Motion Graphics Greats Joey Korenman, EJ Hassenfratz and Ryan Summers on the Highlights of 2019 and What to Expect in 2020
It was a heck of a year for the MoGraph industry, and for School of Motion.
Our 2019 Motion Design Industry Survey revealed greater participation, enthusiasm, opportunity and income than ever before; and our business, course curriculum, core team, enrollment and online reach and engagement grew at exceptional rates.

On the 2019 End of Year episode of the SOM Podcast, our founder, CEO and Podcast host Joey Korenman is joined by EJ Hassenfratz, our 3D Creative Director, and Ryan Summers, our 2D Creative Director, to talk about the artists, studios, tools, trends and events that made MoGraph news in 2019 — plus all the exciting plans (and bold predictions) for the coming year.
This one's long, but it's worth it.
The School of Motion Podcast: The 2019 Year In Review
Show Notes from The 2019 Year In Review on the School of Motion Podcast
ARTISTS
- Joey Korenman
- EJ Hassenfratz
- Ryan Summers
- Jorge Rolando Canedo Estrada
- Chris Do
- Sarah Beth Morgan
- Zack Lovatt
- Nol Honig
- Mark Christiansen
- Emery Wells
- Greg Stewart
- Yaniv Fridman
- Daniel Luna
- Jess Herrera
- Ricard Badia
- Mathias Omotola
- Lana Simanenkova
- Allen Laseter
- Handel Eugene
- Adam Gault
- Ariel Costa
- Abbie Bacilla
- Sofie Lee
- Bee Grandinetti
- Tom Bik
- Jonny Oulette
- Nate Howe
- Markus Magnusson
- Rachel Reed
- Collin Leix
- Joyce N. Ho
- Dorca Musseb
- Maxwell Hathaway
- Tyler Morgan
- Nidia Dias
- Kevin Dart
- Miguel Lee
- John Kahrs
- Greg Gunn
- David Ariew
- Beeple
- Donnie Bauer
- Erica Hilbert
- César Pelizer
- David Brodeur
- Doug Alberts
- Angie Son
- Ryan Honey
- Kyle Webster
- Victoria Nece
- Renzo Reyes
- Chris Vranos
- David McGavran
- Paul Babb
- Matthias Bober
- Andrew Kramer
- Nick Campbell
- Erin Sarofsky
- Julie Craft
- Billy Chitkin
- Liam Clisham
- Andy Needham
- Chris Schmidt
- Russ Gautier
- Zachary Darren Corzine
- Chad Ashley
- Devon Ko
- Joe Donaldson
- Justin Cone
- Aaron Ray
- Barton Damer
- James Ramirez
- Michelle Dougherty
- Sander van Dijk
- Saul Bass
- James Anderson
- David Fincher
- Tim Miller
- Dave Stanfield
- Kyle Cooper
- Patrick Clair
- Gaspar Noé
- Jonathan Hoefler
- Anthony Zazzi
- Joe Russ
- Joey Camacho
- Lloyd Alvarez
- Patrick Dias
- Ted Kotsaftis
STUDIOS
- Ordinary Folk
- Blind
- Imaginary Forces (IF)
- Blur
- Disney
- Grayscalegorilla
- Toil
- Pixel Corps
- Chromosphere
- Animade
- Buck
- Gunner
- Royal Animation Studios
- Pixar
- Golden Wolf
- Pentagram
- Eyeball
- Oddfellows
- Digital Kitchen
- Kill 2 Birds
- Viewpoint Creative
- Nathaniel Howe Studios
- IV Studio
- Corridor Digital
- The Mill
- Psyop
- Moonbot Studios
- Cabeza Patata
- Hornet
- Hue and Cry
- Mainframe
- ManvsMachine
- Sarofsky Labs
- Moving Picture Company
- Legwork Studio
- Boxfort
- Already Been Chewed
- Spillt
- mk12
- We Are Royale
- Giant Ant
- Tendril Studios
- Alma Mater
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Nerdo Studio
- Toast Studio
- Igor + Valentine
- Blacklist
- Elastic
- Mowe Studio
- Gunslinger Digital
- SCANDI MOTION
- Rooster Teeth
- Block & Tackle
PIECES
- SOM Brand Manifesto Video by Ordinary Folk
- Pacific Rim Title Sequence by Ryan Summers
- EJ Hassenfratz’s Reel
- Joey Korenman’s Reel
- Ryan Summers’s Reel
- Play by Ordinary Folk
- Webflow - Welcome to the Age of No-Code by Ordinary Folk
