Hello bonjour, I’m Seb 👋

Motion designer and director from Quebec

I’m a freelance motion designer based in Quebec City, Canada. I like to create fun, bold visuals that move and communicate clearly with animation.

I enjoy working on various types of projects, small or big, and getting involved in many stages of the creative process from design to animation.

Salon International du Livre de Québec 2025

My services and the types of work I do

Design, animation, and video systems for work that needs to explain clearly and move well.

Animation and motion design

Motion design for explainers, campaigns, product stories, and social pieces, from rough timing to final render.

Graphic design for motion

Style frames, layouts, and graphic systems prepared for animation instead of handed off as static art.

Video automation

Templates, scripts, and small tools for repeatable video work that should not be rebuilt by hand every time.

Blog

Articles, tips, and quick notes

January 21, 2026

Ziframe: Generative AI directly inside After Effects

AI is a great tool for motion design, graphic design, and animation. If you’re already using AI in your motion work, the annoying part isn’t the results — it’s the constant context switching: After Effects → browser →...

March 26, 2025

File Architect: A macOS app to create file structures from plain text

Keeping a file system organized is harder and slower than it needs to be. Creating files and folders by hand is tedious, and using command lines is complex and unintuitive. File Architect fixes that.

September 10, 2024

Talking about code at seblavoie.dev

I have been doing more coding work lately. Since the arrival of llm and coding assistants, I have been able to do more and get from idea to prototype much faster. Having a couple of projects that...

October 21, 2022

How to easily toggle layers visibility with a checkbox control and a custom script in After Effects

There are many things After Effects should take from Cinema 4D. One of them is the ability to hide an object from the viewport, but have it show up in the render. There are many ways you can do this in Cinema 4D...

January 3, 2019

Pragmatic freelancing

I just got my four years freelancing chip in December. During those years, I worked on more than 200 projects, ranging from two to hundreds of hours. I realized a couple of things along the way.

September 3, 2018

Experimenting with binaural beats and WebGL visualizations

TLDR: This is an experiment of sound editing with binaural beats, alongside Winamp's Milkdrop WebGL visualizations. I recommend watching it in full screen with good headphones.

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