By Eric McGilloway • Smiths & Tailors
THE WEEK (OR TWO) IN MOTION
Designer Spotlight: Angus Lyne on 19 Years in the Trenches
From daily deadlines at Conan to film title sequences, Angus has built his career on tackling all of it. We talked about the generalist life, why AI depresses him (but not for the reasons you'd think), and staying uncomfortable enough to keep learning.
"I'm sort of paradoxically uncomfortable being too comfortable. If there's no challenge or nothing new to learn, I get bored quickly."
Toolbox: Commotion for Blender
Add-on by MikhailRachinskiy
If you're doing any kind of cascading or offset animation in Blender, this add-on does what Cinema 4D's MoGraph effectors do. Animation offset by cursor distance, name, or proximity. Proximity Effector for distance-based property changes. Works with F-Curves and NLA strips. Free, 25,000+ downloads, updated for Blender 4.4.
Toolbox: Anchor Pro for Premiere & After Effects
by PlugInPlay.app
I've wasted more time repositioning anchor points than I'd like to admit, grrr. Anchor Pro helps fix what Adobe seems to not to care about. One click, done. Works in both Premiere and After Effects, same workflow. $35 with lifetime updates.
Who's Hiring Los Angeles · Irvine · Remote
That's No Moon: Expert VFX Artist ($160K–$190K, LA/Remote) Photorealistic real-time VFX for cinematic AAA games.
HBO Max: Senior Motion Designer ($84K–$156K, Culver City, Full-time) Motion graphics for HBO campaigns including promos, trailers, and OOH/video billboards.
See full listings + apply →
Thanks for helping make this thing grow. The bigger we get, the stronger the network becomes for Los Angeles-based Motion Designers. I appreciate you being here.
And congrats to all the Founder 20 designers! Your certificates go out Friday. Sign them, frame them, hang them up. At least, that’s what I would do!
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Eric