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Olena T.

Lviv, Ukraine

$19/hr
5.0
17 jobs

🔍 Looking for eye-catching animation? I'm here to help you achieve incredible results!" 🧠 What I bring to the table: ✅ High-engagement visuals tailored to platform, audience, and format ✅ Promo motion graphics that drive clicks, views, and conversions ✅ Logo animation motion graphics that add polish and brand recall ✅ DOOH-ready motion graphics design for LED, ultrawide, and vertical formats 🎬 Services ✔️ Logo Animation ✔️ 2D Motion Design ✔️ Lottie (JSON) ✔️ SVG & GIF Animation ✔️ Intros / Outros ✔️ Animated Ads ✔️Social media videos (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) ✔️ Short promotional animations ✔️ Text and typography animation 🎬 What You Get ✔️ Clean, Modern Motion ✔️ Web-Ready Files ✔️ On-Time Delivery ✔️ Smooth Communication My deliverables are included: ► REVISIONS on every stage of the process. ► Clean, minimal motion design integrated with the Brand guidelines. ► Creative and strategic execution from storyboard to final delivery. ► Licensed Background music is provided. ► All project files, full ownership, and rights. will be delivered upon completion. ► Step-by-step, transparent & organized work process. ► Discussion/consultation via Upwork voice/video call. ► I work up to late evenings to stay in touch with US, UK, and EU clients. Tools: ☑️ Adobe After Effects ☑️ Adobe Illustrator ☑️ Adobe Photoshop ☑️ Figma ⚡️ Why me: 🔁 Reuse of proven motion graphics systems across 50+ projects — fast delivery and clean execution 🚀 Delivered video funnels that helped drive \$25k+ in 4 weeks 📈 Created 70+ promo motion graphics ads with up to 5x ROAS 📦 Quick turnaround: 90% of projects delivered in 2–3 days 🤝 Before we start: I offer a free audit of your current motion graphics promo creatives — what works, what doesn’t, and how I’d improve it. No pressure to hire, just value upfront. 📩 Click the green “Send a Message” button — 🚀 Let’s bring your vision to life. Share your idea. Convert to your ROI. 🔥

  • Visual Effects
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Animation
  • Logo Animation
  • Social Media Video
  • Character Animation
  • Motion Graphics
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Animated Cartoon
  • Compositing
  • 2D Animation
  • Video Intro & Outro
  • Video Editing
  • Animation Design
  • 3D Animation
  • 3D Rendering
  • Motion Design
  • Animated Explainer
  • Video Animation
Aram Daniel M.

Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

$18/hr
5.0
18 jobs

Howdy! I’m Aram, a Technical 3D Artist and Creative problem solver dedicated to transforming ideas into polished, immersive experiences. Experienced in 3D modeling, animation, compositing, and graphic design, I bridge the gap between artistic vision and technical execution. I collaborate with designers and developers to bring projects to life across games, AR/VR, film, and digital platforms. arammarquez.com I collaborate with my team at RCB Studio, a group of talented 3D artists and designers. This lets me take on projects of different scales while keeping the same quality and attention to detail.

  • Visual Effects
  • 3D Rigging
  • Blender
  • 3D Animation
  • Character Animation
  • Game Asset
  • 3D Modeling
  • 3D Design
  • Modeling
  • Game Development
  • Computer Animation
  • Game Art
  • 3D Game Art
Amit P.

Kathmandu, Nepal

$40/hr
5.0
72 jobs

I am a talented and creative Visual Effects Artist and VFX generalist with more than 12+ years of experience in the Visual Effects Industry. I have consistently dedicated to create top quality, intensive compositions that meet efficiency standards. I have consistently meet aggressive deadlines by prioritizing and managing tasks .I do freelancing and currently working at Incessant Rain Studio in Nepal. Understanding in all areas of film post-production, TV Series, TVC, Music Videos, and look development. I have worked entirety for multiple Feature Films, TV- Series TVC such as Locke & Key(Netflix Series), Unfortunate Events(Netflix Series), Watchmen(2019), Jack Ryan(2019), Chappie, Emerald City, The Walk, After Earth, Briarpatch, Daybreak, New Amsterdam, The tick , Snatch and many more. Sincerely , Amit Pujari

  • Visual Effects
  • Rotoscoping
  • SynthEyes
  • Nuke
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Match Moving
  • Video Cleanup
  • Compositing
  • Photo Retouching
  • Mocha Pro
  • Chroma Keying
  • Green Screen
  • The Pixel Farm PFTrack
Geraldo J.

