Big Brands No More! Now I’m just an Average Motion Designer | A Freelancer Vlog
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2021
- This time I want to show you one day in my life as a motion design freelancer.
I used to create a lot of big brands stuff, like adidas, cartoon network or bmw.
But during my long career as a motion designer I've realized that there are more important things than making award winning animations.
Enjoy watching!
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I can very much identify with this sentiment Michael. When you are young you want to be doing all the "cool stuff", but as you get older you realise the pain that comes with that. There is a LOT to be said for a low stress life. The average work still pays the bills and they are usually a lot more fun to work on.
This is great. So glad it popped up in my feed. I absolutely love this attitude and look into the freelance world. Being average for most of my projects and really going all in on a few others has proved to be the best workflow. Not every project is paying the premium and not all money is good money.
That’s a very refreshing point of view! And very well told story-wise! Thank you! I think I really needed that. :)
Hey Michael, like a lot of the comments already mentioned, these videos are great to watch! Very informative and interesting. I look forward to watching more of your vlogs as a freelancer.
Hi Cecilia. Thank you very much. There will definitely more freelancer vlogs to come 😊
this is what i expected a motions designer's vlog to be like.. chaotic but creative!!!
Hey, really great video. Like you, I've been doing this for quite a while and when you have kids (and also get older) you have to make some hard choices. I was offered to work on Tron 2 and turned it down because I'd be gone for months away from my family. That was a tough pill to swallow, but it was the right choice. I think you captured a side of this industry that nobody really talks about. Great work.
This video is exactly my mindset. I gave up chasing and hustling where you’re always sick and not healthy for time with my son. Your daughter is adorable! Keep family first.
Love videos of your freelance process! Would love to see more of your work with small brands!
Your videos are so good! Please keep uploading, you're doing great work
Love your content, you are an inspirations sir. hope you can stay this healthy and focused on what you feel really matters.
Hey Michael, thanks for sharing your awesome awesome journey - and helping me to reconsider what could be done if things don't work out one way as a motion designer. And I'd like to echo what Lulu said "You're the best!"
Once you have a daughter these words coming from her moth "You're the best!" changes everything. Life of a freelancer
Dang I look up to you so much bro. I have no degree in animation and multi media arts but I will do my best and keep practicing. Keep being awesome bro.
Wait! not only just editing skills and techniques but also story telling, sound design, pacing actually perfect. u basiclly a god.
Thank you 😊. I had some practice before with some previous vlogs. And I just watched the big guys like Casey Neistat 😂. Sound design is a bit difficult for me. Finding the right balance between music, voice and sfx that sounds good on all devices. Are you a professional filmmaker?
@@MichaelPonch Nah, after watching u for a while. i'm no longer a good filmmaker😂😂. just consider me as an experienced one that i dont only watch things but also feel the story and hear the sound.your vlog style is already top-notch above 95% of vlog-things i've seen.
PS: That's amazing combination of story,sound design, music and attention to detail that keep me watching the whole video (no skipping any second) eventhough it's 360p in case u havent noticed yet🤣🤣🤣
Hey mate I think a lot of motion designers around the world are going through that same kind of transition, I think this really resonates mate!
I miss this kind of channel on UA-cam. I don't look for glamorous channels with kind of fake lives. This is the real jewel. I'm a motion designer as well but now I've spending some time off recovering from burnout since last year. I've always wanted to do big stuff but in the last years all I want is a low rhythm, enjoy the ride, and small things. I suffer from anxiety and I'm trying to figure out how to sustain a motion design career with this crazy reality. I don't like companies that work as agencies with short deadlines and all those crazy things that come with it. I've been surfing the web trying to find things I can do to match my new me. Thanks for the content and have a great week!
Thank you very much 😊. Yes, the stress also took a toll on me. So I focused on the seemingly “unsexy” stuff. Maybe a highend project once in a while for my showreel. If your anxiety allows meet people personally and connect. From my experience this opens the door for job opportunities. Wish you all the best 😊
@@MichaelPonchF all that nonsense you showed at the beginning of the video. Go straight to the point. No one cares about the luxurious life you've lived or the celebs you've associated with.
My experience with the vídeo
walks in: Oh, what a nice storytelling and career!
walks out: *sobbing/in tears* I need to start living my life
Hi Michael, 2 years later, but I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing!
You made me laugh a lot! 😂😂😂 Thank you, you change my day! Cheers!
Super nices Video! Danke für den Einblick🙂
Bitte, gerne ☺️
Love your content dude! you are the Casey Neistat of Motion graphics hahaha I'll wait patiently for your next vlog, thank you for for brighten my day :D
Thanks so much. I feel really flattered to be compared with Casey 😊. I love Casey Neistat but I’m really far away from him. However you are right because I learned from him regarding his vlogging style. As I’m busy with my freelance stuff I can’t keep up with these kind of Mograph Vlogs. But if you want you can check out “Michael Ponch #shorts”. I started a channel were I upload small snippets if my everyday freelancer life. Not regularly but more often than on this channel. Cheers from Germany 😎
Michael, you are my new inspiration
It was interesting! Thank you for sharing! I’m going to become a freelancer motion designer, but I need more practice for it. So I watch such videos as yours to find motivation. So thank you for motion! This child in your video is gorgeous! Let God bless you!
