Design Theory: How To Make Dynamic Compositions

[@JeremyWilliamson]

No matter how long you've been in design or any media arts, it's ALWAYS a good idea to learn and be inspired from others... it's amazing to see what people create! :)

[@thefutur]

thanks Jeremy. you are right.

[@helenamaria710]

ABSOLUTELY! I am studying hands and feel and perspective with an artist even though I have been drawing for years. We can ALWAYS learn from others - younger or older - and when we think we can't, then our growth has ended!

[@maximusdoomed]

Wise words...

[@maximusdoomed]

Wise words...

[@yiselvasquez5101]

More of this guy.

[@thefutur]

Yes. Matt is great.

[@simoneblax]

More and more

[@adrianfirmansyah9371]

More like, more of everything really. this channel's great.

[@LuukSwinkels]

Hello, My name is Luuk. I am a young classical composer who wants to share his music to the world. It would be amazing if you would go to my channel and listen to one of my compositions. My best so far is called: New life. Please subscribe. It really much to my I will doing a giveaway at 50 subs.

[@MrUsamamubeen1]

Yes we want more

[@HalfwayToRuin]

This is by far the most helpful graphic-design related video ever. I learned more during these 14 minutes than during 3 years of design school. Thank you so so much, Matt. 👌

[@thefutur]

Wow! That's a big compliment. Thank you!! 🙏🏼

[@vitezroman8569]

I love how Matthew explained things. It was very comprehensive and relaxing to listen to him.

[@opster01]

Love digging through "older" videos. Thanks for leaving these videos up. Very informative and helpful. I like that Matthew provided multiple examples to really enforce the concept across topics.

[@nmb0711]

You explain very well and make it so simple. Thank you so much!

[@j3dramaticcreation944]

@@MatthewEncina plz explain if you can, the question is how we create dynamic composition in film....???

[@prakharmathur619]

Every video you guys make is full of valuable content, it doesn't matter if it was made in 2016 or 2020, it's just amazing. Thank you!

[@thefutur]

we try to make evergreen content.

[@mercuriallimit]

Oh mannn, I was so down with myself about composition in my photographs. It's dull, boring, and more importantly, I don't know why. It feels like when I put the camera to my eye, I am stuck to the rules and I don't know how to break it. The wolve and the elk explanation, I was like Whoa!! this is good stuff. Please do more of this.

[@russelrealeza5252]

Thank you for taking the time to explain, how contrast is a gamechanger in a design through a simple way. Matthew, if you can do the same video with how to construct better layouts in design, that would be something of high value 🙌💯

[@JonathanLawrence_Director]

The first example with the wolf and the elk is effing brilliant in so many ways

[@beverlyagius9814]

About to start my Degree in Design and your videos have made me so much more prepared and confident. Keep it up!

[@thefutur]

enjoy the journey.

[@YotamGuttman]

4:10 not only is it in 'danger', it's pushed into a tiny corner which creates an intimidating feeling and makes this character appear vulnerable! Great

[@TaenyKim23]

These type of videos really helped me a lot in terms of designing and its aspects than other resources. This channel is amazing for startup artists like me, thank you for bringing us great content, I highly recommend this

[@thefutur]

Thank you. I'm sure Matt appreciates your comment.

[@AvinashSingh-wt8tc]

Love this channel man... I have practically learned so much and have had so many questions answered that have been unanswered for so long. Trust me when I say almost every one else out there trying to make videos are just blabbering and basically saying the same thing everyone else is saying and before you know it, you have wasted so much time waiting to hear something you don't already know. Thanks alot and hope to see more "get to the point" and practical videos.

[@thefutur]

Thanks Avinash! Appreciate the validation. There seems to be lots of KZbinrs out there, but only a handful of professionals that are on KZbin.

[@joer1402]

Fantastic! Been in this business 30 years and still learning new ways to look and think about things.

[@tiorimas]

This content is pure gold. I'd love Matthew to give us some tips on how to direct motion graphics sequences. I'll be more specific: After I'm happy with a shot I've composed, I struggle a bit with figuring out if the next shot should be a close-up, general or mid shot; if it should include some sort of camera movement and such... In my head, I'm thinking of Cinema 4D projects, but this applies to any kind of audiovisual piece, really.

[@thefutur]

he da best.

[@Ramp2010]

This feels like it could branch off into a separate series. Nice job.

[@thefutur]

Better believe it. This tree has many branches and we are just getting started Ramp.

