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Ask me about anything regarding Motion Graphics, or any other questions in general.

What got you started in Motion Graphics? What program is the best to use Motion Graphics?

1. What is your favorite creation as a motion graphic artist?
2. Do you have a preferred program to use?

When I was in the forth grade I got started animating. We'd do presentations over say WWII and instead of just boring text, slide, animated text, slide. I'd have stick figures and simple drawings which I animated. By middle school I learned Flash and did flash animation for a while. Then in high school I was introduced to Maya nd the world of 3D modeling and animation.

I went to college for that sort of thing, but found my niche in motion graphics.


Best program to use? As much as I disdain Adobe on a business level they bar none have the best package for that. I use many programs, Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, and then Maxon's Cinema4D most of the time.

@twistedvictorian This also answers your second question.

As to your first - I'm not sure I have a favorite. A lot of what I'm doing is more corporate and soul-less but it pays the bills. Maybe someday my favorite will be clearer.

Do you do this for a living? What's been your most interesting project so far, even if it wasn't necessarily your favorite?

Yeah I do it for a living.

The most interesting was a project where I had to use some footage from Microsoft's flight simulator. Use an additional program to create a squadron and then rotoscope said squadron into some live footage

Any chance of seeing some of your work? I'm particularly intrigued by the one you mentioned using Microsoft Flight Simulator footage.

Also very curious to see!

I wish I could - due to contract stuff I'm not quite sure if I'm allowed to show certain things, and those things I know I could show would absolutely dox me.

https://streamable.com/ngg226

Here is a sample from an independent project I did.

Ah, I can understand that. I'm glad you had one piece you could share though. Nice work!

I guess I'm late, it now says "Video is not available anymore"