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Rafael Varona, a talented Illustrator, Animator, and Art Director with Peruvian roots, is based in Berlin and Rotterdam.

A graduate of the University of the Arts Berlin, he specializes in motion design, creating intricate animated loops for TV and social media platforms.

His skill at creating this fluid, looping moments is impressive, especially knowing how precise and well timed the animations need to be.

Indeed, he makes the work look effortless, and all we see are the charming characters and their fun personalities.

Below we see Bob the Bear, a character created for Google’s virtual keyboard app.

The many sketches of Bob the Bear, during the ideation phase.

We also see the playful characters from Playbook, alive with motion and a groovy personality.

See more of Varona’s work on his website and Behance.

Images © Copyright Rafael Varona. Used with artist’s permission.

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Charmingly fluid animations by rafael varona

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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