- Expression Session Intro Video by Yaniv Fridman and Daniel Luna Ferrera
- Node Fest: Best Ident 2018 - Jess Herrera & Glen Miralles
- Bees by Ricard Badia
- Cinema 4D Basecamp Intro Video by Jess Herrera and Ricard Badia
- Lunch Break by Animade
- Blend Opening Titles by Gunner
- The Report Titles by Nol Honig
- Project Blue Book Titles by Nol Honig
- Sundance Film Festival Trailer by Nol Honig
- Abbie Bacilla’s Reel
- Introducing Frame.io for iPad by Abbie Bacilla
- Abbie Bacilla’s Scene from the SOM Manifesto Video
- Dream by Sofie Lee
- Kill 2 Birds Reel
- Kill 2 Birds Time Warner GFX Package
- Miami Nights MLB All-Star Game Short by Nathaniel Howe Studios
- JR Canest’s Motion Design Reworking of the 12 Principles of Animation
- Verizon: CES by Joyce N. Ho
- Nike Air Max Day by Joyce N. Ho
- IBM: Moonshot by Joyce N. Ho
- Ordinary Folk’s Reel
- Allen Laseter’s Reel
- Maxwell Hathaway’s Reel
- Tyler Morgan’s Reel
- Nidia Dias’s Quick Tip Tutorials
- VFX for Motion Intro Video by The Mill
- Nidia Dias’s Reel
- Chromosphere’s Reel
- Sprint Vector VR Video Game by Chromosphere
- My Moon Film by Chromosphere
- Age of Sail by John Kahrs and Chromosphere
- Paperman by John Kahrs
- Carmen Sandiego Title Sequence by Chromosphere
- Zedd Orbit Tour - Break Free by David Ariew
- Manifest Destiny by Beeple
- Beeple Visits Corridor Digital
- Wholly Guacamole by The Mill
- Coca-Cola Happiness Factory by Psyop
- The Scarecrow for Chipotle by Moonbot Studios
- Spotify Premium Campaign by Cabeza Patata
- Kroger Rebrand by César Pelizer
- Chips Ahoy Commercial by Hue and Cry
- Into The Flame by Angie Son and Hue and Cry
- Behind the Scenes of Into The Flame by Angie Son and Hue and Cry
- Good Books - Metamorphosis by Buck
- Building the Ultimate After Effects Computer
- Introduction to Lockdown
- Using Cinema 4D Art for Augmented Reality with Adobe Aero (Tutorial)
- The Mandalorian
- Rigging and Animating Whaley in Cinema 4D (Tutorial)
- Half Rez 8 Titles by Boxfort
- Slack - State of Work by Giant Ant
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Creating a Spiderverse Shader Using Sketch & Tune (Tutorial)
- Fender Pedals by Gunner (via Motionographer)
- Opening Film - March 2019 Apple Event by Gunner
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Main on End Title Sequence by Alma Mater
- Klaus
- Love, Death & Robots
- Frames for Future
- Microsoft Office 365 by Tendril
- Buster Williams with Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt by Igor + Valentine
- THX Deep Note Trailer by Andrew Kramer
- Star Trek Into Darkness Title Design by Andrew Kramer
- Game of Thrones Season 8 Title Sequence by Elastic
- Ozark Title Sequences
- True Detective Season 3 Title Sequence by The Mill
- Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes Title Sequence by Elastic
- Star Trek Discovery Season 2 Title Sequence by Prologue
- Warrior Title Sequence by Method Studios
- X-Men: First Class Title Sequence by Prologue
- The Morning Show Title Sequence by Elastic
- The Politician Title Sequence by Elastic
- Mr. Robot Title Sequences
- Killing Eve Title Sequence by Matt Willey
- Climax
- Enter the Void Title Sequence by Gaspar Noé
- Anymotion 2019 Opening Title by Mowe Studio
- Abstract: The Art of Design Title Sequences by Anthony Zazzi
- The Imagineering Story
- Moonrakers by IV Studio
