The Best Motion Design & Animation of 2023 (So Far...)

A showcase & breakdown of some of the most interesting Animation & Motion Design projects from the first half of the year. A mix of 2D animation, 3D, traditional hand-drawn & combinations of all of them.

Everything Mentioned:

Buck | GitHub

Govo | Jacques: Rien

Creative Studio | Reimagine: A Creative Studio Film

Zack Lydon | Crushed

Studio AKA | Queen Charlotte: Bridgerton Story

Buck | Illumina

Tendril | Tendril Refresh

Nerdo | Tencent China Literature

Sarah Beth Morgan | Between Lines

Nicolo Bianchino | Colophon Foundry Animated logos

Fabien Rousseau + Oskars Pavlovskis | Ham Man

Antibody | Marathon Trailer

Jonathon Djob Nkondo | A Little Taste of Joy

Special thanks to Derek Lau for helping me put this together!

This video was researched, written & edited
by Derek Lau & Ben Marriott
(If it sounded smart, that was Derek)

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Buck | Github
00:42 Gove | Jacques - Rien
01:17 Reimagine: A Creative Studio Film
02:12 Zack Lydon | Crushed
02:33 Studio AKA | Queen Charlotte: Bridgerton Story
02:50 Buck | Illumina
03:04 Tendril | Tendril Refresh
03:18 Nerdo | Tencent China Literature
04:14 Sarah Beth Morgan | Between Lines
04:34 Nicolo Bianchino | Colophon Foundry Animated logos
05:03 Fabien Rousseau + Oskars Pavlovskis | Ham Man
05:27 Derek Lau
05:45 Antibody | Marathon Trailer
06:10 Jonathon Djob Nkondo | A Little Taste of Joy

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[colin]

as a freelance motion designer, it's very inspiring yet very depressing to see this animations. I found motion designers level has grown so quickly the last 2-3 last years, it's hard to keep the level

[stillremain.artwork]

After watching these videos I always get the mixed feeling of being super inspired and imposter syndrome, thank you for being such an amazing motion curators!

[Nutsboss]

Please keep doing these I missed these so much. The exposure to these stylized artists and their mutuals when I go to their social medias are super inspiring.

[vanemotion]

Wow! Amazing animations! Congratulations to the creators 👌

[Productions-vgdl]

I'm a general fan of motion design as a form of animation so I love coming here and having you point out all the amazing work!

[pikachan]

As an everything motion enthusiast im feeling lucking to have recommened this channel by an online aquaintance ;-; i am so so happy

[kohemy]

i think you really missed PLAYGROUND- trailer by Rodrigo Sousa, its absolutly incredible

[sherynau]

thank you for curating such an amazing list of animators because most works get lost in the digital space left unnoticed!

[StefanKunz]

Wow, so much to learn and to try out now!

[davidlizom]

Nkondo's stuff have been absolutely my favourite for a while now, nice to see him receive some love!

[ivo-andrade]

Fantastic, thanks you both for smashing these refs together! Really good stuff there!

[AtaurRaziq]

Reimagine was my favourite, beautiful work. That illusion of reality that just broke as the peripherals snapped. That level of animation is what I'm chasing as my pinnacle. Thanks for sharing these Ben

[amandaradtke]

I could watch those Colophon logo to icon animations all day! So and clever!

[chaardewar]

waiting for the next episode of this series for a long time

[philipdavies]

Thank you Ben and Derek for keeping us all so inspired and motivated, bless your hearts

[adamgreen]

Love these reflections on the year. Massively inspiring! Cheers, Ben!

[sebastianzuluaga]

I really really really love the illumina one, so pure motion design, only colors and shapes and seamless transitions one after the other, Trully spectacular!!

[georgiesweet]

the nerdo film is just the use of grain😍😍

[iksxie]

Wow, these amazing motions makes me feel soooo Keep going!!!!

[eduardorosas]

I love this kind of breakdowns. As a beginner, this helps me a lot to understand how animation works.