18 Animators You Need To Follow On Instagram That'll Instantly Inspire You

So. Much. Greatness.

Posted on October 25, 2018, 01:16 GMT

Pedro Fequiere

BuzzFeed Staff

1. Patrick Kain

Instagram — Instagram: @batstains

Why you should follow: Because Patrick's many characters will make you feel a weird mixture of love and repulsion, but mostly love.

2. Ian Laser Higginbotham

Instagram — Instagram: @ian_laser

Why you should follow: Ian's distinct style and warm color palettes will make you spend that extra hour in your sketchbook to find your style.

3. Cameron McClain

Instagram — Instagram: @cram_in

Why you should follow: Because Cameron's character designs are badass and office samurai is a cartoon we never knew we needed.

4. Evan Red Borja

Instagram — Instagram: @evanredborja

Why you should follow: His skate trick animations will make you want to skate or at least pose like you do (try techdecks).

5. Benjy Brooke

Instagram — Instagram: @benjybrooke

Why you should follow: Because Benjy Brooke's animated shorts should be playing in movie theatres and every frame stands as its own individual illustration.

6. Shaz Enrico

Instagram — Instagram: @shaz_enrico

Why you should follow: Shaz's animated dancing videos will either make you want to dance or help you learn how how to do the latest dance moves.

7. Robin Velghe

Instagram — Instagram: @rhymezlikedimez

Why you should follow: Because fluid animations of your favorite rappers are easy to get lost in.

8. Vincent Tsui

Instagram — Instagram: @vct_tsui

Why you should follow: Because Vincent's animations aren't only beautiful, but his abstracted shorts perfectly depict anxiety and various other emotions.

9. Charles Huettner

Instagram — Instagram: @charles

Why you should follow: Because Charles' otherworldly characters feel like they really can exist.

10. Andy Baker

Instagram — Instagram: @andy_d_baker

Why you should follow: Because the characters he creates already have so much depth and personality through their design.

11. Shane Dering

Instagram — Instagram: @shanedering

Why you should follow: Because any Adult Swim fan will instantly appreciate Shane's animations, but his personal experimental projects are where you really see how his mind works.

12. Wesley Louis

Instagram — Instagram: @librabear

Why you should follow: Because Wesley has directed countless amazing short films for The Line Animation, and you get to see his contributions through his amazing personal work.

13. Alex Grigg

Instagram — Instagram: @alexxgrigg

Why you should follow: Because Alex's drawing style is the definition of simple, yet effective.

14. Robin Davey

Instagram — Instagram: @robin_davey

Why you should follow: His vibrant and colorful color palettes will instantly cleanse your timeline.

15. Jonathan Djob Nkondo

Instagram — Instagram: @futursauvage

Why you should follow: His minimalist approach to background and his experimentation with scale will inspire you.

16. Neil Sanders

Instagram — Instagram: @theboogley

Why you should follow: Because he is a master at quirky and weird, looping walkcycles. Also, he's the mind behind the LoopdeLoop animation challenge.

17. András Csuka

Instagram — Instagram: @andrascsuka

Why you should follow: The depth he achieves through his 3-D animations while still maintaining a "cartoonist's feel" can't be found elsewhere.

18. Nicole Ham

Instagram — Instagram: @thenicoleham

Why you should follow: Because Nicole Ham's animations are a wonderful, colorful, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling acid trip.