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Hey! 🙌 Guess it's time to introduce myself to the Contra community.
I'm Dmitri, a calm and responsible 3D motion designer based in Estonia.
For the past 3 years I've been eating keyframes for breakfast in my favorite software, Blender. I like turning pretty much anything into motion, just because moving things are more fun than static ones.
So... if you need to animate a dashboard, bring some infographics to life, add motion to your product's UI, or build an explainer video that actually explains what your product does, and you want a solid result with updates along the way instead of radio silence until the deadline, that's me.
(And if you know someone who needs exactly that, send them my way too 🙂)
Cool work!
Thank you! 😊
Nice!
Thanks!😊
Great work!!
Appreciate it!🙌
the purple sphere and glass rings look so cool
Appreciate the feedback!
Cool work
That green and purple ring stack has such a nice glassy quality to it. The "radio silence until the deadline" line hit home too, that seems like the real thing that makes clients hesitant to hand off motion work. Do most of your leads come from other designers referring you, or from product teams finding you directly?
Welcome, Dmitri!!
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Animated UI Components: Figma + Figma Motion
I designed and animated a set of UI components in Figma using Figma Motion.
The goal was simple: make everyday interface interactions feel more natural, responsive, and enjoyable.
What I worked on
I started by designing the components with a focus on:
Clear visual hierarchy
Consistent spacing
Reusable components
Clean typography
Proper interaction states
A consistent visual language
After creating the components, I used Figma Motion to bring them to life.
Why motion?
Good UI shouldn’t only look good when it’s static.
The way an element appears, changes, responds, or moves can make an interface feel much easier to understand.
For the animations, I focused on keeping the movement:
Smooth
Simple
Purposeful
Fast enough to feel responsive
Subtle enough not to distract
The goal wasn’t to add animation just for decoration.
Each transition was designed to give the user feedback and make the interaction feel more connected.
My process
1. Design the component
I first created the UI component and made sure the structure, spacing, typography, and visual states were consistent.
2. Define the interaction
I considered what should happen when the user interacts with the component—how it should appear, change, or respond.
3. Add motion
I then used Figma Motion to create the transitions and refine the timing and movement.
4. Refine
I adjusted the animation until it felt natural and balanced with the rest of the interface.
The result
The final components combine UI design and motion design to create interactions that feel more polished and intentional.
This project was also a good reminder that small interactions can have a big impact on how a product feels.
Designed in Figma.
Animated with Figma Motion.
Clean work🔥
📣 New here on Contra, not fresh to motion design. 9+ years in, aiming high. Top 1% is the target. 🔥 Excited! 😊
Just hit 176 Discovery Score on @contra — officially in the top 1% of creatives.
Been putting a lot of work into improving my portfolio, case studies, and services lately, so it’s nice to see it paying off.
Ready to get more work soon 👀
Congrats
@Contra HQ @Contra Treating me right! Love this platform so much. It's been such an amazing game changing working with clients through here and being able to showcase my work.
