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Made By Things We're a creative content agency focused on solving business problems. Specializing in motion content, we help create the kind of things people WANT to watch.

Story driven animation to creatively grow your business. We rely on a proven process to create meaningful animation to help your business grow. We focus on data and research to make the best decisions to create something memorable for your audience from strategy to delivery. We’re able to produce many different types of animation including 3d animation, 2d animation, hand drawn animation and stop

motion animation . Each one with a different feeling and message. Our Promise

In order for us to be successful, we must help you be successful. We understand animation for you is an investment and promise to never take on a project we don’t believe can return your investment plus more. Columbus, Ohio

Home to 2 million people and growing, Zwelly is proudly located in Columbus, Ohio. In an effort to support the local creative community, we created Making Midwest. Let’s give em’ a show. Your story deserves to be told in a way that people will want to watch. When you look through our work you’ll see a lot of internal projects that were made without a client. This is because Zwelly is not just a business, it’s a practice. We love to create and we constantly explore new ways to tell a story that people can empathize with. What is Zwelly? Zwelly is an award winning animation company led by Animation Director and Animator Matt Vojacek. Zwelly is a small team of talented artists that specialize in motion design, illustration & animation. We work directly with Brands, Advertising Agencies, Film Directors & Production studios to create branded motion content for web, TV and film.

What is the link between mental health and creativity and how do we find that balance? Matt and Shelby discuss these que...
25/07/2022

What is the link between mental health and creativity and how do we find that balance? Matt and Shelby discuss these questions on the latest episode of The CMD-Z Show with our featured guest Andrew Embury from Yellow Lab.

You can find The CMD-Z show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts!

https://cmdz.transistor.fm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-x0KNvuEwM

11/07/2022

For creative business owners, there's often a struggle to keep your creative voice and to grow your business. Matt Vojacek and Shelby Hagerdon dive head first into that predicament on our newest episode of The CMD-Z Show!

Season 2, Episode 1 of The CMD-Z Show is live! Check it out now on spotify, apple podcasts and wherever else you listen to your podcasts!

https://cmdz.transistor.fm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmeiS6znPk

29/06/2022

Ever wish life had an undo button?

Presented by Made By Things and hosted by Matt Vojacek and Shelby Hagerdon, the CMD-Z Show seeks to provide answers to the big questions that hound creative minds at night. With a new guest each week, hear unique perspectives from creatives on running a business, maintaining your mental health, finding your voice, and more. Tune into episode one of season two of the CMD-Z Show on Monday, July 11th. And you can check out past episodes from season one at cmdz.show.

20/03/2021

Nick nick nick... you know the rest. One of our latest projects.

04/02/2021

A new one for that we wrapped up this week. 🎉

22/10/2020

Stop-Motion Thing is now online! Brands can now easily order engaging content featuring their product at a fair price. Head over to stopmotionthing.com for details.

🚨New logo🚨So much has been going on lately and we’ve been shifting our offerings a bit and wanted a new brand to help si...
21/10/2020

🚨New logo🚨

So much has been going on lately and we’ve been shifting our offerings a bit and wanted a new brand to help signify that change.

We’re weird, adaptable and creative AF. We’re focused on one thing and one thing only, creating motion content that people actually WANT to watch.

New project for and their amazing team. Such a fun story to tell! Making of and case study up now on our site.
02/09/2020

New project for and their amazing team. Such a fun story to tell! Making of and case study up now on our site.

28/08/2020

Whew! Last week we created 20 stop motion projects for 20 businesses around the country! So much fun! Here’s a couple shots, will be posting more soon. 😁

This trophy represents so much to me. But none more important than what patience and the right process can do for people...
13/08/2020

This trophy represents so much to me. But none more important than what patience and the right process can do for people. We were part of the team on this one with and I've never seen a group of people that had removed ego from the process like this.

We weren't trying to win awards, we were trying to tell an amazing story the best way that we could. We were ALL servants to that story and had nothing to prove to each other or anyone else.

I didn't need a trophy for this one to feel good about it, but THIS will be my reminder to serve the stories we tell.

