Stephen Minty

Hi, I'm Stephen. I'm a motion designer and animation director, and I'm now available for freelance projects 🎉 Here's a taste of what I do...

I’m looking for a new full-time gig! Ideally remote with a small to medium-sized company, either as an IC or leading a small team. I have experience in developing illustrative brands and in-product brands. I’m interested in green tech and products that empower creatives.

Hey! I'm expecting some availability this month, is anybody looking to spice up their projects with some cool illustrations? My work spans multiple styles and industries, I'm sure I could be of help! maximebourgeois.com (Retweet so your art director friends can see ✨)

{ motion design } Is it me or does it feel like a LOT of studios and brands started hiring for new positions like, this week? Are we on the bounce back up finally?

Spotted in Bristol. What are @buck_tv up to? I'll buy ten.

For everyone asking what’s happening in the industry right now - layoffs, canceled projects etc. What you’re feeling is the trickle down effect of poor vision and poor management from company leadership. [a thread on the current state of things with a positive outlook...]

@pg_motion Did it work?

Sent this out to ad agencies when I graduated lol

@RebeccaTee I feel like "need" should have been capitalised too. For emphasis.

i’ve never seen a potato bag quite like this. i am agog.

Even though it's winter, we've got some sunshine scheduled for next summer! Join us July 20th & 21st in Raleigh for hangouts, parties, & talks w/ some amazing speakers. Tix on sale now bit.ly/bash2023 @TheBevlak @shortsandtales & @thechickensound CRUSHED this ident!

@Palhil They actually cut it short. It's "Colossal dinosaur heading for London displays no remorse over destruction"

Come on BBC news. If you'd just left the final word off this headline it would have sounded so much more exciting.

@PhillTibb These look fantastic! I'm also slowly improving and thinking ceramics will be how I make a living in a few decades. AE might become obsolete, but pottery has been a craft for millenia.

A sneak peek into the process behind our latest work for @substack Cel animation is always super labour-intensive, but will never fail to feel magic 💥 Credits: Animation - @_JordanPledge #animation #motion #celanimation #drawing #draw #art #loop #process

@FullHarbor Creativity for work and creativity for the soul are different beasts, I think. When I've exhausted the former, I go to my pottery studio to indulge in the latter 🏺

Creativity can sometimes give you energy, but it can also take a lot out of you. What do you do to feed back into your SELF? Personal projects? Watch a movie? Go for a walk?

@n1ckfg @FakeGreenDress I'm intrigued - do you have any examples?

@FakeGreenDress The creative uses of 32bpc mode. For years after it was introduced I just thought it meant less banding on gradients

reddit.com/r/AfterEffects… This Reddit thread got me wondering: what's a feature in AE you learned way too late? For me it's either alt-replacing a layer's source or using the pan behind tool to move an anchor point. I did both of those the hard way for YEARS.

@pvonborries @FakeGreenDress Came here to say this! I only learned this a few weeks ago, after seven years of manually zeroing out 😑

@FakeGreenDress … and holding Shift while pick-whip parenting will move the child layer to the position (and scale) of the parent 🤯

All this talk about Twitter shutting down is nonsense. See, I'm typ~~this message fin~~ ~ello? What the h~~~my God, it's happeni~~~

I'm gonna post the results of my anonymous day rates typeform when I get 100 results. Heard there were a few issues earlier. Feel free to add to it, such a big range of responses oeutwnu4tdr.typeform.com/to/JnC0Wut6

Time to have a coffee break, freshen up your ideas, and watch our first studio reel. This wouldn’t be possible without @manuaguilar, who helped us with a fantastic musical journey that merges all the various projects. THANK YOU to everyone who helped us during these years!