Adam Plouff's guest appearances

Adam Plouff

Animalators

School of Motion Podcast

Motion Hatch: Helping Motion Designers Do Better Business

Michael Jones

Erica Gorochow

Jay Grandin

Zac Dixon

Ryan Summers

Colin Hesterly

Mitch Myers

Joe Donaldson

Jake Bartlett

Monique Wray

Michelle Higa Fox

Mack Garrison

Cabeza Patata

Handel Eugene

TJ Kearney

OwlTail

Do you have a favorite plugin that you can't live without? Have you ever thought about who the person was that created that plugin that has saved you countless hours of work? This special episode of the School of Motion Podcast has been pulled from our Expression Session vault. It features instructors Zack Lovatt and Nol Honig interviewing Adam Plouff who you may know as the mad genius behind Battleaxe;  which, may we add, is responsible for the massively popular and useful plugins Rubberhose and Overlord.

Do you have a favorite plugin that you can't live without? Have you ever thought about who the person was that created that plugin that has saved you countless hours of work? This special episode of the School of Motion Podcast has been pulled from our Expression Session vault. It features instructors Zack Lovatt and Nol Honig interviewing Adam Plouff who you may know as the mad genius behind Battleaxe;  which, may we add, is responsible for the massively popular and useful plugins Rubberhose and Overlord.

Sharpening The Battle Axe w/Adam Plouff

This is part one of a new mini-series we’re doing here at Motion Hatch called Making Money in MoGraph. We’ll be hearing from people who are making money as motion designers in a number of different and less than conventional ways. Today, I sit down to talk with one of the most well known After Effects tool designers in the industry. Adam Plouff has created some of the most amazing After Effects tools, including RubberHose and Overlord. Before becoming an awesome tool creator, Adam worked in TV broadcast. It was there that he serendipitously fell into his current career. Since then he’s become one of the most prolific After Effects tool creators out there. He’s even been working with Google to make some of their tools. Adam and I talk about what it’s like to sell tools in this industry. It’s difficult to make this a fulltime job, but Adam has found ways to make it his. We also discuss how you can find the part of the motion design industry that’s best for you as a freelancer. We end by talking about how to strike a good work-life balance and creating work that still feeds your desire to create without getting bogged down in the business side of things.   In this episode:  How Adam transitioned from working with broadcast television to becoming one of the leading animation tool developers in the industry Why we need to appreciate all the aspects of the motion design business that may not be that obvious Reflecting on the work you’ve done to pinpoint the part of the industry that you’d like to work in the most Doing something different and unique so that you’ll get noticed (perhaps even by Google) Dealing with struggles and successes that come with working in this industry and its impact on our mental health Setting limits and guidelines in your business to make sure that the job doesn’t destroy your love of the craft    Quotes: “There’s a definite downside of the quick sharing that we live in today. You don’t see all of the hard work and the years of practice that go into some stuff, and you don’t see how long it takes a team to come to a really cool solution. You just think everyone should be able to sit down and just generate content.” [8:25] “A lot of the confusion that can come from people who are in and around motion design is that they see just the cool parts of it. They see really pretty videos that go on the internet somewhere and it can be easy to miss the fact that there are so many other things that go into a good piece. Motion design is just a really small part of it.” [10:42] “I think it’s really easy as a freelancer to be reactive to what comes at you and to think that you only have the option to say yes or no to a project. But if you are treating your work like a business then you have a lot of opportunities.” [15:27] “As a commercial artist, developer, designer, whatever you do creatively for money, there are a lot of struggles and there are a lot of really good things in that if you take the time to curate your own life experience and find ways to enjoy what you do.” [38:35]   Links: See what Adam is working on at Battle Axe Check out Adam’s older work Follow Adam on Twitter | Instagram | Dribbble | Vimeo | YouTube | Facebook   2018 Tried Really Hard to Destroy Me Figma The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber Zendesk   Find the full show notes here Keep up with everything Motion Hatch Follow Motion Hatch on Twitter | Instagram If you haven't already, would you mind leaving us a rating and review? It really helps!

