in this video I want to share some of
the best things that have happened in
the motion design industry this year
some of the best animation and some of
the best new resources as well and of
course to keep things fun the winners
will receive a golden bat and also I
haven't seen everything that happened in
motion design this year so these are
just my personal opinions on things that
I've really dug myself so make sure to
share and comment down below what pieces
of animation and more resources well you
think deserve to be highlighted
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Best Animated spot there has been so
many unique and incredible individual
pieces of animation this year some of my
favorites have been the blend opening
titles from gonna the school of motion
manifesto from ordinary folk Patrick's
Moscow coat of arms which is an
incredible collaborative project as is
and ravu codes from nothing to something
my pick for best of the year is human
cries into the flame which beautifully
combines texture 2d and 3d element cel
animation beautiful design occult
imagery and this just ticked all of my
boxes I particularly love not just the
animation but the ambition of this
project which is why it's my pick for
Best Animated spot best studio this was
a no brainer ordinary folk burst onto
the scene this year and instantly became
one of the top studios to go for amazing
motion design started by Hawaii our
Canada Australia or J chemist he leads a
small team of the industry's best and
they've just been pumping out top-tier
work non-stop this year I can't imagine
a studio having a better first year in
business than their best new artist I
don't really know if anyone should be
called a new artist really but Harry
Blair out was new to me this year and
has been a relentless into creating
beautiful and hilarious 3d animation and
illustrations with so much charm all in
blender as well which I don't see too
often and I haven't enjoyed any other
animated work this year as much as his
if I could only follow one artist on
Instagram it would probably be him now
let's get to resources best course now I
haven't taken this course because I
haven't taken any busier and I haven't
been paid to say anything about it but I
just can't get power seeing such amazing
student work coming from school of
oceans illustration motion design taught
by Sarah Beth Morgan I think that design
is the most important thing in all of
animation so I love seeing more
resources dedicated to the actual design
and illustration coming out no just the
animation best YouTube channel there's
been a few awesome new YouTube channels
that have caught my attention this year
Guerrero is an absolutely incredible
animator and motion designer and he's
posting amazing breakdowns of his
workflow and some tutorials as well for
me everything he posts is a must watch
and I've learnt so much from his videos
I can't recommend his channel enough
Olaf storm is making breakdowns of his
amazing work showing the process of
blending 2d and 3d work seamlessly
he's been killing it and all the videos
are of high qualities or highly
and his channel but my favorite and not
just because their local shrimp Sydney
is day rates day rates is a weekly show
from two motion designers one who owns
the small studio choco in Sydney and the
show is about design and money but their
talk is just so open casual chaotic and
hilarious and they talk really openly
about the struggles of their studio and
working in the industry in a way that
just feels like being at a bar with
mates they're highly underrated and
highly entertaining do check them out
the best podcast to specific episodes of
podcasts that really impressed me this
year were school emotions episode with
buck founder Ryan honey it was so
interesting to hear about the beginnings
of the studio that has been such a
tentpole of incredible work in this
industry and also mograph comms mega
show podcast 206 with Joey Korman
Christo and Ryan summers which is just a
huge to our panel discussion of the
state of the industry and I really hope
they do it again next year the golden
bat has to go to emotion hatch in
particular for their series making money
and mograph where across six episodes
Haley lobster professionals in the
motion design industry that making money
in non-conventional ways something I
really think more people should know
about and this series was really
inspirational time sitting on my
businesses and practices best new
software we've had procreate five
launched recently with new animation
tools it's still not fully featured but
I think and a couple more updates this
could really be a contender for the best
mobile animation platform but I think
the most important software has been
spark a our studio which is Facebook
software for authoring and publishing
Instagram and messenger AR filters which
was released free to the public this
year
augmented reality I think will be the
biggest thing to change our industry in
the next few years and with spark AR
being so accessible and user friendly it
will likely be a gateway drug for new AR
artists I made a short playlist of some
related videos that'll think you'll
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