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Hi Guys!!
I am Sarim! A Rive & Lottie animation specialist.
But hey quick background. I didn’t start with animation.
I started with… accounting. Yeah, not the most exciting path. Just one of those that “seems like the safe option” choices.
Animation came when I was bored and felt stuck. Tried it out and realized "hey this is my passion".
Took a start from zero on Upwork, turned that into $70K+ in projects, hit Top Rated Plus, and worked on launches like Fluyo (the one that crossed $1M on Kickstarter).
Then I discovered #Rive & #Lottie. I realized interactions actually make people stop and notice. It makes the products feel more alive.
So that's what I focus on now.
I am now here to share little ideas, quick breakdowns, and ways to make apps and websites feel less boring.
Let's see where this takes me 👀
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I was mesmerized by the lava-lamp-like art @rickyretouch is creating and decided to replicate this effect with @Rive CLI. The result outdid my expectations. Poke and spin it yourself: https://rive.app/s/qruqF9nWZk2vn-pqTOp64w/?runtime=rive-renderer
Awesome! 🔥
Second #Rive animation locked in! 🏰✨
For this build, I designed and animated a gothic portcullis interactive UI element triggered by a glowing gemstone mechanism.
What I focused on for this experiment:
End-to-end vector design in Rive: Built entirely from scratch inside Rive to dust off my vectoring skills and master its native pathing/drawing tools.
Interactive State Machines: Configured the click logic using listener triggers to handle the open/close state loop smoothly.
Gothic UI Aesthetics: Balanced heavy metallic structures with subtle vector lighting to keep that dark fantasy feel.
Still diving deeper into interactive vector motion every day! What do you all think of the timing and state transitions?
Looking for a motion designer for your next project? Let’s collaborate! 🚀
Cool gothic style!
what do u collect?
i'm currently travelling the southern hemisphere, so I've been picking up loads of beautiful boarding passes, tickets and receipts from everywhere I've been.
this morning i worked on these collaged animations in photoshop, inspired by the collection of receipts growing in my wallet + by this lovely holographic ticket animation by SHIROTA.
lots of texture + type always make for the prettiest animations.
Very nice