👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New Teaching yourself motion design is absolutely possible — I did it. But looking back, I can see that I made some mistakes along the way and I certainly didn’t take the most efficient route to becoming a motion designer. In this new YouTube video, I talk about 6 things I wish I knew when I was first...
30 days ago • 1 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New I’ve been so busy working on a new beginner After Effects course, that I’m late on this newsletter (sorry!). I’m also trying to get back on track with consistent YouTube videos…here’s the first one: Which Animation Software Should You Learn in 2026 You probably already know I’m a bit biased towards After...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday season and are rested and ready to kick off 2026! Here's the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New I was recently working on an After Effects project with a lot of layers and I wanted to quickly select just the soloed layers. Why is there not an easy way to do that?! So, I asked Claude to write a script and then...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving, if you celebrate. I know I'm grateful for everyone who's taken my classes over the last 6+ years. Thank you for being here. I’ve never done this before and I don’t know if I’ll do it again, but... I’m having a Black Friday sale! All of my classes are 25% off, now until December 2nd. 🎉 Even more exciting, is that as part of the sale, you can now purchase the Complete Animation Explained Bundle–all 19 of my classes–for just $299, a whopping 68%...
4 months ago • 1 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New 🎉 My new class is out! Create then Animate: A Fall-Themed Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & After Effects Workflow Practice illustration in Adobe Illustrator, texturing in Photoshop, and animation in After Effects by animating colorful falling leaves. Along the way you’ll learn tricks for creating...
5 months ago • 2 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New Learn 20 things you may not have known you could do in the After Effects timeline. A new feature in After Effects (released in August) is Quick Offset, which is handy for creating sequential animations. This feature allows you to select layers then hold command + option on a Mac or Ctrl + Alt on Windows...
6 months ago • 1 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New Phew! I finally finished the first video for my new YouTube channel, Explanimated, where I’m making solutions-focused explainer videos on environmental issues. I initially was planning a long-form video about food waste, so I got deep into research-mode. 😅 Turns out that the causes and solutions to food...
7 months ago • 1 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New I recently published a video of must-know Adobe Illustrator tips: I also published a tutorial breaking down how I animated one of the logo animation examples for my class, Principles of Animation: Bring a Logo to Life. You don't need to watch the class for the tutorial to make sense! 🤫 Sneak Peak I’ve...
8 months ago • 1 min read
👋 Welcome to the latest edition of my monthly motion design newsletter, where I bring you fresh tutorials, a sneak peak of what’s coming soon, a handy tip, and a random recommendation! 🥳 New 15 Must-Know After Effects Tips These 15 pro-level After Effects tips and tricks will help you create motion graphics more efficiently! Watch now How to Illustrate with Shapes in Adobe Illustrator I also released a lesson from my class, Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator,...
9 months ago • 1 min read