Chillax with us for a few hours and catch up on a full year of Mograph.
2024 was a transformative year for motion design - from AI disruption to the evolution of real-time tools, emerging platforms, and a changing economic landscape. In this comprehensive year-end roundup, Joey Korenman, EJ Hassenfratz, and Aharon Rabinowitz break down everything that shaped our industry and peer into what 2025 might bring. We also asked some industry luminaries to weigh in, so you’ll hear from the likes of Buck, Scholar, Motion Hatch, Colosseum, Curious Refuge, and more!
Here are some of the highlights (full 6+ hour video below):
Get ready for candid insights on the state of motion design, software updates that changed the game, the impact of AI, and how artists are adapting to an ever-shifting landscape. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started, this conversation covers the trends, tools, and opportunities that matter.
Plus, hear our panel's bold predictions for 2025 - from the future of real-time rendering to emerging platforms and where the next big opportunities lie for motion designers. Watch or listen to the full episode below:
🔥 IN THIS EPISODE
- Best motion design work of 2024
- The state of the industry and economy
- Major software updates (After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, Unreal)
- The rise of AI and its impact on motion design
- The return of in-person events and meetups
- Predictions and trends for 2025
SHOW NOTES
🎨 ARTISTS & STUDIOS
- Buck - You know who Buck is, cmon.
- Giant Ant - Amazing Vancouver-based studio.
- Gunner - Studio acquired by Duolingo
- Hobbes - Studio acquired by Duolingo
- Laundry - LA-based studio doing Sphere work and experiential design
- TheLittleLabs - Studio with an emphasis on interactive motion design
- Vucko - Studio specializing in motion design systems
- Colosseum - Studio specializing in stadium graphics
- 2Advanced - Studio returning to focus on interactive web design
- Antibody - Studio that released Antibody Originals series
- Cart and Horse - Studio working in virtual production
- Wonder Dynamics - VFX App acquired by Autodesk
- Ravie Studio - Motion design studio
- Ross Plaskow - Animator for Rive
- Michael "drawsgood" Myers - Artist at Rive
- Jerry Liu - Artist at Rive
- Jeff McAvoy - Known for Rive work
- Emmanuel Colombo - Italian Motion Designer
- Joey Judkins - Motion Designer / Character Animator
- Brandon Parvini - Incredible Artist
- Duncan Elms from Elastic
- Min Shi - Designer / Art Director
- Daniel Marino - 3D Artist
- Ariel Costa - Artist known for mixed media style
- Alex Grigg - Traditional Animator featured by Procreate
- Kyle Webster - Former Adobe artist/designer, now at Procreate
- Gryun Kim - 3D Motion Designer / AD
- Taku Tashiro - Japanese illustrator/designer
- Signif - Japanese studio
- Onesal Studios - Japanese studio
🔧 SOFTWARE & TOOLS
- Adobe After Effects
- Cinema 4D
- Rive
- Unreal Engine
- Blender
- Procreate
- Adobe Fresco
- Adobe Firefly
- Figma
- Substance (Adobe)
- ZBrush
- ZBrush for iPad
- Nomad Sculpt
- Womp
- Spline
- Element 3D
- Cavalry
- Lottie
- Lottielab
- Houdini
- Grayscalegorilla Studio app
- Adobe Substance Stager
- Adobe Substance Painter
- Adobe Substance Designer
- Adobe Substance Modeler
- CapCut
- Webflow
- Framer
🏆 NOTABLE PIECES OF WORK
- Shogun titles by Elastic
- Three Body Problem titles by Antibody
- SXSW Film & TV Festival titles by Coat of Arms
- Mustang GTD spot by Man vs Machine
- Psyop “Ear of the Tornado”
- Camp MoGraph 2024 Australia titles
- Godzilla Minus One VFX work
- Origami (Student Academy Award winning short film)
- Doguri character piece by Grab It studio
- Seth Worley's film "Sketch"
- Pharrell's Lego movie (in Unreal)
- Here (Robert Zemeckis film using virtual production)
- The Penguin show opening titles
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Coca-Cola AI-generated holiday ad
📰 NEWS & EVENTS
- Adobe Max 2024
- NAB MoGraph Meetup
- Camp MoGraph Australia
- Half Rez
- Motion Plus (expanding to LA and NYC)
- Making Midwest
- AEPDX (Portland motion design event)
- XR Motion Meetup (NYC)
- Safe Space LA Meetup
- Adobe acquiring Figma (deal fell through)
- Autodesk acquiring Wonder Dynamics
- Duolingo acquiring Hobbes
- 2Advanced relaunching
- Epic Games changing Megascans/Quixel marketplace to Fab
- Apple Vision Pro cancellation
- Meta announcing Project Orion AR glasses
- The Sphere in Las Vegas
- NBA implementing LED court displays
- Kyle Webster leaving Adobe for Procreate
🤖 AI TOOLS & NEWS
- Adobe Firefly - Integration across Adobe products
- Adobe Project Neo - Cloud-based 3D modeling tool with AI features
- Adobe Generative Fill - Photoshop AI tool
- Adobe Generative Extend - Premiere Pro AI tool
- Adobe MAX Sneaks
- Midjourney - Image generation tool (now with web interface)
- DALL-E - Image generation tool
- Sora - OpenAI's video generation model
- HeyGen - AI avatar generation tool
- Runway - AI video tools
- Magnific - AI image enhancement tool
- Grok - X's AI model without content restrictions
- ChatGPT & Claude - Language models mentioned for motion design workflow
🔑 KEY AI DEVELOPMENTS & NEWS
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