2022 Was a Year of Big Changes, in the Motion Industry and Beyond
2022 may be remembered as the year things got back to “normal,” but also as a year of big changes, and our industry is no exception. The economy was booming, but now may be stalling. The rapid development of AI tools makes our jobs ever easier, but also might be stealing them away. In-person work and events have returned, but are people ready to show up? New tools are making serious in-roads against the established giants. Freelance rates had been booming for the past couple years, but a flood of tech layoffs may shake everything up.
School of Motion’s fearless founder Joey Korenman is joined by Creative Directors EJ Hassenfratz and Kyle Hamrick, former SOM Creative Director Ryan Summers, and an all-star lineup of studio owners and industry experts for their hottest takes on this year’s burning questions, including “can we even define what motion design is anymore?”.
In addition to our regular podcast format, this year we also made this multi-hour odyssey into a video, so you can see the work, tools and events as they’re being discussed. So get comfy and prepare your ears (and hopefully eyes) for a full recap on all things mograph for 2022.
Show Notes From The 2022 End Of Year Podcast
Artists
Joey Korenman
EJ Hassenfratz
Kyle Hamrick
Ryan Summers
Andre Foster
Erin Sarofsky
Justin Cone
Nol Honig
Rachel Oftedahl
Yann Lhomme
Haley Akins
Winbush
Seth Eckert
Wesley Slover
Becky Sloan
Joe Pelling
Baker Terry
Monty Python
Guillermo Del Toro
Anthony Vitagliano
Mark Bashore
Nando Costa
Zachary Corzine
Wes Cockx
Nidia Dias
Patrick Clair
Ariel Costa
Emonee Larussa
Don Allen Stevenson
Taylor Cox
Zak Tietjen
Sarah Anne Gibson
Skan Triki
Nocky Dinh
Steve Savalle
Jordan Bergren
Nebojsa Savicic
Guido RossoIan Sigmon
Nick Forshee
Patrick Gallagher
Shea Lord
Chris Do
Beeple
Entagma
Paul Babb
Mathias Omotola
Clinton Jones
Dan Jeffries
Mr Beast
Amanda Russell
Adam Plouff
Joe Donaldson
Jake Bartlett
Studios
Thinkmojo
Ordinary Folk
The Furrow
Sanctus
BUCK
BUCK Residence
Digital Kitchen
TONOS
Plains of Yonder
Tonko House
The Famous Group
DreamWorks Animation
Perception
Gunner
Giant Ant
First Fight
Corridor Digital
Illumination
Pixar
Cream Studio
Spillt
Pieces
Welcome to Synth
Don't Hug Me I’m Scared
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Main Title Sequence
Gaslit
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Google Material You
ESPN x NBA Channel Rebrand
Gillette Stadium Mixed Reality Commercial
Why did Adobe spend 20 BILLION DOLLARS for Figma???
Cocaine Bear (2023)
Residence — is this the future of the creative industry?
We Need to Talk About NFTs with School of Motion
NFTs and the Future of Motion with Justin Cone
Why are After Effects artists freaking out about Skew? | Insane new time-saving tool
The Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet's Largest CG Challenge | Moving Meditations
Suture by First Fight
The text-to-image revolution, explained
Why THIS is the Future of Imagery (and Nobody Knows it Yet)
Box
Tools
Cinema 4D
Unreal Engine
Blender
Substance 3D Modeler
Rive
Spline
Houdini
Womp 3D
LightWave 3D
Fable
Animator by Haiku
Plainly
ZBrush
Maxon
Adobe Sensei
Adobe After Effects
ColorSwap
Bendio
Limber
Skew for After Effects
Rift
Action Essentials 2 by Video Copilot
X-Particles
3D Studio Max
Unity
Procreate
Nomad Sculpt
Dall-E
Midjourney
Descript
Stable Diffusion
GPT-3
Avatar AI
Rokoko
Move AI
Avid
Final Cut
Cavalry
Resources
JumpStart Designers
Half Rez
NAB
Camp Mograph
Adobe MAX
Siggraph
It’s Nice That
Art Basel
StepN
Unfolding
Working From Home Increases Productivity
The Truth About Work-From-Home Productivity
Duolingo acquires gunner to accelerate product & brand development
It’s Official! ZBrush is Now Part of the Maxon Family
‘If you’re in tech, buckle up—it’s gonna be a tough ride’: The analyst who says Big Tech’s layoffs show ‘a new reality’ sees ‘more cuts’ ahead
How Will Widespread Tech Layoffs Impact Next Year’s Job Market?
It's the end of the boom times in tech, as layoffs keep mounting
The companies that helped create 2022’s ‘crypto winter’
NFT prices slump as FTX's collapse shadows digital collectibles
Tezos NFT Marketplace Hic et Nunc 'Discontinued'
AEScripts
Greyscalegorilla
Unreal Fest
Adobe MAX highlights: Timesaving new features, the next generation of AI, and incredible sneaks from our Labs
U.S. Copyright Office Rules A.I. Art Can’t Be Copyrighted
Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
A Very Basic Overview of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF)
Neural Radiance Field (NeRF): A Gentle Introduction
Motionographer
Cartoon Brew
Rolo
Too old for mograph?
US lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok
U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok
Musk Threatens War With Apple, Jeopardizing Vital Relationship
Apple and Amazon among firms facing pressure to halt advertising on Twitter
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