Todor Hlebarov, Co-founder and Motion graphics designer at Cosmonavt - a design and animation studio in Sofia set against a purple background. There is a small orange and purple planet icon near his shoulder.

Todor Hlebarov

Motion Designer

Cosmonavt - a design and animation studio in Sofia. Instagram logo with white camera outline within a purple circle.
Cosmonavt - a design and animation studio in Sofia. LinkedIn logo with a purple background and white lowercase 'in'
Cosmonavt - a design and animation studio in Sofia. Dribble logo - an icon of a basketball inside a purple circular background.
Cosmonavt - a design and animation studio in Sofia. Purple circle with a white stylised letter '&' in the center.

If you've ever met someone who lives and breathes animation, that’s Todor.

Having graduated in Cinematic Animation and over six years of experience in motion graphics and animation, he brings ideas to life through movement.

Todor has worked at Nokia and Tech Tour. He’s a creative powerhouse who adores ethical design, open-source software, and gaming—or, as Ivena puts it, “all things tech.”

His passion for animation brings him to SoftUni Creative, where he’s led over 3000 students in their first steps into the world of Adobe After Effects.

When he’s not testing the latest tool, you’ll find him exploring the outdoors, reading fantasy books, or watching the sunset in Red Dead Redemption 2.

I get asked a lot about my animation process, so here's the full convo #animation #motiongraphics #animationprocess
TRUST
(Yes, all caps. Because it deserves the spotlight.) So, we finally hopped on Clutch.
Asked a bunch of clients for reviews. Sat back. Braced ourselves. And what did we get? — Timely 😬
— Great project management 🤓
— Creati
Recently, I was sitting on the porch of our mountain cabin, pondering the fundamental questions. I enjoy doing this as a thought experiment, as it pleasantly tickles my mind. “How?” emerged as the most important after the foundational &ld
🙋‍♂️ "Why?" is my favorite question! However, many people don’t like it at all - they find it confrontational, doubting their skills, knowledge, or decisions, and often it results in them seeing red when you throw it at them. 🧰
Just as your story started somewhere, so did mine! What's where you're from like? I'd love to know. If you're still with me - let me share a fun fact about my hometown: Compared to other cities across homely Bulgaria, Pleven’s denizens have o
All the men in my family are car fanatics! 🏎️ And I mean huge fans! My cousin has driven more car models than overall number of cars I've ever sat in. My uncle used to take the trash out by car (spoiler alert: it was 200m away from his home). My da
People usually see me as a creative, composed, and hardworking person. What they don't know is that I struggle with the feeling that I never do enough, and being a people pleaser - a combo that creates this vicious cycle that repeats itself ruthlessl
Yesterday I led a lecture on stylizing animation in After Effects! I was thrilled to show my students you could do great stuff even with a simple animation as a foundation. We went through a vintage look, some glitch effects, and a comic-like halfto