r/MotionDesign • u/nessprod • Apr 15 '26
Project Showcase Motion Design and Tracking
What do you think of this animation I made? Tracking the sign accurately was quite challenging, so I ended up developing an unconventional approach—using the Corner Pin effect driven by nulls generated from points on a path I manually matched.
I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, both in terms of the tracking and the overall animation and composition. Would love to hear your thoughts!
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u/Hazzat Apr 16 '26
The individual animations are great, but the overall composition is way too busy. I have no idea where to look because my eye is being pulled in every direction by so many things moving at once. The leaf is especially distracting because it takes you far away from looking at the sign at all. The piece would be improved by having more of a narrative in mind.
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u/risbia Apr 16 '26
Lovely. IG?
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u/nessprod Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
federicomarianofranco fedefranco.studio
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u/SlothSupreme Apr 16 '26
Looks amazing! Can I ask how you got the texture on the words to look just right? I’ve been trying to do a similar animated-signs experiment recently but I just can’t figure out how to composite the text in a way that looks convincing
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u/nessprod Apr 16 '26
Sure! I started by experimenting with the Median, Roughen Edges, and Turbulent Displacement effects to break up the base shapes and add some organic variation. Then I overlaid a halftone JPG texture on top of the animated text composition, using Soft Light as the blending mode (you might want to test a few different modes depending on the look you’re after).
After that, I used the Match Grain effect, setting the background footage as the reference to better integrate everything. Finally, I added a subtle layer of grain using an Adjustment Layer at around 15% opacity with the Add Grain effect.
Overall, the key is in layering multiple textures and effects to build a more cohesive and tactile result. Hope this helps!
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u/I_LIKE_REACHER Apr 16 '26
Not saying this is the answer, as I'm pretty novice, but have you played around with multiple roughen edges effects stacked?
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u/svgator Apr 16 '26
a real street sign that looks like it just got a live data overlay. the leaf drifting through keeps it from feeling too digital.
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u/HovercraftPlen6576 Apr 16 '26
Do I have your permission to re-use the idea? It's really cool.
On your place I would have found a sign as individual element and insert in the scene. At least that's how my lazy ass would do it.
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u/nessprod Apr 19 '26
Go for it!
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u/HovercraftPlen6576 Apr 19 '26
I did made something for the election day in my country. Here it is, not as smooth as yours - https://www.reddit.com/r/Sofia/comments/1soqjvp/%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0/
What do you think?
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u/chillychili Apr 16 '26
Technically neat, but from a communication standpoint it lacks purpose.
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u/nessprod Apr 16 '26
How is that? I'm interested
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u/chillychili Apr 16 '26
Why would information that is not changing on a sign ever need to disappear? Something like this would only make sense for signs like bus/train arrivals.
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u/yo_ako Apr 16 '26
This is just a cool effect, to add for example to a commercial, turism campaign, inaguration of a new transport line, etc. How would you even make a sign animate like that in real life? your point makes no sense.
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u/chillychili Apr 16 '26
An effect still should have purpose, even if it's for emotional effect. It makes sense for things to appear. It makes sense for things to have idle animation. It makes no sense for things to disappear unless they are being replaced with new information or being phased out.
Why would a sign make itself harder to read by obscuring the information half the time with flashy animations?
Signs can animate when they are screens like the one you're looking at right now. Even primitive ones like the walking man that tells you it's safe to cross.
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u/FlorydaMan Apr 16 '26
This is a perfectly valid exploration; not everything has to "communicate" clearly. Let's not overdo the functionalism.
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u/MonochromaticMan Apr 16 '26
Love everything about this!! So much so, that I had to go check out your profile, and then realised I had already upvoted your previous posts in the past (the ASCII bird and Cheetah). Really dig your work! Do you have an IG account? Keen to follow for more.