Art Direction & Motion Design

Direct, design and animate

From the first sketch to final frame

Hi, I'm Renata Acioli, a Brazilian art director and motion designer. I've directed an animated series pilot, built launch films and campaigns for brands like Banco do Brasil, and I still believe animation is the best way to tell a story. Literally.

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Based in: Brasília, Brazil GMT-3
Available for: Full-time & contract · remote worldwide
Languages: Portuguese (native) · English (professional)
Toolkit: Adobe Creative Cloud · AI creative workflow

01 · film, brand & everything between

Selected work

Launch film · Case study

Routo Launch Film

A 34-second launch film for Routo.IO — concept, script, design and animation, from first sketch to final render.

Feature film · Animation

Clarice's Dream

Cut-out animation for an award-winning feature — Grande Otelo 2025 for Best Children's Feature, plus three wins in Brasília.

Explainer · Illustration

bB Wallet

Ten illustrated tips on opening a digital wallet account — a three-minute tutorial that explains itself without a single word of narration.

Branded content · Series

Ourocard Stories

A series of animated social stories bringing a bank card to life, piece by piece.

Personal · Animation

Quem partiu é amor de alguém

An animated tribute — art as memory and collective mourning during the pandemic.

Vaporwave collage: classical statue holding a glowing orb over mountains

Exercise · Animation

Motion Monster · O Desafio

A Layer Lemonade challenge: vaporwave collage, layered effects, and transitions that carry you between worlds.

Night scene with a pink eye between the moon and a glowing ball

Motion study · Personal

Motion Eyes

An exercise about eyes, balls and time — one ball rolling through many color worlds, from Layer Lemonade's course.

Brand · Motion

Logo Animation

Logos that don't just sit there — identity in movement for brands of all sizes.

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02 · pretty things that hold still

Brand & Design

Brand · Design

USE Àwúre

Design for a natural cosmetics brand rooted in Afro-Brazilian culture — a name that means blessing, visuals that carry it with pride.

Torcida do Brasil campaign piece — Caramelo the dog with a vuvuzela

Campaign · Design

Torcida do Brasil · Paris 2024

Unfolding an Olympic campaign into an army of pieces — every format, every audience, one very tight deadline.

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Brands & agencies I've worked with

03 · the person behind the work

me: motion empowering

I'm a Brazilian art director and motion designer, and I treat animation as a language — one that can sell an idea, teach a process, or hold space for grief and joy alike. Whatever the brief is, my job is to make it land.

I've directed the pilot of an animated series, carried brand films from concept to final render for clients like Routo.IO and Banco do Brasil, and animated on festival shorts. I'm as comfortable leading a look as I am delivering fifty assets before a deadline.

Direction & art directionConcept, script, storyboard and styleframes — owning the vision and leading it to the final render.

2D, cut-out & illustrationAfter Effects, Illustrator and Toon Boom Harmony — character animation, explainers and hand-drawn work.

Motion for brandsLaunch films, campaigns, logo animation and social content, delivered at scale and on schedule.

04 · let's animate it

usually replies within 24h

Got a story that
needs to move?

I'm open to full-time roles, freelance projects and collaborations — and always up for good animation talk.

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