20/04/2020

All our favorite small businesses are likely facing adversity of some kind right now. Your favorite restaurant, your local print shop, even your construction and lawn care companies are facing some hard times right now. Supporting those small businesses is always important, but especially at a time like this.

So, we created a way for you to show your support.

Simply answer 5 questions and get a personalized ad for you to share about your favorite small business . Support your community at madebythings.com/support to make your ad.

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Here's a snippet from this week's episode of The CMD-Z Show with Andrew Embury! Here we discuss the importance of those around us and how they (and our own experiences) impact us as creatives. The CMD-Z Show can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-x0KNvuEwM https://cmdz.transistor.fm/

Here's a teaser from this week's episode of The CMD-Z Show with Jeremy Slagle from @slagledesign! You can find the whole episode on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and anywhere you do your podcast listening. The CMD-Z Show is presented by Made By Things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr8NSbMbS5w https://cmdz.transistor.fm/

For creative business owners, there's often a struggle to keep your creative voice and to grow your business. Matt Vojacek and Shelby Hagerdon dive head first into that predicament on our newest episode of The CMD-Z Show! Season 2, Episode 1 of The CMD-Z Show is live! Check it out now on spotify, apple podcasts and wherever else you listen to your podcasts! https://cmdz.transistor.fm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmeiS6znPk

Ever wish life had an undo button? Presented by Made By Things and hosted by Matt Vojacek and Shelby Hagerdon, the CMD-Z Show seeks to provide answers to the big questions that hound creative minds at night. With a new guest each week, hear unique perspectives from creatives on running a business, maintaining your mental health, finding your voice, and more. Tune into episode one of season two of the CMD-Z Show on Monday, July 11th. And you can check out past episodes from season one at cmdz.show.

A new one for @huckleberryinsurance that we wrapped up this week. 🎉 . #3danimation #c4d #octanerender #characterdesign #characterillustration #3dcharacterdesign #commercial #ad

Stop-Motion Thing is now online! Brands can now easily order engaging #stopmotion content featuring their product at a fair price. Head over to stopmotionthing.com for details.

Whew! Last week we created 20 stop motion projects for 20 businesses around the country! So much fun! Here’s a couple shots, will be posting more soon. 😁

All our favorite small businesses are likely facing adversity of some kind right now. Your favorite restaurant, your local print shop, even your construction and lawn care companies are facing some hard times right now. Supporting those small businesses is always important, but especially at a time like this. So, we created a way for you to show your support. Simply answer 5 questions and get a personalized ad for you to share about your favorite small business . Support your community at madebythings.com/support to make your ad. Made this one for @iglooletterpress

"Where are you now", was selected for @clefilmfest . Couldn't be more proud right now of @colindesign and @yiffygu If you haven't seen it yet, check out at on our work page. . . . #cle #cbus #614artists #shortfilm

Check out our newest work with the amazing folks over at @rhove.rent case study and full #animation on our site now! . . . #mograph #motiongraphics #illustration #loop #loops #flatdesign #vectorillustration #614living #614artists #startup #startups #explainer #explainervideo

It’s super important for us to take some time for internal projects every now and then. We take those projects as opportunities to learn more for our client projects, not just with animation but also to understand businesses. Check out @thegameofcreativity to learn more about one of our ongoing projects to help people become more creative. . . . #stopmotion #stopmotionanimation #stopmotionvideo #animation #614artist #mograph #creative #blackandwhite #illustration #thegameofcreativity #creativity #creativegame #sideproject #agencylife #madeinthemidwest

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We're a creative content agency focused on solving business problems.

There’s something you need to know about your audience. Just like you, they don’t want to be sold to as “consumers” — They want to be understood and they want to be inspired.

Just a decade or two ago, you could simply pay for air time and people would rush out to buy whatever you were selling. Since then, it’s gotten very noisy out there with everyone yelling about why you need to buy their new thing. It’s estimated that we’re advertised to up to 5,000 times per day. With all that noise, people have trained themselves to tune out traditional advertising. They’re ignoring banner ads and they’re skipping commercials. So, how do you get through to people? The answer — You have to play a different game.

We exist to help brands reach their audience by helping you fight through the noise. We don’t do it by creating more ad pollution that will just be ignored, we do it by creating content your audience WANTS to watch.