Jakarta, Indonesia

$6/hr
5.0
11 jobs

VFX artist and 3D artist/3D generalist with over 7 years of experience. Specializing in Feature Films, TV Series, and Commercials, with strong understanding of 3D workflow/implementation, VFX, compositing, chroma keying and rotoscoping. If you need cinematic visual effects/VFX, CGI shot, realistic 3D renders for your film, videos, music videos, or product promos. You've found the right person to help you! Tools: • Adobe After Effects • Substance Painter • Photoshop • Mocha Pro • Autodesk Maya • Arnold • V-Ray • Blender • ZBrush • Marvelous Designer

  • Visual Effects
  • Compositing
  • 3D Modeling
  • 3D Animation
  • CGI
  • 3D Rendering
  • Video Cleanup
  • Animation
  • Chroma Keying
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Blender
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Green Screen
  • Rotoscoping
  • Keying
Hai M.

Hanoi, Vietnam

$30/hr
5.0
2 jobs

🎮 Spine 2D Game Animator with 3+ years of experience creating game-ready animations for mobile games. I specialize in creating polished, responsive, and production-ready animations for Casual, Match-3, Puzzle, Tower Defense, Pet Simulation, and Midcore games. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠 WHAT I CAN HELP WITH ✅ Spine 2D Character Animation ✅ Creature & Pet Animation ✅ Combat & Skill Animation ✅ UI & UX Animation ✅ Object & Reward Animation ✅ Splash Art Animation ✅ Slot Game Animation ✅ Logo & Intro Animation ✅ VFX Animation Support ✅ Rigging & PSD Preparation ✅ Production-Ready Asset Delivery ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 HIGHLIGHTS • 20+ Mobile Game Projects • Experience working with 5M+ download titles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚙ WORKFLOW ✅ PSD Preparation ✅ Rigging ✅ Animation ✅ Polish & Optimization ✅ Export Preparation ✅ Implementation Support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH ME ✔ Smooth and responsive game animations ✔ Clean rigs and organized Spine files ✔ Mobile-friendly optimization ✔ Strong communication and collaboration ✔ Reliable delivery and fast response ✔ Experience working closely with Game Designers, Artists, and Developers ✔ Understanding of real mobile game production pipelines ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠 TOOLS • Spine 2D • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe After Effects • Unity (Animation Integration Support) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Whether you need a single animated character, UI feedback animations, slot symbols, splash art animation, or support for a complete game animation pipeline, I'd be happy to help. Feel free to send me a message and tell me about your project.

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation
  • Spine 2D
  • Character Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • UI Animation
  • Mobile Game
  • Game Art
  • Game Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Unity
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Character Design
  • Motion Graphics
  • Illustration
  • Game Asset
  • Graphic Design
  • Game UI/UX Design
  • 2D Game Art
  • Game Development
Marta V.

Gdansk, Poland

$49/hr
4.9
451 jobs

I help brands, agencies, and marketing teams create motion graphics, visual effects, and branded video content that improves engagement, supports campaigns, and scales across digital platforms. With 10+ years of experience in After Effects and post-production, I deliver polished creative assets built for advertising, social media, and product marketing. MOTION DESIGNER & VFX ARTIST FOR ADS, SOCIAL MEDIA & BRANDED CONTENT I create high-impact video content for brands, agencies, and marketing teams that need consistent, high-quality motion design and visual effects across campaigns. THE PROBLEMS I SOLVE • Inconsistent motion design across campaigns and platforms • Unreliable freelancers and slow production cycles • Motion graphics that don’t match brand guidelines • Difficulty scaling content for ads and social media • Lack of dependable long-term creative support CORE SERVICES • Motion Graphics & Animation • Adobe After Effects Production • VFX Compositing, Tracking & Rotoscoping • Product Videos & Promotional Content • Social Media Ads & Performance Creatives • Branded Content & Marketing Campaigns • Kinetic Typography & Title Design • Logo Animation • Video Editing & Post-Production • Music Videos & Lyric Videos • AI-Assisted Video Production • LED Visuals & Event Content CLIENTS WORK WITH ME TO • Launch campaigns and products with strong visual impact • Produce consistent, on-brand social media content • Scale video production without losing quality • Reduce production time and revision cycles • Support ongoing marketing and content needs WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH ME LONG-TERM • Clear communication and structured workflow • Fast onboarding into existing teams and processes • Organized project files and reusable assets • Consistent visual quality across deliverables • Reliable deadlines and predictable delivery • Ability to integrate into ongoing production pipelines TOOLS Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Mocha Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Runway, Midjourney, Kling, Veo, and other AI-assisted production tools. If you need a motion designer and VFX artist who can deliver consistent, high-quality creative work for ads, social media, and branded content, send an invitation to discuss your project.

  • Trailer
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Stock Footage
  • Graphic Design
  • Lyrics Video
  • AI Video Generation
  • Cinematic Video
  • Kinetic Typography
  • Motion Design
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Album Cover
  • AI Image Generation
  • Music Video
  • SaaS

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