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Muhammad Slamet R.

Bandung, Indonesia

$20/hr
5.0
32 jobs

Hi! I’m a Motion Designer and Animator with over 7 years of experience creating clear, engaging animation for digital products, marketing, and educational content. I specialize in lightweight, platform-ready motion, particularly Lottie (JSON) animations, Explainer video, Character animation and custom GIF creation. Helping startups, agencies, and brands communicate their ideas through polished, efficient visuals. I provide tailored motion solutions for a variety of needs, including: 🎬 Lottie / App & Web Animations 🎬 Custom GIFs & Animated Stickers 🎬 UI/UX Micro-interactions 🎬 Explainer & Marketing Motion Graphics 🎬 Educational Animation Content I’ve contributed animation work for children’s educational media and collaborated with teams delivering content designed to simplify complex ideas and engage young audiences. Let’s collaborate! If you’re looking for motion that’s not only visually appealing but also optimized, purposeful, and easy to integrate into your product or campaign, I’d love to work with you. You’re welcome to share a brief. I’m happy to review your idea and discuss the best approach to bring it to life. Looking forward to creating something impactful together!

  • Animation
  • UI Animation
  • Explainer Video
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Motion Design
  • Character Animation
  • GIF
  • Animation for Kids
  • Stickers & Emojis
  • Education
  • Lottie
  • Flat Animation
  • Intro & Outro Animation Design
  • Animated Explainer
  • JSON
Vladimer K.

Tbilisi, Georgia

$30/hr
5.0
6 jobs

I'm a 2D & 3D animator creating cinematic, Pixar-style videos that bring ideas to life I focus on smooth animation, strong storytelling, and clean visuals that feel engaging and professional. Whether it's an ad, character animation, or explainer video, I make it look alive and memorable Fast delivery, clear communication, and high-quality results every time

  • Animation
  • 3D Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • Character Animation
  • AI Video Generation
Michael Andrew P.

Los Banos, Philippines

$15/hr
5.0
243 jobs

AVAILABLE TO WORK and LOOKING FOR NEW PROJECTS! Greetings, here are the list of services I provide: ♦ RIVE ANIMATIONS ♦ LOTTIE ANIMATIONS ♦ SVG ANIMATIONS ♦ RIVE GAME ASSET ANIMATION ♦ VECTOR ILLUSTRATIONS -Please be sure to check out my portfolio in this page. I have made some samples that you can view. -Let's talk about your ideas.

  • Sketch
  • Line Drawing
  • 2D Illustration
  • Anime
  • Digital Art
  • Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Vector Art
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • AI Image Generation
  • Cartoon Character
  • Cartoon Art
  • Lottie
Ayomide J.

Lagos, Nigeria

$15/hr
5.0
25 jobs

As a freelance animator, I manage the entire animation pipeline from concept to final delivery. My role involves collaborating with clients to understand their vision, developing scripts and storyboards where needed, designing characters and environments, creating animatics, producing the animation, adding visual effects, compositing, and delivering a polished final product. I oversee every stage of production, ensuring consistency in style, storytelling, and quality while maintaining clear communication and meeting project deadlines. Whether it's a commercial, short film, YouTube content, game cinematic, or promotional video, I take full ownership of the creative and technical process, providing clients with a seamless, end-to-end animation service.

  • Traditional Animation
  • Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • Animation for Streamers
  • Character Design
  • Sketching
  • Anime
  • Comic Art
  • Cartoon Art
  • Storyboarding
  • Cartoon Character
  • Character Animation
  • Music Video
Goodness I.

Kitchener, Canada

$30/hr
5.0
23 jobs

I am an experienced motion designer with a specialty in Rive Animation and Lottie Animation, crafting compelling and exciting animated videos and assets for various industries and platforms for over 6 years. Whether you want to create advanced clickable prototypes or create custom UI animation or animated videos for your product, I am here to support you in achieving your goals. Skilled in: - Producing 2D & 3D animated videos for mobile apps, web apps, and websites. Tools: - Adobe After Effects - Rive - Lottie - Spline 3D

  • Motion Graphics
  • UI Animation
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Explainer Video
  • Lottie
  • 3D Modeling
  • 3D Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • UI/UX Prototyping
  • Figma
  • Motion Design
  • Logo Animation
  • Animated Explainer
  • Maxon Cinema 4D
  • Blender
Mubasher L.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

$35/hr
4.9
57 jobs

🎬 Our animation work has appeared on Netflix. Our clients include YouTube channels with 25M+ subscribers. And we've delivered 200+ projects across 7 years without missing a deadline. If you need 2D animation — anime, character series, explainer, whiteboard, commercial — done at a production level most freelancers can't reach, you're in the right place. I lead a team of 20+ in-house animators and artists. We don't outsource, we don't use templates, and we don't cut corners on keyframe work. What we specialise in: — Full anime & cartoon series production — 2D explainer and commercial animation — Frame-by-frame character animation — YouTube channel production partnerships — Storyboarding, character design & animatics Typical projects: $500–$5,000+ Series and long-term partnerships: let's talk. 📩 Message me with your brief and I'll respond within 30 minutes

  • Traditional Animation
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • VideoScribe
  • Whiteboard Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • Animation for Kids
  • Anime
  • Character Animation
  • Video Animation
  • Explainer Video
  • 3D Rigging
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • Social Media Management
  • Marketing

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