Adobe Live: Studio Sessions

Meet the two-person studio quietly building 3D work for some of the biggest brands in the game — without an office, and without seeing each other more than a few times a year. Tristan and Marius, co-founders of Tactyc Studio, sit down to talk origin stories, the reality of gen AI on client projects, and why the tools matter a lot less than the eye you train to use them.Marius is a co-founder of Tactyc Studio and a 3D generalist whose path into the industry started almost by accident — a cracked After Effects install found through a torrented game as a teenager led him through TV motion design, Cinema 4D, and eventually Houdini. Tristan is the other co-founder of Tactyc Studio. He studied communication design with dreams of becoming a character animator, trained in traditional animation techniques abroad, and pivoted into technical 3D and motion design before reuniting with Marius years later to build the studio.

In this episode of Adobe Live: Studio Sessions, the Austrian designer and illustrator opens up about the identity crisis that nearly derailed her creative career, why she thinks ""going viral"" is a trap, and where she's decided AI does, and doesn't, belong in her process. It's a candid conversation about staying true to your own style when everything online starts to look the same.Carina Lindmeier is a designer and illustrator based in Austria, known for colourful, hand-drawn work that blends movement, imperfection, and human connection. She works across editorial, lifestyle, and food illustration, and is currently co-illustrating an upcoming book on female empowerment. https://www.instagram.com/carinalindm...Clara Gallen is part of the Community team at Adobe, based in Barcelona.

In this episode of Adobe Live: Studio Sessions, Mexican designer David Milan sits down with Emily Bissett to talk about a creative life built on curiosity. David explains why getting bored quickly is his secret weapon, how it pushed him from graffiti and lettering into 3D, collage and mixed media, and why he treats AI as a tool rather than a threat. Along the way they get into the rising value of imperfection and human made work, the freedom of following your instinct, and why real faces and eye contact matter more than ever in a world of perfectly cropped feeds. An honest, colourful conversation about staying playful, staying human, and never assuming you are done learning.David Milan is a Mexican multidisciplinary designer and illustrator known for his bold colour, playful geometric shapes and constant experimentation. https://www.instagram.com/mdemilanEmily Bissett is a Creative 3D Evangelist at Adobe: https://www.instagram.com/3bisset(00:00:00) Intro & Quick-Fire Questions(00:06:00) Working Between Mexico and Spain(00:08:01) Origin Story: Design and Graffiti(00:09:57) Learning 3D in Cinema 4D(00:13:46) Approaching AI with Adobe Firefly(00:15:28) Pivotal Moments and Following Instinct(00:18:40) Community and Meeting Artists IRL(00:22:25) Evolving Style and Creative Boredom(00:24:23) Perfectionism and Embracing Imperfection(00:28:41) Creative Process: Inspiration and References(00:31:37) Music, Colour and Final Touches(00:36:07) Fast Tools, Burnout and Balance(00:42:34) Predicting the Next 5–10 Years(00:44:24) Marketing and Sharing Your Process(00:46:23) 3D Techniques and Hand Sculpting(00:50:00) Lowering Barriers and Closing Thoughts

Benjamin Simon and Dirk Schuster have been friends for over twenty years and business partners since 2013, when they co-founded FOREAL, the Trier, Germany-based studio now known for its bold, hand-crafted visual style. In this episode, they open up about what it actually takes to run a studio with a childhood friend without losing either the friendship or the business, why they've held a strict 8-to-5 policy since day one, and how a shelved Doctor Pepper campaign accidentally became one of the internet's most-believed fake energy drink ads. They also get honest about where AI fits into their process as a tool and why handmade, visibly human work is still most valuable.Benjamin Simon and Dirk Schuster are Co-Founders and Creative Directors of FOREAL, an animation and motion design studio based in Trier, Germany. Benjamin brings a technical, CGI-rooted background while Dirk comes from classical illustration, and together they've shaped FOREAL's mix of illustration-driven storytelling and bold, sometimes cheeky visual style.https://www.instagram.com/weareforeal/?hl=enRobert Hranitzky is Adobe's Senior Professional Video Evangelist.https://www.instagram.com/hranimator/?hl=en(00:00:00) Introduction(00:01:16) Rapid Fire Questions(00:05:41) Founding For Real Studio(00:08:16) Business Partnership and Studio Culture(00:14:24) Tools and the Sketch-First Workflow(00:16:05) Humility and Hiring for Fit(00:21:33) From Illustration to Animation(00:24:47) The Value of Human Touch and Implementing AI in Workflows(00:34:42) Creative Intent Over Automation(00:40:28) Growing an Audience on Instagram(00:44:22) Creative Freedom and Being Bold(00:47:50) The Viral Monster Energy Video(00:50:53) Passion Projects and Team Motivation(00:52:09) Work-Life Balance: The 9-to-5 Rule(00:55:57) Fatherhood, Identity, and Sustainability(00:59:00) Closing Thoughts and Thanks

In dieser DE Special Episode von Adobe Live Studio Sessions spricht Sabrina Nickel darüber, wie sie sich von der TV-Moderatorin zur erfolgreichen Creatorin, Unternehmerin und Mitgründerin einer der spannendsten Social-Media-Agenturen Deutschlands entwickelt hat. Sie erklärt, warum echte Persönlichkeit heute wichtiger ist als perfekter Hochglanz-Content, wie sich Social Media in den letzten Jahren verändert hat und warum die ersten 1,75 Sekunden eines Reels über Erfolg oder Misserfolg entscheiden. Außerdem spricht sie über AI im kreativen Workflow, effiziente Produktionsprozesse und darüber, wie Brands heute echte Communities statt nur Reichweite aufbauen müssen.Sabrina Nickel ist Creatorin, Unternehmerin, Moderatorin und Mitgründerin von save our socials. Mit ihrer Mischung aus Social-Media-Strategie, Storytelling und Community-Fokus hilft sie Brands dabei, sichtbar und relevant zu bleiben. https://www.instagram.com/brinani/Robert Hranitzy is Senior Professional Video Evangelist & Community Advocate at Adobe, based in Munich, Germany: https://www.instagram.com/hranimator/ https://www.youtube.com/roberthranitzky(00:00:00) Intro (00:02:18) Rapid-Fire Questions(00:05:37) Die Entstehung von Nickel Media  (00:10:36) Founding Nickel Media During Corona (00:14:33) Kunden und Partner verstehen (00:19:09) Mobile-First vs. Große Produktion(00:25:30) Authentizität vs. Werbung: Warum Fake nicht funktioniert(00:36:14) AI als kreatives Tool (00:43:48) Die ersten 1.75 Sekunden: Die richtige Hook(00:49:05) Uschi-Witze: witzige Selbstreferenz (00:51:06) Tägliches Posten und Routinen(00:56:16) Editing unterwegs und Workflows(01:04:07) Langeweile, Ideen und Zukünftige Projekte