Everything You Need to Become a Motion Graphics Designer

In These days the animation videos are the key to get attention of all kind of peoples, therefore and media from social to youtube to websites is it contains an animation elements the fast way to grow your audience, The Profession of motion graphic designer it's your job to make every static platform full of life, from drawing to rigging to animate things.

"Motion graphics not likely to Recede anytime soon always in demand." As production managers expand imaginations and their budgets for amazing technology and design, motion graphics designers are essential.

How can be a professional motion designer savvy? And how can you get started in this creative career? We give you a handful from me as a team leader motion graphic artist working in this field for about 20 years.

What Does the Motion Designer do?

He creates artwork from graphics 2d-3d and animated it for television or film or as web content. This includes introductions, commercials, between shoots ... etc. They use visual effects, animation and other techniques to bring life to their creations.

Additionally, By animating graphics and creating visual effects you entirely jump to the new level. With the increasing of video content online, a motion graphics designer could find themselves working on any digital platform.

You as Motion designers need to be ready to change your visions to the client's feedback, you must be flexible and adaptive.

There are many opportunities for motion graphic designers. working on big companies or freelancing or build your own business motion design studio or build your own youtube channel.

What are the Programs you have to work with?

- Adobe Aftereffect

- Adobe Premiere

- 3d apps (Maya - 3dmax) its a plus

- Adobe photoshop

- Adobe illustrator

What skills do motion graphics designers need?

The motion graphics designers need to be open for new technical and soft skills for their role. add the 3d models to your animation 2d video its the perfect piece of art.

- Graphic Design & 3D Basics

Your Task starts either by making the graphics or by take already 2d graphics and separate it into pieces that you can use it in your programs. so just learn day by day the basics its enough for you at the startup journey. 

- 2D-3D Animation

Yes, it's all about animation, you need this soft skill in your daily work it's by train your eye to build the perfect scenes from "timing, cameras, cuts, beautiful graphics, slow and fast animation".

there is a book to learn you the 12 principles to animation anything professionally, it's my perfect advice  (The Animator's Survival Kit:  September 25, 2012, by Richard Williams (Author)).

You can use scripts, expressions to save time in the creative process. do your research for more of how it really speeds up your workflow.

- Timing

Timing is one of the most difficult and most important skills for a motion designer or 3d animator, in general, the animation follows the same principles, you tell a story "the best stories contain a natural flow and rhythm."

A Good animation looking graphics that's had effective pacing is strange fit with other elements like sound, cuts, fade, slow & fast, start & ends, The animators and motion designers learn to adapt their work and incorporate rhythm and pacing process. 

- VFX visual effects & Sounds

"The audience sees the visual effect first because it forced their eyes to attract more than usual," if you want your graphics to be more realistic add more visual effects like shine lights, water drops, fire flame, particles.