How I Would Learn Motion Design (If I could start over)
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Published 2023-01-26
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Hayley has been in the motion design industry for over 15 years, working with companies such as Google, the United Nations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In this video, Hayley shares her 7 principles for learning motion design which she would implement if she could start over.
Hayley shares:
✅ How to stay productive
✅ What software should you learn?
✅ Extra skills you need as a motion designer
✅ How to market yourself and your clients
✅ The importance of community
✅ What is 'Just in Time' learning?
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Don't get distracted
01:11 - Should you learn Cinema 4D?
01:44 - Extra skills you need as a motion designer
02:37 - Learn skills for personal projects
03:52 - Creating a learning plan
04:38 - 3 ways to get around other professionals
06:42 - Be a life-long learner
07:09 - What is 'just in time' learn
All Comments (21)
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Here's some events we know about: Manchester, UK: www.meetup.com/motionnorth/?_cookie-check=0yGfDveH… Manchester, UK: www.manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk/ London, UK: www.instagram.com/seenoevillondon/?hl=en Barcelona, Spain: www.offf.barcelona/ Comment yours below!
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I would say the #1 thing for me is always getting stronger with animation principles. You can learn tools and plug-ins, but if you don't know what little touches give animation fluidity, impact, even emotion and personality -- animations will always fall short of their potential.
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Thank you for the info you shared. I’m over 50 years old and pivoting into a new career. Trying to focus on the key aspects will help me achieve my goals
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What I've learned in my career: People skills always beat technical skills.
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Soo true; sometimes he have so many resources to learn but we forget to actually put what we learned in action, it ends sometimes be just being a overwhelming of information but without any positive results on the end
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Great tips. Just In Time Learning & “leaning just enough and working on personal project” is really an eye opener for me. I was about to go down into rabbit hole😅. Thanks for this wonderful video.
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You made it so easy to subscribe! I mean you recommended other channels before yourself???? Geeez, feels so good when come accross nice people. Breath of fresh air!!!
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In France I know two events : "Motion Motion Festival" in Nantes, this year around May. And there's "Motion Plus" that is located in Paris.
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Thank you very much for the intel you giving! very Helpful!
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Thank you so much for the video. It came in clutch for the moment.
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I needed to see this video. Thanks so much. I definitely have been in the learning loop.
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Lovely video!! Thank you for sharing these gems. 💙🔥😎
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Thank you very much. I really learnt a lot from following the video till the end. You made the entire process so simple. Thank you once again.
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This video blow my mind!!! Thank you for sharing! I just got into the course!
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This is so fantastic. This is pretty much everything wrong with me. I am going to put this into a playlist for awhile of videos I watch weekly to remind me of the things I need to be doing to keep focused, on task and to keep progressing forward as fast as possible. Thank you for putting this video and info together.
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WOw Thank you for your Sharing ! I'm using After Effect, I'm looking for some beginner friendly 3D software and work my way up ! This is really helpful on Tools side !
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Thanks, Hayley, this was a really helpful video :)
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thanke u so much for sharing ur expreinces with a nice smile :)
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best way to learn is through school of motion it the best resource hands down
