are you using the video version on the sequence turned into video? Gigapixel? All three? Lay it on me! #motiondesign #3D #b3d #c4d #mograph

I'm about to hit some Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark). Any tips on must see/must do and especially must eat are highly appreciated!!

⬖ 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

It's all fun and games until you have to decide how to tackle the animation... Cloth sims? Soft body sims? Shape keys? Hair dynamics? Keyframes? All of the above? Ugh... might just become a static render, lol

I feel like this is the most used toggle on my UI during this time of year. On, Off, On, Off. Everybody ready for New Year's? On! Anyways... what is your favorite source for sound design for Motion Graphics? I feel like it's by far the trickiest type of SFX. #UIanimation #motiongraphics #b3d #sfx

⬖ I found this very useful and figured I'd share it here. A great list from @rileyb3d.bsky.social . I use a lot of these everyday, and found another few that I'm very curious to implement on my workflow! I'd add "Add Camera Rigs" and "Relative Ease" to the list.

So what hue do you like best? Warmer or cooler? I know I prefer to have it ON, lol 😅. But can't decide on the light temperature... #UIanimation #3Dmodeling #b3d

Very little known facts. In fact, most people wouldn't believe them. But trust me. It's #facts This is the 1st of a series of animations about the North Pole folk-lore. Yah, they won't all happen before Christmas, so if you have another fact that should totally be animated, LMK! #animation #b3d

The struggle is real.

Went to the Promotions and Social tabs on my Gmail and did the annual cleanup for the new year. Select all > Delete. No reading, no regrets. Thank you Gmail for keeping 51,342 emails out of my sight this year. Does anyone else treat those tabs like second tier spam? 😅

Very little known facts. In fact, most people wouldn't believe them. But trust me. It's #facts This is the 1st of a series of animations about the North Pole folk-lore. Yah, they won't all happen before Christmas, so if you have another fact that should totally be animated, LMK! #animation #b3d

⬖ Question for the Motion Design freelancers out there! Render farms. Do you use them, or avoid them? Do you build in the price for it? Itemize it? Just call the speed worth the cost? Which ones do you recommend? The ones you trust with your files and IP, of course. #motiongraphics #3d #b3d #c4d

I'm digging all the superman art popping up, but this one takes the cake. The lighting is perfection!

⬖ It is just incredible to have access to all of this production content. Hard to beat... but then @cgcookie.bsky.social just release it in the wild for FREE... 🤯 I'm a bit proud of being a member to a community that does this kind of thing, just saying... 🍪 Grab your account now...

Alrighty! BenQ users, question: what's your go-to settings for color grading? I absolutely love the monitor, but I always feel like it's a tad dark for some reason. I bring up the scopes and the numbers say it's close to where I want to get, but if "feels" darker than that. Anyone feels the same?

Sometimes I wonder how company names came about... like how did someone come up with "Giant Ant", or "Creative Shrimp"? 🤔 @glebalexandrov.bsky.social , where does the shrimp come from? I can infer the creative part 😅

⬖ I think the most flattering thing that has happened to me as an animator was having people reach out asking what kind of mocap tool I used in an animation. Sorry, just good ole keyframes and painstaking curve tweaking... Though I'm curious about mocap for fast turnaround needs... Suggestions?