Juan Maguid, creative maker.
Hello! Hand-picked items carefully chosen to give you a glimpse of who I am, what I enjoy making and what I'm passionated about.
Recoloring Animation Tools
I made these tools for work, but I thought they might be helpful to others too.
Lottie Me Bad
- Upload a Lottie JSON animation file.
- Change the colors and download a new version.
- It’s super easy and effective.
Color Me Bad
- Upload an SVG animation file.
- Change the colors and download a new version.
- It’s super easy and effective.
Animated Curves
Simple animated curve overview of common Keyshape presets. I love using Keyshape.
The Lowfi Dojo Vinyl Simulator plugin
I have been making music for almost 30 years. I thought it was about time to create my very first effect plugin.
Little Dot Designer for Figma
Need a break from crunching away in Figma? Let my Figma plugin, Little Dot Designer, bring you some peace of mind. Go ahead—you deserve it!
Apps I have built
I love apps so it was very natural for me to actually start building my own. Here's a selection of macOS and iOS apps I have built.
Creating with AI.
2023 was the year of generative AI and custom GPTs. No doubt about it. I have been having lots of fun with several bots, and here's a couple of experiments.
From 2D to 3D.
I have been learning Blender since this last summer and I truly love it. Never actually enjoyed the traditional way of modeling in 3D, so I've developed my own technique.
You can read more about it here.
Color Planets app
My first ever solo-developed macOS app is now available for anyone, it's free! A quirky take on otherwise pretty boring color generation software, I hope it brings you much cosmic joy.
Animated icons.
So what happens when you combine a love for stylistic icons with a passion for motion design? Animated icons!
Design to code software.
Out of frustration comes innovation. Me and my pal Fredrik got really frustrated back in 2018 when we worked together on a project. Out of this frustration Team Sketch2React was born.
Faux 3D Animation
What do you do when you want to translate 3D animation to something more flexible like Lottie or CSS? I'll tell you soon enough, working on a new tutorial.
Animated fonts.
With my editorial graphic design background I've always had a strong passion for beautiful bold typography. But why create things that are only beautiful?
Telling stories.
Using Blender, and only Blender, to tell some kind of mysterious story.
Motion design.
A few minutes after I experienced the mind-blowing animated title sequence of David Fincher's masterpiece Seven, I said to myself, "New life goal—learn how to create this!"… Here's a piece from 10 years ago I'm particularly happy about.
The written, shared word.
Working as a designer for over 20+ years has taught me many things. One of the most important lessons is that no one is an isolated island. We co-exist in the creative space, and sharing that knowledge is something I’ve always had a great passion for.
Experimenting with Unity 3D.
I have always been fascinated by video games, specially the art part. Finally, this year I had enough curiosity to actually start learning this myself.