[@kham_forshort]

I asked some time ago and you guys delivered! Thank y'all for cooking up some Motion theory and visual treatment! Can't wait to see more Motion Design Theory!

[@thefutur]

Matts working on a hands on tutorial right now. Should be a good one.

[@Hashimhamza007]

Matt is a great in making stories and telling them. I have impressed by his work in a video about pitching design (a couple of slides in Russian about an event -2013) This channel really help me to think about design. Thank you very much for these amazing videos

[@thefutur]

You’re very welcome.

[@trentwilliams1243]

bring this guy into the frame more here a good teacher

[@thefutur]

You got it.

[@helldiversnonstop]

love it! pure practical application of theory coming from designers grinding in the top end industry. a new dimension of design knowledge. not the same old same old software tutorial, which is also important; but point is there is not enough of these

[@thefutur]

Thanks Omar. Teaching others online is the future of education.

[@josephmercado3391]

I agree, there really isn't enough theory of design out there (atleast good stuff like this). It's amazing how something so simple can drastically alter your work for the better. I really do hope you guys make more of these - i was blown away by some of the type layouts your other designer showed in one of the last vids and secretly wished i knew how to make something like that lol. It was also pretty cool seeing how this was applied with the xbox ads.

[@thefutur]

Thanks Joseph. We have some amazing designers working here.

[@ArtStudio537]

Prefect for our A Level Graphics guys! Another winner.

[@lizardltd]

Wow, this video taught me so much! Thanks a lot This guy is an amazing, really clear and organized teacher Had a lot of fun watching this video

[@bailopinto]

This is basic, but at the same time, gold.

[@latenightcanvas147]

This is one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen! Great for noobies like me!!

[@varshaamohan6774]

Such a wonderful and one of the most educative piece I've seen. Absolutely loved watching this and all the futur videos. Loved Matthew's cold play experience!!

[@keiths314]

Great short vid - a ‘bite-size’ reminder of the basics. Good stuff that will be useful to a lot of people.

[@peterlam6647]

Thank you so much for the video, clear explanation, easy understand, under 15 mins video i can learn a lot and consolidate my design skills.

[@krzemian]

That was amazing. Just simplifying it to simple b/w flat shapes to illustrate how to inner mechanisms works for these concepts. A brilliant strategy, thank you!

[@SallyLock-l4t]

really helped me with my dynamic composition task in my graphics class , thankyou . As a mature student I find all the technology etc a bit overwhelming so anything that keeps it brief and accessible is great

[@Nonshillnot]

Just discovered your channel and now I need to watch every video.

[@thefutur]

Chump91 pace yourself. We have over 150 videos.

[@arisaputra-fd7lv]

Please keep doing this, you give me leason that i would never have in my school.

[@eddy4719]

This Channel is Gold!

[@thefutur]

24 kt.

[@WanaBeKenobi]

Very nicely done. Easy to understand and you made me think of type in a way that I hadn't thought of in a long time. It is just a shape.

[@thefutur]

Matt did a great job talking about type.

[@thegreenbeanvegan6449]

Fantastic examples, thanks for sharing, I have to say that the intro was cool. I like the way the out takes were used to lead into the lesson. Nice work. I am looking forward to useing contrast in a more extreme way.

[@AlexG-ur3wt]

great tips! Matthew is a great teacher.. Made it super simple. I like watching these topics in general to refresh or catch quick little tips. It's nice to see how designers think and approach a problem. I would love to see how Matthew tackles color in his frames. Thanks

[@thefutur]

He's a natural at teaching.

[@cece4226]

Very nice, I Really liked the concept of this video, the way Matthew explained it made sense!

[@thefutur]

he's a great teacher.

[@cece4226]

The Futur Yes, I agree! :)

[@Kristiekiselyte]

BEST thing I've seen all week! thanks :)

[@thefutur]

awesome Kristina. glad you liked it.

[@dennischow6032]

Super cool tip and example. Just a little things really made the huge difference. What a great great great content. Thanks!!!

[@thefutur]

big things have humble beginnings.

[@dennischow6032]

The Futur I could not agree more "big things have humble beginnings" 🤘🏻

[@ChrisCurry]

Great video Mathew, love how you've taken it right back to basics! Definitely would be great to see more.

[@Heavens3]

I liked the first two examples Very much!

[@zainsyed9140]

I am a photographer and these are great tips for composing in photography! Great work guys! Would love to see more fom him

[@thefutur]

Matt has a bunch more ideas for content. Count on it.