- Jenny LeClue by Joe Russ
- Slapstick by Buck
- A Pack of Baby Yodas Eating a Jabba Carcass by Beeple
- Swatcheroo Intro Video by Patrick Dias
- aescripts + aeplugins 100K Instagram Followers Promo Video by Pedro Aqino, Dennis Hoogstad, Joe Basile and Sören Selleslagh
- Cinema 4D Rubber Hose Tutorials by EJ Hassenfratz
- Nike Battle Force by Oddfellows
RESOURCES
- The 2019 MoGraph and SOM Wrap Up
- Illustration for Motion
- VFX For Motion
- Expression Session
- Adobe After Effects
- Frame.io
- Webflow
- Maxon Cinema 4D
- UI/UX
- Camp MoGraph
- Node Fest
- 3ds Max
- NAB
- SIGGRAPH
- Jess Herrera's SIGGRAPH Talk
- Cinema 4D Basecamp
- Blend Fest
- Handel Eugene's Blend Talk
- After Effects Kickstart
- Motionographer
- SCAD
- Nathaniel Howe Studios’s Instagram
- Design Kickstart
- Markus Magnusson’s Patreon
- Cartoon Brew
- Adobe’s Acquisition of Oculus Medium
- Oculus Quest VR Headset
- Patriot Act (Netflix Show)
- Allen Laseter on the SOM Podcast
- Tyler Morgan’s Instagram
- Design Bootcamp
- Beeple ‘Portfolio Review’ on the Joe Rogan Podcast
- Marvelous Designer
- Cabeza Patata on Instagram
- Ringling College of Art and Design
- Doug Alberts Interview on Motionographer
- Adobe MAX 2019
- Procreate
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Draw
- Adobe Photoshop on the iPad
- Adobe Fresco
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Cintiq
- Wacom
- How to Draw with the Pen, Curvature, or Pencil Tool in Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Sketch
- After Effects 17.0
- Duik Bassel
- Cryptomatte
- An EXR v PNG Twitter Poll by EJ Hassenfratz
- Lockdown
- Composite Brush
- Paint and Stick
- Mocha
- Maxon’s Acquisition of Redshift
- Redshift
- Blender
- Cycles for Blender
- EV Express for Blender
- OctaneRender
- Cineversity
- Autodesk
- Foundry
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Red Giant
- Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite
- Red Giant Shooter Pluraleyes
- Blender Grease Pencil
- Autodesk Arnold
- Unreal Engine
- Unity Pro
- Cavalry by Mainframe
- MASH by Mainframe
- Autodesk Maya
- Houdini
- Adobe Aero
- Substance by Adobe
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Squarespace
- Adobe Dimension
- Adobe Mixamo
- Magic Leap
- Notch
- Quill
- Apple Mac Pro
- Grayscalegorilla Podcast
- AMD
- NVIDIA
- Metal
- Vulkan
- Final Cut Pro X
- Radeon Graphics CardsMSI Afterburner
- Power Macintosh G3
- TurbulenceFD
- NVIDIA CUDA Cores
- Radeon Pro Vega
- School of Motion’s MoGraph Meetup at NAB
- Half Rez
- Maxon 3D Motion Tour
- Mograph Mondays
- MoChat
- mograph.net
- Motion Design Artist (MDA) Slack
- #mochat
- Grayscalegorilla Plus
- Linkedin Learning
- The Best New Features Inside Cinema 4D R21 by Greyscalegorilla
- 3D for Designers
- Joe Donaldson Leaves Motionographer
- Legwork is dead Article by Motionographer
- Joysticks ‘n Sliders
- Flow
- Advanced Motion Methods
- Disney+
- Apple Arcade
- Joey Camacho’s Instagram
- Joey Camacho’s Twitter
- AvantForm
- Shutterstock
- Adobe Stock
- Tilt Brush by Google
- Swatcheroo
- Greyscalegorilla Texture Kit Pro
- Dribble Global Design Survey 2019
- Design in Motion: The Path to Mograph: A 2019 Adobe MAX Presentation by Joey Korenman
- The MoGraph Mega Show with Chris Do, Joey Korenman and Ryan Summers
- RevThink Podcast
- Giant Ant on Instagram
- Vimeo Staff Picks
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