Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

🔅 WHO AM I?

Kim Cantin, independent motion designer, passionate about animation and visual storytelling.

I distinguish myself with a craft approach to motion design, blending mixed media animation and stop motion. I enjoy creating elements with my hands (sets, objects, textures) to produce unique visuals that retain a sense of spontaneity, far from screens.

To enrich my visual universe, I practice photography and video, which helps me refine my eye and explore new aesthetics and techniques.

I have also specialized in typographic animations, ideal for social media: impactful and dynamic.

My goal is to bring your ideas to life, by imagining animated stories together.

To make you stand out with authentic, original, and memorable creations.

So, shall we work together?

Languages

French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

CASTOR&POLLUX
Motion designer and Art director
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2024 - August 2025 (11 months)
Montreuil, France
Castor&Pollux is an agency based in Montreuil specializing in the creation of websites, activation campaigns, social media strategies, advertising films, brand content...

I worked there for 1 year as part of an apprenticeship as a Motion Designer / Art Director, responsible for creating animated content primarily for social media, but also for pitches.

☀️ My main missions at Castor&Pollux
Analyze a brief
Design a storyboard to imagine the animation
Create or adapt graphic elements
Use specialized software (After Effects, Figma, Premier Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop...) for animation.
Add visual effects and sound design to give more substance to the animation
🖍️ Skills developed
Proficiency in motion design and animation software
Graphic sense and creativity with a lot of trend monitoring
Ability to work in a team with great rigor, organization, and time management
Motion Design 2D Animation Video Shooting Art Direction Storyboard
Lonsdale
Motion designer and Art director
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2023 - August 2024 (11 months)
Paris, France
Lonsdale is an agency based in Paris, an independent leader in branding and global design, it supports brands in their transformation, from Paris, Singapore, and New York.

I worked there for 1 year as part of an apprenticeship as a Motion Designer / Art Director, responsible for creating animated content.

☀️ My main missions at Lonsdale
Analyze a brief
Design a storyboard to imagine the animation
Create or adapt graphic elements
Imagine an Art Direction
Use specialized software (After Effects, Figma, Premier Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop...) for animation.
Add visual effects and sound design to give more substance to the animation
🖍️ Skills developed
Proficiency in motion design and animation software (After Effect, Procreate)
Proficiency in graphic design software (Illustrator, Figma, Photoshop)
Creativity with a lot of trend monitoring
Creation of a clear, coherent, and achievable storyboard
Ability to work in a team with great rigor, organization, and time management
Storyboard Motion Design Art Direction Photo Retouching Video Production
DominiqueResch
Motion designer
FILM AND AV
August 2023 - September 2023 (1 month)
Paris, France
For 2 months as a freelancer, I created an animated video using traditional animation (frame-by-frame) to promote the comic book"Le plus beau métier du monde"by Dominique Resch.

This was a solo project where I handled the entire production (excluding original illustrations).

☀️ Missions completed
Brief analysis and understanding of the graphic and narrative universe of the comic book
Storyboard creation in collaboration with the author, to plan the visual narrative and define staging choices
Frame-by-frame animation on a tablet, to convey the spontaneity and energy of the project
Sound design conception and audio editing, with the integration of sound effects and music to enhance immersion
Final editing, synchronization of animations and audio to achieve a rhythmic and fluid video
🖍️ Skills mobilized and developed
2D motion design, particularly traditional frame-by-frame animation (entirely done on Procreate)
Adaptation of an existing graphic universe to an animated format
Ability to translate a drawn story into an animated sequence
Autonomous project management, from conception to delivery
Proficiency in production tools (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Procreate)
Collaboration with an author/illustrator, respecting the artistic identity of an original work.

The project's objective was to convey the authenticity and liveliness of Dominique Resch's comic book, while adding rhythm and fluidity adapted to the video format, in order to promote the comic book to a new audience.
2D Animation Sound Design Art Direction Video Editing Motion Design