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2022 Year in Review

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2022 Was a Year of Big Changes, in the Motion Industry and Beyond

2022 may be remembered as the year things got back to “normal,” but also as a year of big changes, and our industry is no exception. The economy was booming, but now may be stalling. The rapid development of AI tools makes our jobs ever easier, but also might be stealing them away. In-person work and events have returned, but are people ready to show up? New tools are making serious in-roads against the established giants. Freelance rates had been booming for the past couple years, but a flood of tech layoffs may shake everything up. 

School of Motion’s fearless founder Joey Korenman is joined by Creative Directors EJ Hassenfratz and Kyle Hamrick, former SOM Creative Director Ryan Summers, and an all-star lineup of studio owners and industry experts for their hottest takes on this year’s burning questions, including “can we even define what motion design is anymore?”. 

In addition to our regular podcast format, this year we also made this multi-hour odyssey into a video, so you can see the work, tools and events as they’re being discussed. So get comfy and prepare your ears (and hopefully eyes) for a full recap on all things mograph for 2022.

Show Notes From The 2022 End Of Year Podcast

Artists

Joey Korenman
EJ Hassenfratz
Kyle Hamrick

Ryan Summers

Andre Foster

Erin Sarofsky

Justin Cone

Nol Honig

Rachel Oftedahl

Yann Lhomme

Haley Akins

Winbush

Seth Eckert

Wesley Slover

Becky Sloan
 
Joe Pelling

Baker Terry
 
Monty Python

Guillermo Del Toro

Anthony Vitagliano

Mark Bashore

Nando Costa

Zachary Corzine
Wes Cockx
Nidia Dias

Patrick Clair

Ariel Costa

Emonee Larussa

Don Allen Stevenson

Taylor Cox

Zak Tietjen

Sarah Anne Gibson

Skan Triki

Nocky Dinh

Steve Savalle
Jordan Bergren
Nebojsa Savicic
Guido RossoIan Sigmon
Nick Forshee

Patrick Gallagher

Shea Lord

Chris Do

Beeple

Entagma

Paul Babb

Mathias Omotola

Clinton Jones

Dan Jeffries

Mr Beast

Amanda Russell

Adam Plouff

Joe Donaldson

Jake Bartlett

Studios

Thinkmojo
Ordinary Folk
The Furrow
Sanctus
BUCK
BUCK Residence
Digital Kitchen
TONOS
Plains of Yonder
Tonko House
The Famous Group
DreamWorks Animation
Perception
Gunner
Giant Ant
First Fight
Corridor Digital
Illumination
Pixar
Cream Studio
Spillt

Pieces

Welcome to Synth
Don't Hug Me I’m Scared

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Main Title Sequence

Gaslit

ONI: Thunder God's Tale

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Google Material You
ESPN x NBA Channel Rebrand
Gillette Stadium Mixed Reality Commercial

Why did Adobe spend 20 BILLION DOLLARS for Figma???

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Residence — is this the future of the creative industry?

We Need to Talk About NFTs with School of Motion

NFTs and the Future of Motion with Justin Cone

Why are After Effects artists freaking out about Skew? | Insane new time-saving tool

The Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet's Largest CG Challenge | Moving Meditations

Suture by First Fight

The text-to-image revolution, explained

Why THIS is the Future of Imagery (and Nobody Knows it Yet)

Box

Tools

Cinema 4D
Unreal Engine

Blender

Substance 3D Modeler

Rive

Spline

Houdini

Womp 3D

LightWave 3D

Fable

Animator by Haiku

Plainly

ZBrush

Maxon

Adobe Sensei

Adobe After Effects

ColorSwap
Bendio
Limber

Skew for After Effects

Rift

Action Essentials 2 by Video Copilot

X-Particles

3D Studio Max

Unity

Procreate

Nomad Sculpt
Dall-E
Midjourney

Descript

Stable Diffusion

GPT-3

Avatar AI

Rokoko

Move AI

Avid

Final Cut

Cavalry

Resources
JumpStart Designers

Half Rez

NAB

Camp Mograph

Adobe MAX

Siggraph

It’s Nice That

Art Basel

StepN

Unfolding

Working From Home Increases Productivity

The Truth About Work-From-Home Productivity

Duolingo acquires gunner to accelerate product & brand development

It’s Official! ZBrush is Now Part of the Maxon Family

‘If you’re in tech, buckle up—it’s gonna be a tough ride’: The analyst who says Big Tech’s layoffs show ‘a new reality’ sees ‘more cuts’ ahead

How Will Widespread Tech Layoffs Impact Next Year’s Job Market?

It's the end of the boom times in tech, as layoffs keep mounting

The companies that helped create 2022’s ‘crypto winter’

NFT prices slump as FTX's collapse shadows digital collectibles

Tezos NFT Marketplace Hic et Nunc 'Discontinued'

AEScripts

Greyscalegorilla

Unreal Fest

Adobe MAX highlights: Timesaving new features, the next generation of AI, and incredible sneaks from our Labs

U.S. Copyright Office Rules A.I. Art Can’t Be Copyrighted

Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

A Very Basic Overview of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF)

Neural Radiance Field (NeRF): A Gentle Introduction

Motionographer

Cartoon Brew

Rolo

Too old for mograph?

US lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok

U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok

Musk Threatens War With Apple, Jeopardizing Vital Relationship

Apple and Amazon among firms facing pressure to halt advertising on Twitter

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