---
title: Motion Graphics
description: Motion graphics involves animating graphic design elements, typography, and illustrations to communicate information or tell a story. You will understand how to apply animation principles, design kinetic typography, and create engaging visual assets for videos, websites, and digital interfaces.
category: arts-design
subcategory: video-production
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/motion-graphics
---

# Motion Graphics

Motion graphics involves animating graphic design elements, typography, and illustrations to communicate information or tell a story. You will understand how to apply animation principles, design kinetic typography, and create engaging visual assets for videos, websites, and digital interfaces.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 2 Courses • 1 Websites

## Courses

### 1. Animation Bootcamp

Master motion graphics with Sean Scott's Animation Bootcamp course! Learn animation principles and create stunning visuals.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/animation-bootcamp

**Tags:** motion-graphics, animation-principles, after-effects, keyframe-animation, graph-editor

### 2. After Effects Kickstart

An eight-week structured beginner course covering the After Effects interface, keyframes, timing, shape layers, and importing Photoshop and Illustrator artwork. Assignments are critiqued by a teaching assistant, so you finish with reviewed animation work.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/after-effects-kickstart

**Tags:** after-effects, motion-graphics, animation, keyframing, beginner-course

## Podcasts

### 1. Motion Hatch

**Author:** Hayley Akins

Motion Hatch is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by veteran motion designer Hayley Akins, discussing the business side of animation and motion design that so many creatives struggle with. 

Offering quality practical advice and insight for freelance, full-time or aspiring animators, illustrators and motion designers, hear from a wide range of voices within the industry, including how leading animators started out, tips on managing your business and career advice. 

For more info on how to take control of your motion graphics career and to join our community of amazing, talented designers, head over to http://motionhatch.com.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://motionhatch.com

**Tags:** motion-design, animation-industry, freelancing, creative-careers

### 2. No Film School

**Author:** No Film School

Podcast from the No Film School website featuring interviews with screenwriters, directors, cinematographers, editors and producers, plus news on cameras, lighting and filmmaking apps, helping independent filmmakers understand craft decisions and build careers in film and television.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://nofilmschool.com

**Tags:** filmmaking, cinematography, screenwriting, independent-film, film-industry

## Websites

### 1. schoolofmotion.com

School of Motion is an online education platform for motion design. It offers project-based courses, workshops, and tutorials in After Effects and Cinema 4D, plus critiques and masterclasses to help you create professional animation work.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://schoolofmotion.com

**Tags:** websites, arts-design, video-production

## Books

### 1. Design for Motion

**Author:** Austin Shaw

A textbook on the visual design side of motion graphics: composition, typography, color, style frames and storyboards, with interviews and case studies from working studios. Readers learn to develop and pitch design concepts before animating them.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1138812099?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, arts-design, video-production

---

*This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge*

*Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).*

View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/motion-graphics