SEBASTIAN MICHALSKI
MOTION DESIGN | ART DIRECTION
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MOTION DESIGN | ART DIRECTION
Logo animation for Allianz in Bavaria as partner of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, closing on the campaign line. Built entirely in After Effects from nothing but the Allianz logo as an SVG.
Leasing campaign for mobile.de — cars set down into the scene from above, one after another, closing on the campaign line.
Logo animation for Hardbrakers, a Hamburg fixed-gear cycling collective that has been riding grand tours around the world since 2012. The logo existed as an SVG — everything else was built from scratch.
The five-cylinder drivetrain shown straight through the body — engine, exhaust and gearbox down to pistons and valve train — ending at the torque splitter that shifts drive between the rear wheels.
The battery from pack to module to cell, the extruded aluminium structure built around it, and how the load paths of a side impact travel through that structure instead of through the cells.
A 30 ml facial oil in a glass dropper bottle, 89 % organic ingredients. The animation lets liquid, glass and label do the work — no set, no distraction, just the product on stone.
Concept study presented at CES 2023 — exterior in motion, digitised interior and the reduced Dee design language.
The plug-in-hybrid layout of the concept car, laid open: combustion engine at the front, electric machines front and rear, the high-voltage battery in the floor, power electronics and charging port.
The interior package: passenger space on a compact footprint, the storage compartments, the digitised cockpit and a boot that changes shape with the rear seats.
Fully CG environment for Bosch's CES 2025 film, built around professional cyclist Danny MacAskill — eBike, home appliances, smart home and mobility shown as one connected, software-driven world.
What the mild-hybrid system does in ordinary traffic — extended start/stop, coasting with the engine off, and slowing down early because the car already knows the junction ahead.
Bottle animation for the Nivea repair line — texturing and animation in Cinema 4D.
How an electric car gets a voice. The sound is assembled from 32 separate components and remixed live by two control units, following road speed and accelerator position. One speaker outside carries the pedestrian warning required by law; two in the rear doors carry the sound the driver hears.
An electric jet drive for the water, taken apart piece by piece: the body bundle, the battery, the kill switch, one remote for every bundle, and how to ride it. Only the CAD data existed.
Title animation for Action Star Super Hero, part of the Action Star slot series. Supplied were the logo as an SVG and the game clips — the animation was devised and built from there.
Wheel, brake and tyre at close range — hub and rings, the ceramic brake behind the spokes, and the tyre under load in motion.
Front-axle steering with a variable ratio together with dynamic all-wheel steering, shown where it is easiest to feel: manoeuvring in a multi-storey car park.
Title animation for Action Star 6. Gold, light and a hard cut on the number — same starting point as the rest of the series: a logo and a handful of clips.
An hourglass. Own idea, own project, every part of it — modelling, shading, lighting, animation and rendering — done from scratch.
Title animation for Action Star Magnet — two poles pulling towards each other, then the release. Built from the supplied logo and game clips.
A drag coefficient of 0.24, and the parts that get it there: air curtains steering the airflow into the wheel arches, cooling-air inlets that stay shut whenever possible, a flat underbody ending in a wide diffuser, and a rear spoiler that extends in two stages with speed.
Matrix LED headlights with laser high beam, which doubles the range of the main beam above 70 km/h. The film runs through the leaving-home animation, the glare-free high beam that cuts out oncoming traffic, junction light and cornering light.
Agency showreel — built entirely in After Effects from a short script.
Virtuelles Studioset für Sixt: Wand, Licht und Bühne als 3D-Aufbau. Gezeigt werden fünf Entwurfsvarianten desselben Sets — eine Szene, aus der jede Fassung als Rendering fällt.
Special livery for the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend.
Shelves, jars and produce in a pantry, with fruit opening mid-air. Texturing.
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COMPOSITINGI am a freelance art director from Hamburg, Germany, creating (technical) 3D animations, product visualizations and motion graphics for brands, agencies and post-production studios.
For 13+ years I have been helping clients stay ahead of the market and their competitors by providing every form of digital communication they need. From explanation to marketing, I deliver what a project actually needs — always on time.
Let´s create. Together.
