I worked in Blender and its native Cycles render engine for 4 years. I used to admire the animations and textures from C4D, not understanding why everything looked absolutely stunning. Now I get it. It’s all about Redshift and MoGraph.

I don’t understand why people who recommend Blender for motion designers deceive themselves and others, claiming it’s on the same level. Yes, modeling is easier in Blender, but when it comes to animation and rendering, C4D is on a whole other level. It took me 4 years to realize this. I feel a bit frustrated about the effort I put into animations that could essentially be achieved with just three clicks in another program. However, it’s still experience. I just want to warn all young 3D artists, especially those focused on mid-level motion design prosuction: choose Cinema 4D and Redshift. I know only a handful of people who can squeeze anything worthwhile out of Blender’s simulations, like Jess Wiseman. But in reality, simulations in Blender practically don’t exist as a proper feature for now.

Am i wrong? Everything Blender can do, Cinema does it better and with more flair, at least in my opinion.

We’ve all tried different methods to figure out what works best, and eventually, we stick with the one that gets results.
For some, it’s cold emailing, for others, it’s content creation, networking, or even friends.

So, what has worked for you?
Feel free to share your experience in detail.

Hi everyone, I’m a newcomer to the world of motion design and I’m excited to dive into this field! However, I realized that in my previous career, I jumped in without ANY understanding of the market demand, and I want to avoid making the same mistake this time around. I’m hoping to get some insights from experienced motion designers here. Specifically, I’m curious about: Which sectors have the highest demand for motion design? I’ve heard that industries like health, pharmacology, and tech might be big players, but I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Are there any sectors that have a high demand but lack enough motion designers? It would be great to know if there are any niches that are currently underserved. Any advice, personal experiences, or resources you could share would be incredibly helpful. Thanks in advance for your help!

Think I mayyyyy have figured out how to properly make/export banner ads from AE.

Is their any chance that there a companies that need freelancers for this? And where can I find them?

Thanks!

I’ve been asked to create a presentation sizzle for a tech startup. Their product is a software as a service and they currently only have a whitepaper, meaning no working product, prototype or visuals for me to pull from. They are fine with creating something entirely out of graphics and mixing in a bit of stock/generated video. Has anyone created anything like this before? Or have any suggestions as to where I can go for inspiration? I plan on outsourcing the graphics to a motion designer as I am primarily an editor with some basic motion design skills.

You know it guys, asking this directly to people is super akward and they usually hide it. so I decided to ask it here haha.

what is the most amount of money you made in a month/project as a motion designer?
also feel free to say where are you based...

Merry christmas o felices fiestas, loco!

Any course or tutorials to create likewise motion graphics videos ?

I am a professional motion designer and animation teacher. I’ve been around long enough to know that tools have no bearing on ability, and are simply something to make work easier.

Yet, for some reason, I can never shake the feeling that I’m somehow not doing something right.

It feels juvenile. Been using blender for over a decade, Maya for a few years, done training in Houdini. I recently picked up C4D and I’m like… it can’t be this easy, right? This is what I’ve been up against?

So yeah, C4D is really fun to dick around in. But people do cool mograph stuff in blender, which is free… oh and Houdini has amazing simulations… and Mayas rigging is unmatched…

And on and on and on. Forgive me for the therapy session. I’m sure it’s something you guys are familiar with. It’s getting to a point where I’m researching workflows more than actually making stuff.

title covers it ig