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Reality vs. Render. 💻✨
The final look is all about that smooth, liquid glass vibe, but the BTS is basically just me navigating the chaos of the Graph Editor and Geometry Nodes.
Working with soft-body physics in Blender is always a journey from "how is this going to work?" to "okay, that’s actually satisfying".
Fellow designers—do you prefer a clean workspace or does your viewport look as chaotic as mine? 💀
#MotionGraphics #BlenderCommunity #GeometryNodes #3DArtist #BehindTheScenes #ProductAnimation
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A cinematic CGI study of the McLaren exploring high-performance design through light, form and motion. Built entirely in Blender, the focus was on mood over documentation — high-contrast lighting, precise composition and camera work that sits between photography and film.
Tools: Blender, Cycles, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop
It looks super sleek and modern.
Where being a Creative Dev actually makes sense👇
A client recently told me something:
“Everything is there… but something feels off.”
Sometimes the product is solid and the design is well-structured, but the experience just doesn't land. It feels flat and, above all, easy to forget.
That’s exactly where our role as Creative Devs shifts from technical to narrative. It’s not about "decorating"; it’s about fixing the flow.
For this project definitely one of my favorites from my first year as a freelancer we used Webflow, GSAP, and Spline to build what was missing: the pacing.
- Guiding the eye with transitions that feel natural.
- Connecting sections so the scroll doesn't feel like a series of jumps.
-Simplifying the complex through interactions that react to the user.
It’s amazing how the same message changes completely when you stop just "showing" and start "communicating" through motion.
After 12 months of going solo, these are the projects that remind me why I chose this path.
Oww this is so good.
I love the spheres, how you did them? Spline?
Why does presenting finished work online sometimes feel harder than finishing the work itself?
You finish the project
Then comes the part where you need to show it
And somehow, it becomes its own complex unpaid project
I recently ran a small survey among designers, and a lot of people mentioned the same things:
✦ wanting to use motion, but not having motion design skills
✦ having to reinvent the presentation format every time
✦ feeling like the work doesn't look online as good as it should
So apparently, it's not only my personal designer drama
I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I'm building something around it. Something for designers who want their work to look good online without turning every post into a full production
Do you struggle with this too, or have you already found your system?
I find this very funny because i recently rounded up a project and i'm currently thinking about how to post
The issues from my pov are where to begin so i start looking for inspiration, thinking about captions and ultimately doubt (is the post gonna do well or not)
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