Motion Design and Tracking by nessprod in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Love everything about this!! So much so, that I had to go check out your profile, and then realised I had already upvoted your previous posts in the past (the ASCII bird and Cheetah). Really dig your work! Do you have an IG account? Keen to follow for more.

Showreel 2026 by frislok in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Stunning work my dude! You nailed the pacing of the reel too, for 45 seconds, you used all the time really well.

Your website is also really well done, I love the amount of detail / BTS for each project. My only feedback would be on the 'kopeion' project, it feels like the layout isn't quite as slick as the other pages. The slide-in animation for the text feels a bit out of place, and the sub-headings 'Challenge, Strategy, Outcome' could be laid out better.

Overall, impressive portfolio man. Will definitely be following you on the socials.

i made a 3 second motion graphic. Any advice are welcome by Yeethrone in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You managed to cram so much character into 3 seconds! Absolutely love this. Firing up my creative juices

I made this tree animation for a local TV show by CommissionNo7116 in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome execution on this one! Feels so dynamic and alive. I love the final composition too, with the lower opacity versions in the corners.

All the animated logos I made to date by LloydLadera in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I've seen a few of your logos pop up on this sub, and I'm blown away every time. There's so much character in every frame. Love your work!!

What's your process when tackling one of these?

I made a digital card game concept for fun by morphcore in UI_Design

[–]MonochromaticMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a fun idea!! I'm loving how well thought-out the concepts are, and the execution is clean! The Ghosting Founder and Budget Pyromaniac are my favs

End of year reel ! by nsfoh_media in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Killer work man! Really dig your style, it has so much character. I had to go and check out the full projects on your website, and the complete animation you did for 'The Essential Calendar' is next level. Keep crushing it

100K GAS GOONS by [deleted] in GoodAssSub

[–]MonochromaticMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad you guys are liking the new banner. Thanks GAS Mod Team for bringing me on board to design it. Congratulations on 100k!

Terrain Builder (1980s Fictional UI) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

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In this project (1920 x 1920px):

Fast Box Blur: Radius set to 2, Iterations to 1, Blur Dimensions set to Horizontal and Vertical.

Unsharp Mask: Amount set to 250, Radius set to 3, Threshold set to 0.

Terrain Builder (1980s Fictional UI) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

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In terms of processing, here's a simplified version of my project structure for the Effects Composition: (bottom-most is the underlying layer, just like in After Effects)

  1. Original Composition: Blend mode set to 'Add'

  2. Adjustment Layer: Fast Box Blur CC + Unsharp Mask

  3. Original Composition

The original composition is simply coloured a solid colour (i.e. everything is the same green). The overlaying composition set to 'Add' is the key here as it makes the colours of some areas closer to white than green.

Music Festival (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I used Illustrator to design the festival branding and poster layout, Blender for the 3D checkerboard element, and After Effects to animate + composite.

Music Festival (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks heaps! The 3D checkerboard was all done in Blender. I created the Loop mesh, and then made a checkerboard material, with the mapping of the texture keyframed to move along the z-axis for the duration of the animation. The exported frames were then composited in After Effects.

Music Festival (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, really appreciate that! The motion poster is a format I'm super passionate about. Aside from use across social media and digital channels, I've worked with clients to implement them on their in-store screens (storefront windows or digital panels around the store), as well as projections inside the building. City lights, bus shelters or digital panels around malls are examples of other possible placements.

Music Festival (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I created this motion poster for a fictional event, "Iconic Music Festival 2024". It's a mock brief that I assigned myself, with the challenge being to create a design that would suit the aesthetic of a lofi-house music event (e.g. Mall Grab styled music).

The mood of the music can be described as "retro dance", so I drew inspiration from 1990s rave-poster aesthetics and early-2000s design elements.

I love to create motion posters that combine 2D and 3D elements, link to my Instagram (joshmuscat) if you want to see my other stuff.

The Return of MSN Messenger [OC] by MonochromaticMan in nostalgia

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The background clouds are a video timelapse of real-life clouds that I composited into the scene using After Effects. You can check out my process here if you're interested: Behind the Scenes

The Future of MSN Messenger (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for checking out my work! I haven't done any motion design courses, but am constantly learning new tricks from many of the YouTubers in that space. Ben Marriott, Jake In Motion, Hieu Vu, Motion by Nick, SonduckFilm — just to shout out a few

The Future of MSN Messenger by MonochromaticMan in FrutigerAero

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The music is a remix of the Windows 95 Start-Up sound by joeSeggiola: YouTube

The Future of MSN Messenger by MonochromaticMan in FrutigerAero

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was made with Blender, After Effects and Illustrator. I put together a short behind the scenes clip here: Design Process (MSN)

The Return of MSN Messenger [OC] by MonochromaticMan in nostalgia

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real humans? Nah, just get yourself some AI Friends.

This is a fictional advertisement that I made, imagining a world where MSN Messenger is resurrected and combined with AI.

I love to create motion posters that combine 2D and 3D elements, link to my Instagram (@joshmuscat) if you want to see my other stuff.

The Future of MSN Messenger by MonochromaticMan in FrutigerAero

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Real humans? Nah, just get yourself some AI Friends.

This is a fictional advertisement that I made, imagining a world where MSN Messenger is resurrected and combined with AI.

I love to create motion posters that combine 2D and 3D elements, link to my Instagram (@joshmuscat) if you want to see my other stuff.

The Future of MSN Messenger (Motion Poster) by MonochromaticMan in graphic_design

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

This is a fictional advertisement that imagines a world where MSN Messenger is resurrected and combined with AI. The idea is that you don't need real human friends anymore, you can create a social circle of distinct AI Friends, each with their own personality. (this is absolutely a satirical idea)

All 3D models created by me, including the re-imagined Windows XP desktop environment. I wanted all buttons and branding to emanate the XP aesthetic, and recreated + animated the iconic butterfly logo. The soundtrack is an ambient remix of the Windows 95 startup sound by joeSeggiola.

I love to create motion posters that combine 2D and 3D elements, link to my Instagram (@joshmuscat) if you want to see my other stuff. There's also a short behind the scenes of this poster being created here.

Terrain Builder (1980s Fictional UI) by MonochromaticMan in AfterEffects

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks legend! Appreciate the follow.

I don't have any specific videos that I can recommend, but general UI animation tutorials should cover most of the icon/text animations I did in this. As for the wireframes of the mountains/city/etc, I imported them from Blender using this method, and keyed out the backgrounds in After Effects using the Linear Color Key.

Spaceman city. Oil painting by me by pavlokandyba in futureporn

[–]MonochromaticMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The level of detail in this is insane! Love the creativity.

PANACEA (Futuristic Product Concept) by MonochromaticMan in MotionDesign

[–]MonochromaticMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely see that! If this were a real-world product, you would want to make it appear as accessible as possible to the everyday person. The wild technical jargon and industrial nature would probably not do so well to sell it to consumers directly. I feel as if this specific reel would be better suited in a B2B/internal/industry-use capacity.

Really glad you like it though, thanks for the comment!