[@hvaranhvaran]

Liked. Subscribed. Giff me more of this guy. He knows some voodoo stuff that I need.

[@thefutur]

Matt's got more content coming. Hang in there. It takes him more time to write and prepare his videos.

[@hvaranhvaran]

Personally - color, shading, shadows and pro use of negative space.

[@jeraldjohnson4289]

Would be nice if you took a bland comp and using your principles you create many samples to show a dynamic comp.

[@hvaranhvaran]

I would love to see those! Thank you for sharing!

[@AzucarDesign]

Creating portfolio layouts... grids, compositions

[@apiadept]

So valuable! Thanks Matthew for sharing this with the community. Really helpful. Take care.

[@rodglodoviza6827]

I love the recap in the end! It helped me to remember it. :)

[@wandat6353]

This was super helpful, I'd love to see more videos like this, thanks, Matt!!

[@thefutur]

matt will have to find time between directing commercials and producing education content.

[@Uniqleedesigned]

I read your great article a few weeks back, thanks for making a video version!

[@thefutur]

Which do you prefer? Print or video as a learning platform?

[@Uniqleedesigned]

I usually prefer video, but I found both to be very effective. The print version was well organized and contained a ton of info and graphics that helped illustrate the point visually, and the video was well organized, paced and communicated clearly as well. For the subject of teaching a design theory, I found that the print version with graphics and images more effective of getting the point across. For tutorials such as "how to 3D track a camera" or "how to manipulate the curve editor in AE", I definitely prefer video!

[@thefutur]

+UniqLeeDesigned thanks for the feedback.

[@Uniqleedesigned]

Thanks for taking the trouble to make all this info available for us!

[@elis2781]

Great tips! You guys have been knocking these vids out the park

[@thefutur]

The next one from Matthew is really good.

[@thejeffgeronimo]

Visited this because of Matthew’s article 👌🏼

[@aaronrandallart]

Thank you for the video! Definitely would like to see more of this. Theres a few thing you pointed out which will help me with my next illustration project. Thanks again!

[@thefutur]

Awesome Aaron. Glad this helped. The next video will really help those that are working with AE.

[@aaronrandallart]

+The Skool Network Ok great! I've dabbled with AE using Element 3D plugin and have gotten some great results and really enjoyed it. My goal is to dig into it some more very soon!

[@damilarearowojobe5436]

Thank you. I Will start applying more of these contrast variations to my designs.

[@lydiawere]

Great tips, thanks Mathew for sharing. I always learn something new or better from your videos, great stuff.

[@cweb1988]

this was a great demonstration of some of the basic principles of design.

[@Bwockamoleee]

Amazing advise - this guy is such a good teacher

[@thefutur]

matt's the best.

[@splendorforex]

The content is important to me . I love your teaching

[@avishjohn12]

Great episode. I would like to learn how you organize a motion design project in After Effects. How you break them down into shots and also manage assets. Also talk about your favorite tools for 3D, cell animation etc.

[@thefutur]

Good one. Adding to request list.

[@michaeljohnson3289]

You are a good teacher.

[@VagnerSh]

Thank you Chris and Matthew. Great video!

[@thefutur]

Vagner Sh hi Vagner.

[@TheSupamario11]

Totally spot on thinking type as a shape. I wish I knew it sooner I always thought they were two separate objects but now if i want to match type to logos perfectly I just look at what characteristics the logo has , its line thickness, of it has any curves. Are the strokes rounded or pointed. This all helps to match type. Great video

[@thefutur]

You're welcome Mario.

[@therocelectric]

Good stuff... would like to see more videos like this. The fundamentals of the science behind the design. Thank you

[@1234tracer1234]

this is brilliant! thank you very much - valuable information on composition is rare

[@niraj807]

wow...great concepts to understand Visual aspects and Storytelling

[@daniellelorde]

This was a great breakdown. Applied these principles to a logo design I'm working on and it worked.

[@thefutur]

Nice!!! Glad to hear.

[@budisetiawan3452]

love this guy, simple explaining

[@thefutur]

yes. matthew is a natural.

[@CandaceChira1]

Wowza - I learned a boatload from this video. I'm brand new to graphic design and this was so helpful to me. Thank you.

[@thefutur]

Matthew is great. More coming from him soon.

[@CreativeAnujkumar]

These tips will be very helpful for me. Thanks.

[@Austinrajiv99]

Thank you so much for making this video which explains the concepts so well and easy. Really glad that i came across this in 2020.

