Andrew Knives

United States of America

Andrew Knives is a Texas-based motion designer, animator, and visual artist known for creating surreal, cinematic imagery that blends nostalgia, texture, and movement. Drawing inspiration from vintage design, music culture, film, and analog collage techniques, his work combines bold graphic compositions with dreamlike storytelling.
With over a decade of experience, Andrew has developed a distinct visual style that merges handcrafted aesthetics with contemporary motion design. His animations often feature layered textures, retro influences, atmospheric landscapes, and unexpected visual narratives that feel both familiar and otherworldly. Working across animation, design, and visual art, Andrew creates immersive worlds that balance mood, emotion, and striking visual storytelling. His work explores the space between the analog and digital, resulting in imagery that feels timeless, transportive, and distinctly his own.

Throughout his career, Andrew has worked with a diverse range of clients- from agile startups to Fortune 500 companies- delivering tailor-made solutions that truly resonate with their target audiences. Collaborating alongside world-renowned designers within a leading agency, he has guided high-impact projects from initial conceptualization to final delivery, ensuring utmost quality and design coherence. His portfolio highlights include Levi’s + Cactus Tears, an animated campaign blending 2D graphics with dynamic motion design, and “Kendall” for VOGUE Italy, a series of luxury animated digital designs that infused traditional motifs with a modern twist. Additionally, he led the motion graphics for Good American's "Born To Boss" campaign, masterfully combining a compelling narrative with visually engaging animations centered around a retro, 90s aesthetic.


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REM Cycle

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REM Cycle takes viewers on a journey through the subconscious, creating a world where memory, imagination, and possibility converge behind a single door. This hand-drawn and digitally animated work explores dreams, transformation, and the unknown spaces that exist between reality and the deeper mind. The visual narrative is heavily inspired by surrealist imagery, vintage animation, lucid dreaming, and the symbolic language of doors, mirrors, and infinite space. As a solitary figure moves toward a doorway suspended within a dreamscape, the piece examines the threshold of waking life, acting as an ornate window into the subconscious that invites viewers to consider what lies beyond the doors they encounter in their own minds.

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illustration

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portrait

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01:00

year

2026

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