Marco van der Vlag

I am beyond excited to announce that starting next week I’ll be joining @buck_design Amsterdam as Lead 2D Animator! Over the past years I’ve gotten to know some amazingly talented and lovely people and I’m happy that I finally get to work alongside some of them on a more permanent basis. After exactly 10 years of freelancing — plus a small break in between — and after some internal debate and consideration it felt like it was time to go into a new direction. Thanks BUCK for giving me this chance! Oh and I’ve made some After Effects logo thingies last month while freelancing there. Swipe ➡️ to see all of them in more detail! #2d #animation #aftereffects #motiondesign #buck #amsterdam

As a big fan of meditation and yoga, I was more than thrilled when @buck_design approached and asked me to help out on this animation for Headspace Germany. This was the first time for me in the role as a Lead Animator, and I have to say I learned a ton while working on this project with some of the most talented people in the industry(what a team!!). Thank you again BUCK Amsterdam for this awesome opportunity. Executive Creative Director: Vincent Lammers (Associate) Creative Director: Jennifer Zheng (Senior) Art Director: Simon Buijs Executive Producer: Chance Woodward Producer: Katie Liston Resourcing: Iasha Chapman Storyboards: Jennifer Zheng, Léa Zhang, Ester Rossi Designers: Mijke Coebergh, Christo Silveira, Anna Moessnang, Ester Rossi Lead Animator: Marco van der Vlag Cel Animators: Melanie Gohin, Anne Mosca, Ester Rossi AE Animators: Robin Desnoue, Léa Zhang, Jaume Mestre, Marco van der Vlag Sound: Antfood @headspace.de @headspace Official video: /watch?v=lFXRdIn7em8 #headspace #zen #meditation #yoga #sleepcast #motionlovers #damngoodmove #motionmate #mgcollective #mdcommunity #gfxmob #gfx_daily #motionaep #motiondesign #animation #aftereffects #2D #framebyframe #celanimation

New year, new reel! 🎥 🎬 Check my website for a complete breakdown of all the work (link in bio). Song: Neon Indian - Change Of Coast #showreel #reel #2022 #aftereffects #2D #motiondesign #animation #buckuback #motionlovers #damngoodmove #motionmate #mgcollective #mdcommunity #gfxmob #gfx_daily #motionaep #motiongraphics #showreel2022 #showreels

I’ve been trying to vibe-code the next After Effects and accidentally built a real-time rendering animation app for the browser. What started as a fun experiment has turned into a 10-week rabbit hole I can’t seem to exit. Please send help. By prompting Claude continuously, this somehow formed into a fully functioning motion design app that runs on WebGPU and TypeScript that I’m calling “Plate”. The code is probably held together by pure vibes, miracles and delusion. Developers will probably experience extreme emotional damage if they look at it (i am truly sorry). Motion designers suddenly have gained powers to build custom animation apps through using LLM’s like Claude Opus or ChatGPT Codex. The future of motion design is interesting. Test the app out yourself at https://plate.video and let me know what you think! (Understand that Plate is in Alpha so expect many bugs and the possibility of things breaking.) #motiondesign #aftereffects #vibecoding #webgpu

Coinbase just entered the prediction markets space and we helped bring the announcement to life with a fast, punchy sizzle reel! The stretching dots were deceptively tricky, but we managed to build a versatile rig in Cavalry that we ended up using for almost every shot. This was a really fun short and sweet project with some good technical challenges. Full credits Client: Coinbase Studio: BUCK Executive Creative Director Vincent Lammers Executive Producer Chance Woodward Creative/Animation Director Joe Brooks Associate Creative Director Conrad Ostwald Producer Bénédicte Gold-Dalg Art Director Estefan Richter Animation Lead Marco van der Vlag Designers Estefan Richter Mattheus Sakita 2D Animation Lead Marco van der Vlag Animators John Stewart Laurentiu Lunic Adrian Moran Marco van der Vlag Special Thanks Anton Thallner

At the start of this year we partnered with Riot Games and set out to bring the visual identity for MSI 2025 to life. We came up with a brand, design and motion system that was used by dozens of vendors during the event. I loved exploring this more gritty style of animation, and often wondered how far we could push it. How many keyframes do you actually need if you go really gritty? Turns out, some elements only needed 4 frames in total to fully animate in and out. The less in-betweens we added, the grittier it looked. But how do you maintain consistency when so many different people are involved? You make a set of guidelines: a Motion Language. This is where Riot Games asked us to create a Motion Brandbook + Animation Toolkit. We supplied an After Effects toolkit with a bunch of pre-made assets that were used by the vendors all throughout the event. And it’s been really fun to see them editing an iterating on our work. lf you swipe right ➡️ you can see some of the work that was included in the AE toolkit and some quick screen recordings from the Motion Brandbook. Working alongside the Riot Games team was an incredibly rewarding experience, and I’m proud to have collaborated with such a awesome client. Lastly, a big shout out to our own team here at BUCK Amsterdam, everyone delivered outstanding work on this project.

Explore the full showcase here for more details: https://buck.co/work/riot-games-msi @buck_design @riotgames Full credits Executive Creative Director Vincent Lammers Head of Production Carolina Brandão Associate Creative Director Daniel Rodrigues Executive Producer Justin Harris Producer Jose Tirado Galan Art Director Rasmus Stenberg Estefan Richter Animation Director Daniel Rodrigues Joe Brooks 2D Animation Lead Marco van der Vlag Designers Chris Markland Rasmus Stenberg Estefan Richter Lucas Ramos Florian Stumpe Bernd Bousard Felipe de Leonardo Figols Alessandro Issao Nakabachi Léo Imbert Animators Otilija Morozaite Laurentiu Lunic John Stewart Nicolas Grandry Riccardo Agostinelli Marco van der Vlag

Some glassy gradients! Do I miss just diving into After Effects, playing around for hours/days to get to some interesting. These were fun! Heavily inspired by two greats: @fafa_motion and @jerbosmans

An explosive logo animation for GitHub that I was happy to be a part of last year! This continued to be developed even further into an entire branding system by my dear colleagues at @buck_design ! Check for more info here https://buck.co/work/github-universe-2023 Below is a list of the awesome people who worked on just this logo animation: Executive Creative Director Vincent Lammers Creative Director Ward Graumans Art Director Estefan Richter Executive Producer Chance Woodward Producer Katie Liston Design Yana Abramova Sandro Rybak Estefan Richter Animation Lead Marco van der Vlag Animation Adelir Boeira Simon Schu Marco van der Vlag

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