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Last week I attended Mouvo – a motion design festival. ⚡️🪅 The biggest vibe shift: artists online are still deep in the hustle-culture era, flexing big clients and polished work. But in real life? People were so much more real – experimental, imperfect, and actually telling stories with their imperfect work. Big takeaway: lean into the “slow” periods, build your style, chase what you love – not just the work that pays. I’m gonna try to do that myself and share my experimental work. Also loved seeing so many women at the festival. 🙌 Finally it feels that we are a legit part of the industry.

And of course – AI. 🤖 The room was polarized – some artists were loudly hating, some were fully embracing it. Me? I’m leaning pro-AI, but only where it actually makes sense – cutting redundant tasks, brainstorming faster, delivering concepts better. I don’t want to be a Luddite about it. History shows that tech progress always creates more opportunities in the long run, even if some jobs disappear in the short term.

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That Thing in the Head
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