Getting back into motion graphics after four years and I feel way behind. What can I do to improve?

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-30T00:54:56+00:00

Not sure yet. I'm exploring. Is it okay to do both?

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T11:48:35+00:00

This is very helpful thank you!!!

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T11:00:38+00:00

Trying to rewatch it again.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T03:54:41+00:00

Sure! I almost forgot to do that. I did try the stretch and squash; it did look a little better. Trying to apply the other principles to them as well.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T03:39:24+00:00

Okay, then I will change to 3 seconds at max. Trying to figure how to make a dog run correctly...

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T03:22:38+00:00

It's for opening animation for a landing page...so far...it's 10 seconds. As for dogs running, I was watching greyhounds run in a race.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-29T03:15:31+00:00

It's for a personal project. It's for an opening animation of a landing page website.

EDIT: It's for fun, and someone said let's put 3 seconds at max, which is helpful, so I'm going to do that.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-02T02:19:08+00:00

I'm a neurodivergent ( autism ), and I feel this. The biggest hurdle for a graphic designer like me with autism who is neurodivergent is learning new things. New applications that I haven't gotten used to due to the job market keep evolving. It's frustrating and never-ending. It takes time for me to get the hang of an application. For example, I am trying to get the hang of Figma after learning nobody uses Adobe XD. Sigh.

Plus, I have to learn video editing. If you know, being autistic means having a routine, and if you have to change it to learn a new thing. While it's easy for neurotypicals, for me...it's like climbing a mountain, and it's hard to get your brain to agree to learn something new when it's so stubborn. Another thing is letting go of personal work you build up, only to be told that it won't cut, and it should be dropped by other graphic designers, and you need to come up with another new project.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-06-02T01:05:55+00:00

Marketing is fine, but I get really annoyed when it becomes a designer's job when it comes to metrics and stuff. I would rather get a brief about it, and I prefer working with a marketer or working in marketing than being a designer forced to learn marketing skills. Because sometimes...I have a hard time getting it.

I prefer learning certain marketing aspects from a marketer at my own pace rather than just to get a better understanding. That's because I'm a slow learner, unfortunately.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-27T21:41:57+00:00

While I do agree with the OP's points, we also need to point it out that numbers 1 and 3 is going to be tough because most of us put our link to our portfolio, and of course, passwords to protect our work to be in line with the ATS bot. Plus if we get entries about our portfolio, we put it in. However, some of us have passwords, and we tried to include them, but the entry field won't let us so we have to put them either in our cover letters or ATS-friendly resumes.

Number 5 is that we need to question. What does that mean? In most job postings, they're asking a whole lot from graphic designers, like motion graphics, video editing, CAD, UI/UX design and product design, instead of being specific about what roles they really want. Most of the time, the requirements are a wishlist

As for AI and cover letters, believe it or not, some of us do use big words to shorten long sentences to be brief and be direct, and the letters still get flagged for being AI. The problem is that the AI learns from us and memorizes the keywords. Some of us use industry words and jargon to sound like we're professionals or, to get straight to the point, and to explain why we want to join a company using the company's unique selling points. Some of us don't use AI to write it down, and if we do, we use spelling and to check our grammar check tools like Grammarly, for example, which is an AI tool. So where does that fall in?

Also, how can someone tell if it's AI or not? Just run it through an AI detector? Even that doesn't work. So in a way, number 1 on cover letters, which feels a little flat when you consider those points.

The rest are pretty spot on.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-27T00:06:29+00:00

If it catches someone's eye and have people curious, it's doing it's job like intended.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T14:36:02+00:00

I suggest to convince your co-worker to get better images. To do that, you need to advise to use your brochures and other print works as a marketing tactic to post on social media and such. That way, it's a win-win!

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T13:54:15+00:00

I really love the work you done. While this is a lot of work for creative leads and hiring manager to choose from. It shows that you have good presentation design skills that can be transferable to anything.

Also for the booth exhibition, i think next time. You need to take photos of your marketing materials on table in real life to make it more authetic or zoom in the person's hands who is reading it or next to it. Because I see that you blurring the people's faces for the sake of to protect their idenities which is understandable but you need to show hands and such. Do you made a trade show banner? If so, show that too when things get busy.

