2024
Radiant Gradients is my university capstone studio project, presented at Vibe Fest 2025. It explores motion as a design language across branding, storytelling, and digital art, created specifically for social-first platforms.
Personal
Motion Design
Role
Motion Designer
TOOLS
After Effects
Animation isn’t just for decoration. Movement defines the voice, rhythm, and emotional tone.
Pacing, transitions, and sequencing shape how ideas unfold and how messages are felt.
Designed specifically for looped, vertical formats, where repetition reinforces memory.
Custom sound design was not an afterthought. it anchors the rhythm and story of each piece.
Radiant Gradients explored motion across three disciplines: motion as art, motion as narrative, and motion for brands.
The project examined how movement can shift meaning depending on context: from expressive abstraction to structured storytelling to identity-driven branding.
Built for Instagram as both platform and experiment, the work positioned motion as the central design language.
Through weekly research and iteration, I developed a series of short-form animations designed specifically for looped, vertical viewing.
The project moved fluidly between:
Abstract gradient compositions exploring light and atmosphere
Message-driven pieces using kinetic typography and sequencing
Brand-focused motion identities and logo systems
Timing, rhythm, and sound design were treated as structural elements — shaping emotion, clarity, and presence.
Radiant Gradients became both a curated body of motion work and a study in motion-first thinking.
It demonstrates how motion can operate across disciplines: expressive, communicative, and commercial; while maintaining a cohesive visual voice.
The project established a foundation for my ongoing motion work.
A curated selection of motion pieces from the Radiant Gradients project.