Lovely video; it's great to get some reality and focus on what is really important in life.
Great video. Great storytelling. Thanks, Michael!
Thanks very much 😊
I never realised how amazing you are!
Holy shit I remember that ad from 1998! BTW always thought you were from USA, just realised you're living at Chiemsee! Not far away. BTW I would be super interested how it was working back in the 90s, especially with all the limited possibilities back then!
Great POV, great storytelling 👏🏾👏🏾🔥
So nice,
Thanks for sharing!
Such a lovely video
More Vlogs! So fun to watch :)!
Thank you. Yeah, it was also fun to edit 😊
I really like you videoo🙌
As a newbie freelance motion designer, I really need to learn much from someone experience and this video is really help me to widen my view
Bro please more vlogs! Love the behind the scenes of a motion designer, hard to find on youtube. Thanks dude
Hi! Thank you 😊. Yeah, i’ll try to find the right moment to make a BTS video again. Maybe in spring. It’s just that it’s very difficult to vlog while you are in total stress to deliver your client in time. I’m figuring out to do it in another way. Maybe talking about the projects as flashbacks. But thanks anyway 😊
@@MichaelPonch sorry just saw this dude,
And yeah i cant imagine vlogging while trying to do a huge project lol. Think doing flashbacks while still shooting the behind the scenes is cool.
This was great to watch!
Thank you 😊
Hey Bro I Really Like your Videos and Please make this Kind of Videos With your Daughter. We can learn so much from you and make videos on how to get clients and how to make Portfolio and all that kind of stuff Love from India
Wow, this video is AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Und viele Grüße aus der Nähe von München. Bitte weiter so und weiterhin viel Erfolg. 🙂
Danke Dir ☺️. In München bin ich auch oft 😎. Grüße vom Chiemsee!
@@MichaelPonch ah, der Chimsee ist wohl eine der schönsten Ecken von Bayern 😊
@@peterheynen Total, besonders im Sommer mal schnell in eine der vielen Seen springen nach viel After Effects 😂. Aber München ist ja auch nicht schlecht. Habe einige Jahre in Unterschleißheim gelebt.
@@MichaelPonch Ich wohne nicht wirklich in München, nahezu in der Mitte zwischen München und Chiemsee, in Feldkirchen-Westerham. Und ich weiß genau was du meinst, es ist wirklich eine traumhafte Gegend.
Mensch, ich bin so sprachlos über deine Videos und die Art wie du präsentierst. Du hast das gleiche Talent wie Andrew Krammer, man lernt bei dir warum(!) du das so und so machst. Ganz nach dem Motto: gib jemanden einen Fisch und du ernährst ihn für einen Tag, bring jemanden das Angeln bei und du ernährst ihn für sein gesamtes Leben.
Ich arbeite wirklich schon lange mit After Effects, aber es gibt nicht ein Video von dir, bei dem ich nicht etwas gelernt hätte. Ein ganz, ganz großes Danke. Deinen Kanal werde ich bei meinen Schulungen wärmstens empfehlen.
Mikey😷create tutorials to pass on the skills to the next generation 👏🏾
i think im gonna be like this guy in ten years and honestly it looks like a chill balanced life
Lovely!
Great video, thanks for sharing. Agree, quality of life should remain a priority. Your German to my untrained ear sounds good! I've been at this for about the same amount of time... my first programs were Crystal 3D, Lumena, & Rio.
Thanks, man. Actually I was born in Germany 😂. Haven’t heard about your softwares yet.
thank you, Michael, I really appreciate your video contents :)
Great work life balance
So GOOD!!!!!
Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. I think this is relatable for a lot of motion designers who've been around since the 2000's. The glory days are behind us. In modern times we're talent staff that quickly turns around deliverables for whoever needs it. Not a bad place to be, but we don't always get to wear the super hero cape as often as we used to.
Thank you :) You're absolutely right. I'm not willing to spend overnights working for unthankful clients just to be part of something "big". That's something for the younger generation, though I heard from someone that Generation Z is unwilling as well 😂. There are tons of "just" solid projects that are fun and well paid as well.
amazing!!!
thanks for share,
Will you ever find time to write a book on your experience as a Motion Designer? Great work, great life vibe :)
Mike's winning at life.
keep up the good work 👏!
Thank you very much 😊
Hey brother I wish you make more vids like this :)
Awesome bro very helpful
Thank you !!
Welcome 😊
Ey cooles Video!
Vielen Dank, habe aber auch sehr lange dran rum geschraubt 😎
very inspiring brotehr
Hallo Michael, mir gefällt dein Video sehr gut!
Vielen Dank :) Ich sehe gerade, dass Ihr "um die Ecke" seid. Vielleicht kann man ja mal kollaborieren. Komme aus Bad Endorf :)
@@MichaelPonch
Sehr gerne, allerdings bin ich auch ein Freelancer, habe aber ein kleines Studio. Wie ich gehört habe, kennst du Peter Heynen bereits? Mit Peter arbeite ich auch seit vielen Jahren zusammen.