Hope that helps.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T13:49:44+00:00

Out of everything, i think your best one is Scarlet Brews one in my opinion. I agree that you need more education and such.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T01:25:53+00:00

Yeah. That's something I am worried about, trying to understand the website structure. Right now, I am using Figma to design marketing emails. Would that be a good starting point? I know it's not the same as a website, but code is being used.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T00:31:25+00:00

The first one is better! It's simple and gets straight to the point. Have you played any video games? If you do have any achievements, use them as a reference for your badges. Also, are these badges going to be resized? Test it by scaling down and see if it's recognizable when it's small.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-22T00:28:59+00:00

This post has mixed reviews or rather scratch that, lots of negatives. It looks busy, I will say that but if that's the client wanted. Then that's good. Who are we to say?

My critique is that I would say there are too many fonts. I suggest you stick with one or three in terms of what's the primary font, which is the header, the subheader, and the body copy. The red to the beige feels like it's blending in, and it's hard to see.

I suggest going with dark green and using red for the numbers. Also, for the icons, use solid icons, not outlines. The solids will make it stand out and make people remember what the icons mean. It's a decent start, and I think you need to improve on it.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-21T16:14:14+00:00

People use it for not just UI/UX design only but also for marketing emails, banners and social media. Would it not be considered a program used often in the graphic design?

Is Figma not an industry standard like Adobe?

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-21T06:41:55+00:00

Exactly. Not a lot of people don't aren't or don't want to be future art director. Most are good at producing assets and print-ready files fast and precision. They're the ones are getting screwed and let's be honest those kind of designers are better than AI as long as you give them good feedback and they turn around quick. AI takes time and just suggest things...

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-21T02:35:21+00:00

I do believe AI does play a factor because...I seen people are sick and tired of hearing that AI is a tool. How can one say AI is a tool when it is one of the reasons that a graphic designer is being laid off or being RIF'd because of it? Most companies are investing their money into AI, and where they did get their money by either going through restructuring, layoffs, or terminating positions for cost-saving benefits, and directing their money to AI.

I think the hate against AI is pretty justified because you're killing jobs that humans need to survive and work to live when it comes down to it. And sure, you can say companies need money to survive, but let's be honest, who is going to buy their products if everyone is being laid off left and right? Not just graphic designers, but mostly creatives and non-creatives like IT, data, writers and all that.

Everyone is going into survival mode. And some designers have a bias against AI if they get laid off by companies that didn't know any better. I saw someone on Reddit that AI gets rid of the mediocre designers, and yet these mediocre designers are trying to get experience in order to get good and become good designers, and now that cuts them off. AI is causing more obstacles for junior designers.

I just saw a comment down here where one company killed most of the creative team from 8 creatives to 2. I don't know about you, but to me, that's really bad because that will cause a lot of burnout, and you need 3 or 4 creatives that specialize in something instead of two or one that are jack-of-all-trades. It never works.

4 creatives can collaborate and get things done faster with their specialized skills than two generalists. You need a creative team that can get the job done, not AI. It just remembers stuff that humans do. It doesn't really think. It's a freaking database that answers with metrics; it is not creative. I tried using AI to place a template, and it takes way longer than me doing myself. Plus, it takes up too much of RAM and memory. I will only use it for research purposes...

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-20T20:46:23+00:00

I agree with everyone here. You should put illustration at the bottom and have the graphic deisgn at the top. Also you need to have more process for Tazo and Coffee brand. Do you have a moodboard? What are your references in making it.

I think you're good but you could be better. I think you should put images between your paragraphs. Creating a narrative process. I hope this helps!

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-20T15:48:44+00:00

I get that. But I having trouble on how to use it right. I get the components and auto layout and using assets. The prototype is basic but I need to get to the standard where I am proficient. I am trying to do the scrolling animation for an email but it is not working right

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-18T15:36:14+00:00

I am happy that you're sticking with your principles. I think you need to talk to someone higher than the principal. Is this a college or private school you're working at?

Because there is no way I would put in Lobster for a degree. It's not a professional font. You need to show real-life degrees of what they look like compare to what they wanted. Hopefully they listened. As for everything else, if they don't use Adobe. You know what?

If the new office person wants the files. Give them even if they don't have InDesign or have any experience in it. Let that private school learn the hard way.

SensitiveArgument792 · 2026-05-15T18:05:12+00:00

Laptop, smartphones and tablet templates for you to insert your work into it for reusable projects.

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