[@chriskilbane7378]

More of this guy for sure! Great content 👍

[@pratyakshgupta4787]

Smoothly done

[@DG-mv6zw]

Truly fascinating stuff. Learned so much in so little time. Hope there are more of these videos. Invaluable for my art. Thanks guys

[@indymodestudios2188]

Glad I found this channel. I gotta get to Cali.

[@theendurancefitnessacademy4826]

Awesome video. Def get him on this channel more often!

[@jpanda4835]

Wow! learned alot from this! please more!

[@lobo51]

Great stuff I show this to my class every year!

[@hardikshiroya2300]

Matt is awesome. Simple and to the point. Types are just like objects - that was brilliant. Can we get something on seamless transitions in motion graphics? BTW- fan of the channel...addicted to it.

[@oscarhernandez1457]

Practical and Simple Thanks Matt.

[@adamcrawford6060]

More motion! Loved this. It reinvigorated my drive to create great type

[@thefutur]

We got another motion based episode coming out this weds. Be on the look out for it.

[@leonatsiara]

Thank you soo much! Great video! Explained very well, simply and easy to understand! This is how everyone should teach! 😊

[@iamjubadiboune]

You guys are doing an amzing job! I really love your videos and i learn a lot from it. thank you!

[@thefutur]

Thanks Jubart.

[@HermioneMalfoy2007]

This was awesome. Even though I'm not a motion designer, this was really insightful.

[@thefutur]

Tonni Islam glad to hear.

[@tliving19]

Loved the article and this video, thank you so much for your time on this!

[@transcendmind]

This video was awesome! More videos like this please!

[@bohdanimal]

Hey! Great videos you guys! You help a lot getting to know how things work better! I was curious if you could make videos on layout and like size of icons vs Text near them, working with negative space, the right proportions of buttons, optimal distances between images and text, between headings and body etc.That would have been great! Thank you a lot for your dedication to educating people in web design!

[@thefutur]

Bohdan Paladiychuk watch our video on art directing typography.

[@LuukSwinkels]

Hello, My name is Luuk. I am a young classical composer who wants to share his music to the world. It would be amazing if you would go to my channel and listen to one of my compositions. My best so far is called: New life. Please subscribe. It really much to my I will doing a giveaway at 50 subs.

[@christianalmeida1973]

Super good!

[@mannyvalenzuelafilms]

Wow! Really great video. I'd personally like to see more content on how to apply design elements in the realm of video if possible. Thanks for the content!

[@thefutur]

Coming right up. You're going to like the next video by Matt. He's going to show you some compositing tricks and tips using a couple of sapphire plug ins in AE.

[@sumeetgupta77]

Awesome tips. Very helpful

[@CarlosBonin]

Amazing! 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@Mellomultimedia]

awesome video, super helpful. I design a lot of flyers and this comes in super handy.

[@yutsiyutischi8889]

Mayyhew is so shy here! Now lookng at the videos of 2020, he has improved his communication skills so much! Bravo Mayyhew !

[@magicsmoke6000]

This video is amazing and really simple to follow. As for request: I would like to see how to use type to give website unique look. Thanks Matthew! This was so awesome.

[@thefutur]

We agree Heiki.

[@van_creative]

Excellent tutorial and advice!

[@thefutur]

yes. we agree. Matt's great. Look out for the Pitch Kit coming soon.

[@van_creative]

You're welcome! Thanks to you! For now there isn't a specific topic I'm looking for (the videos cover so much already) but one topic I consistently face is what makes "good" or professional graphic design? Good vs poor design? As an intermediate-level designer, I'm still faced with those questions sometimes!

[@TimepieceDan]

I NEED MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS!!!!!!

[@sorianosoul]

Really love your videos in general!! Super super useful

[@tonybomboni5599]

Fantastic video!!

[@ik7190]

This was SO helpful, thank you! Would love to see more videos from this guy :)

[@LamekFelix]

Very Useful! Thanks!

[@AsheshRajbansh]

Interesting idea, many thanks, love to watch for more of these.

[@danecustance2734]

Great tips it would be great to see these principles applied a motion graphics composition.

[@thefutur]

we will shoot some.

[@karcreativeworks]

do that please ...

[@inesurbano4560]

Super helpful! Continue the great work!

[@Jelvin]

Hi Matthew! Got to see your talk during Graphika Manila. This video reminds me so much of your presentation when you were on stage. your dance was the bonus hahaha! more videos from you please!!

[@thefutur]

More coming from Matthew. Count on it.