Wenn du mal Lust und Zeit hast, könnten wir uns im Studio treffen?
Like your video very interesting to watch the daily routine of a Motion Graphics Designer as a Freelancer
Just want to ask what the price range for small projects and big projects could be?
shiiiii, this is an S tier vlog
subscribed !
Danke!
“RTL VIJESTI” opener FTW! 🇭🇷 Croat watching 😂
😂 It was I think in 2006/2007. I even created a design for RTL Vijesti before. It contained World Map with a lot of dots 😊
was pleasantly surprised! great video and message - thank you!
Hello, do you have tutorials for most of your works especially in AE, AI and PS? thank you
Haha, 've been there!
What do you consider a low budget logo animation (Price bracket wise)?
Schönes Video :) Ich habe mich schon immer gefragt wer hinter den bekannten "big-brand" Intros steht und diese erstellt. Vielleicht führt der Weg uns in naher Zukunft für ein Projekt zusammen. Bis dahin alles gute, Tim
Danke sehr :). Hab es leider noch nicht geschafft, Eurer Website/Filme im Einzelnen durchzuschauen. Aber die Screenshots sehen schon mal sehr hochwertig aus :). Ja, vielleicht kommt man ja mal zusammen. Ist zwar nicht mein täglich Brot, aber ich durfte schon für einige Serien und Feature Filme einige Kleinigkeiten machen. z. B bei "You are wanted" mit Schweighöfer habe ich Screens mit animierten Fake UIs bestückt, die man am Ende eher unscharf im Bokeh gesehen hat 😂 . Oder für "Abikalypse" Wireremovals etc. gemacht. Schöne Grüße aus dem Chiemgau
@@MichaelPonch Ich habe dir eine Mail geschickt. Ich hoffe mal die ist angekommen und nicht im Spam Ordner gelandet. 👍🏻
@@worldproductionentertainment hi Tim. Ja, ich hab’s heute morgen gelesen. Bin noch nicht dazu gekommen, Dir zu antworten. Wird in der nächsten Stunde geschehen. Und danke für die Anfrage 😊
Nice work, how was that effect on the translation when you were in the meeting part done?
It’s a custom text effect I made 😎. Just a simple downscale animation but with a hard keyframe. Then I splitted it via a mask. One layer was time shifted. Then I put a chroma blur on it. And thank you by the way 😊
@@MichaelPonch lol you should make these little things and effects as youtube shorts tuts! The first video i saw was you recreating that apple wallpaper, subbed right there lmao, keep up the great work!
Hey Michael! I really enjoy your content. Your videos are really insightful, your technique for gradient strokes came in very handy in one of my projects. I was trying to find an email or a way to contact you but I couldn’t find anything. I am a motion graphics artist, have worked freelance and full-time for both big and small companies, and since I really resonated with some of your videos I thought I could reach out and introduce myself and hopefully exchange some messages with you. Let me know if you would be open to that! Thanks!
how long did it take you to edit this???
Great content. What was client's feedback? Haha. Do you use tablet for AE and C4D?
Thank’s man 😎. As far as I remember my client was satisfied 😊. Yeah, I use my tablet for both AE & C4D
@@MichaelPonch it would be nice if you make video on how do you setup and use tablet for ae and C4d. Tried a few times to use Wacom Intuos but gave up after a few hours 😂😂
what an amazing channel, lovely girl you have
wow wow i can't say anything just wow
2:47 Right Click is Left Click everything is backwards understand that and you'll be fine lol
Please tell me that you animated that gmail logo for Google.
No, I didn’t unfortunately 😊
3:50 Dude what excellency are you talking about!? Just dip the croissant into yoghurt and sense the flavor...
I spent 11 hours in finding a shortcut and in the last hour I do it as it is supposed to do Because I am unable to do it with shortcut 😆
Right 😎. I think these are the situations where we become more experienced. An expert knows what to do and what not do do 😂
@@MichaelPonch yeah
Für den Algorithmus
Danke für den Beitrag 😊
Your daughter has your exact face cut. LOL. And you yourself look like Bruce Lee. 👍
On a serious note...i want to work like this. I dont want big money with high pressure jobs that make you stressed. But im unable to find direct clients in India that want to pay even $25 to get a motion design film done. They dont even understand what it is and how a video will benefit them...and they wont save time by saying NO either...they will instead keep on shamelessly telling you the same excuse....I WANT TO DO....CALL ME NEXT WEEK ON FRI AT 4pm (as if he will even remember)....next week 4pm he doesn't even remember and brushes it aside and says call NEXT WEEK WED at 1pm. How do you handle this when every client is doing the same. Wrong country to do creative stuff i guess right ?
man i have not done things like you but have reached same conclusion - TIME TO HAVE FUN - love what you are doing and how - SUBSCRIBED
Thanks for subbing 😊. Absolutely. As fun as the creative industry is….it’s not worth risking health, family, friends and fun time!