Michiel De Graaff
Eigenaar, Animator En Ontwerper
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichiel De Graaff is a Rotterdam-based motion graphics designer, animator and owner of Milo with 13 years of experience creating full-scale animations and visual identities for brands, agencies and productions. He runs his own studio and freelances under michieldegraaff.nl, regularly collaborating with other creatives to deliver motion, animation and graphic design across commercials, TV, music videos and events. Trained in animation at Willem de Kooning Academie and with early web development experience, he blends visual storytelling with practical technical skills like HTML/CSS/PHP and lightweight coding. His work balances polished, client-focused deliverables with experimental pieces showcased on Milo’s site, reflecting a practice that is both commercial and craft-driven. Known for stepping into diverse project roles—from lead animator to hands-on designer—he’s comfortable integrating into agency pipelines or running end-to-end production. Quietly entrepreneurial, he’s built a decade-long independent practice that repeatedly wins repeat clients through creative reliability and collaborative flexibility.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor Animation, Bachelor Animation at Willem de Kooning AcademieMediaproductie, Mediaproductie at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
react4
game-development4
typescript3
electron2
chrome1
google-chrome1
chrome-extension1
safari1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
michieldegraaf/blog
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:49 commits in 5 months
michieldegraaf/michieldegraaf
Mar 2015 - Apr 2022
Contributions:6 PRs, 32 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 2 months
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