This is part one of a new mini-series we’re doing here at Motion Hatch called Making Money in MoGraph. We’ll be hearing from people who are making money as motion designers in a number of different and less than conventional ways. Today, I sit down to talk with one of the most well known After Effects tool designers in the industry. Adam Plouff has created some of the most amazing After Effects tools, including RubberHose and Overlord. Before becoming an awesome tool creator, Adam worked in TV broadcast. It was there that he serendipitously fell into his current career. Since then he’s become one of the most prolific After Effects tool creators out there. He’s even been working with Google to make some of their tools. Adam and I talk about what it’s like to sell tools in this industry. It’s difficult to make this a fulltime job, but Adam has found ways to make it his. We also discuss how you can find the part of the motion design industry that’s best for you as a freelancer. We end by talking about how to strike a good work-life balance and creating work that still feeds your desire to create without getting bogged down in the business side of things. In this episode: <ul> <li>How Adam transitioned from working with broadcast television to becoming one of the leading animation tool developers in the industry</li> <li>Why we need to appreciate all the aspects of the motion design business that may not be that obvious</li> <li>Reflecting on the work you’ve done to pinpoint the part of the industry that you’d like to work in the most</li> <li>Doing something different and unique so that you’ll get noticed (perhaps even by Google)</li> <li>Dealing with struggles and successes that come with working in this industry and its impact on our mental health</li> <li>Setting limits and guidelines in your business to make sure that the job doesn’t destroy your love of the craft</li> </ul> Quotes: “There’s a definite downside of the quick sharing that we live in today. You don’t see all of the hard work and the years of practice that go into some stuff, and you don’t see how long it takes a team to come to a really cool solution. You just think everyone should be able to sit down and just generate content.” [8:25] “A lot of the confusion that can come from people who are in and around motion design is that they see just the cool parts of it. They see really pretty videos that go on the internet somewhere and it can be easy to miss the fact that there are so many other things that go into a good piece. Motion design is just a really small part of it.” [10:42] “I think it’s really easy as a freelancer to be reactive to what comes at you and to think that you only have the option to say yes or no to a project. But if you are treating your work like a business then you have a lot of opportunities.” [15:27] “As a commercial artist, developer, designer, whatever you do creatively for money, there are a lot of struggles and there are a lot of really good things in that if you take the time to curate your own life experience and find ways to enjoy what you do.” [38:35] Links: <a href="https://www.battleaxe.co/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">See what Adam is working on at Battle Axe</a> <a href="https://adamplouff.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Check out Adam’s older work</a> Follow Adam on <a href="https://twitter.com/battleaxedotco" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://instagram.com/battleaxedotco" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://dribbble.com/adamplouff" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dribbble</a> | <a href="https://vimeo.com/battleaxe" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1Buv7nvtRTc_kViPCqjQw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/battleaxedotco" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://medium.com/@adamplouff/2018-tried-really-hard-to-destroy-me-eb21b8cf5cee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2018 Tried Really Hard to Destroy Me</a> <a href="https://www.figma.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Figma</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RO9VJK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber</a> <a href="https://www.zendesk.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zendesk</a> <a href="https://motionhatch.com/31" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Find the full show notes here</a> <a href="https://motionhatch.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Keep up with everything Motion Hatch</a> Follow Motion Hatch on <a href="https://twitter.com/motionhatch" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/motionhatch/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/motion-hatch-helping-motion-designers-do-better-business/id1306811815?mt=2&amp;ls=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">If you haven't already, would you mind leaving us a rating and review? It really helps!</a>

031: Making Money in Mograph Part 1 w/ Adam Plouff - Battleaxe

Adam Plouff is a freelance motion designer and animator based in Atlanta, Georgia. During our conversation, we discuss the beginnings of Rubberhose, how to start coding for animation, and his most recent project: “Why Pay?”. Links: Why Pay: https://vimeo.com/145548262 Rubberhose: http://www.battleaxe.co/   Highlights: - Photoshop T-Shirt Designer - Lead singer of a hardcore metal band - Learned Final Cut 6 &amp; After Effects - Animators Kit - Writing expressions - “Try to push yourself forward with every project.” - How to make lines, curves and invert values and volumes - Rubberhose beginnings - ”Coding can be taunting: someone described it as staring into the void” - ”I wrangle data with code. If you can think of it in those terms: it’s just a different way of managing data.” - Dream client: Myself. - Favorite Animated Film: Iron Giant , Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt - What your kids think you do: I make robots - Animalator: A sloth because they are adorable, and they know how to chill and I don’t.

Adam Plouff is a freelance motion designer and animator based in Atlanta, Georgia. During our conversation, we discuss the beginnings of Rubberhose, how to start coding for animation, and his most recent project: “Why Pay?”. Links: Why Pay: <a href="https://vimeo.com/145548262" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/145548262</a> Rubberhose: <a href="http://www.battleaxe.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.battleaxe.co/</a> Highlights: - Photoshop T-Shirt Designer - Lead singer of a hardcore metal band - Learned Final Cut 6 &amp; After Effects - Animators Kit - Writing expressions - “Try to push yourself forward with every project.” - How to make lines, curves and invert values and volumes - Rubberhose beginnings - ”Coding can be taunting: someone described it as staring into the void” - ”I wrangle data with code. If you can think of it in those terms: it’s just a different way of managing data.” - Dream client: Myself. - Favorite Animated Film: Iron Giant , Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt - What your kids think you do: I make robots - Animalator: A sloth because they are adorable, and they know how to chill and I don’t.

Episode 4: Adam Plouff