Making innovative brands easy to understand
and easier to love through visual storytelling.
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Making innovative brands easy to understand
and easier to love through visual storytelling.
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Making innovative brands easy to understand
and easier to love through visual storytelling.

Making innovative brands easy to understand and easier to love through visual storytelling.

Making innovative brands easy to understand and easier to love through visual storytelling.


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Work

Work

Work

Working with the Best

Working with the Best

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Quick Hits

30โ€“40 sec. bursts of strategy, story, and standout motion design
30โ€“40 sec. bursts of strategy, story, and standout motion design

More Quick Hits dropping soon. Stay tuned. ๐Ÿš€

About

About

About

Evan Hinthorne
Evan Hinthorne
Venn diagram: โ€œYOUโ€ and โ€œCOMMUNITYโ€ overlap at โ€œWIN,โ€ with text below reading, โ€œI LIVE HERE
Venn diagram: โ€œYOUโ€ and โ€œCOMMUNITYโ€ overlap at โ€œWIN,โ€ with text below reading, โ€œI LIVE HERE

Hi,
I'm Evan

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I help brands like GitHub, Fred Hutch, and BBC Studios tell clearer, bolder stories through art direction and motion design.


Six years ago, I co-founded Story Orbit Creative to take on end-to-end creative work with forward-thinking teams.


Running my own studio pushed me to grow in ways few roles can. It reshaped how I lead, collaborate, and solve creative challenges.


Along the way, I discovered why I really love design: it helps people feel seen. Thatโ€™s what builds brand loyalty, strengthens engagement, and drives long-term growth.


Today, I help brands build emotional connection that sparks loyalty, grows trust, and fuels long-term momentum.

Let's Make it Happen

From What If to Real Impact

Asking โ€œwhat if?โ€ has shaped my career in unexpected ways. Here are three quick examples.


  • What if living abroad shifted the way I think and work? โ†’
    Moved to Thailand

  • What if launching a studio set off a wave of new collaborations? โ†’
    Built Story Orbit Creative

  • What if I helped brands build community through story?โ†’
    Watch my latest reel

Culture > Control

โ€œTreat humans like humans.โ€ That simple advice from a mentor stuck and became the foundation of how I lead.

I build spaces where devs geek out, designers obsess over pixels, and teams do their best work when they can be themselves.

Fun Wins


Forbes says teams that have fun are 21% more productive, and honestly, that sounds low. At Story Orbit, fun was a core value, and I bring that same energy to every projectโ€”sometimes with a video game (keep scrolling). When teams are having fun, the extra mile feels effortless.

Game

Game

Game

Continue? 3โ€ฆ2โ€ฆ1

Play the game to unlock my story ๐ŸŽฎ

Contact

Contact

Contact

Let's Make it Happen

Let's Make it Happen

No big deal, just the start of something amazing

Why the circle logo?

The symbol is the alchemical sign for the sun and was inspired by The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (you can spot the book on the desk at the top of this site).
Rubin saw it as a representation of creative energy and limitless potential. To me, itโ€™s a reminder that, like sunlight, stories and ideas spark life and connection.

Why the circle logo?

The symbol is the alchemical sign for the sun and was inspired by The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (you can spot the book on the desk at the top of this site). Rubin saw it as a representation of creative energy and limitless potential. To me, itโ€™s a reminder that, like sunlight, stories and ideas spark life and connection.

Evan Hinthorne

Art Director | Motion Designer

hello@evanhinthorne.com

Seattle

Evan Hinthorne

Art Director | Motion Designer

hello@evanhinthorne.com

Seattle

Evan Hinthorne

Art Director | Motion Designer

hello@evanhinthorne.com

Seattle

Working with the Best

Trusted by:

Quick Hits

30โ€“40 sec. bursts of strategy, story, and standout motion design

More Quick Hits dropping soon. Stay tuned. ๐Ÿš€

About

About

Hi,
I'm Evan

_____________________________________

I help brands like GitHub, Fred Hutch, and BBC Studios tell clearer, bolder stories through art direction and motion design.


Six years ago, I co-founded Story Orbit Creative to take on end-to-end creative work with forward-thinking teams.


Running my own studio pushed me to grow in ways few roles can. It reshaped how I lead, collaborate, and solve creative challenges.


Along the way, I discovered why I really love design: it helps people feel seen. Thatโ€™s what builds brand loyalty, strengthens engagement, and drives long-term growth.


Today, I help brands turn that connection into winsโ€”for communities and for the business.

_____________________________________

I help brands like GitHub, Fred Hutch, and BBC Studios tell clearer, bolder stories through art direction and motion design.


Six years ago, I co-founded Story Orbit Creative to take on end-to-end creative work with forward-thinking teams.


Running my own studio pushed me to grow in ways few roles can. It reshaped how I lead, collaborate, and solve creative challenges.


Along the way, I discovered why I really love design: it helps people feel seen. Thatโ€™s what builds brand loyalty, strengthens engagement, and drives long-term growth.


Today, I help brands build emotional connection that sparks loyalty, grows trust, and fuels long-term momentum.

Evan Hinthorne
Evan Hinthorne
Venn diagram: โ€œYOUโ€ and โ€œCOMMUNITYโ€ overlap at โ€œWIN,โ€ with text below reading, โ€œI LIVE HERE
Let's Make it Happen
  1. From What If to Real Impact

  2. Culture > Control

  3. Fun Wins

  1. From What If to Real Impact

  2. Culture > Control

  3. Fun Wins

Continue? 3โ€ฆ2โ€ฆ1

Play the game to unlock my story ๐ŸŽฎ

Game: Career Quest!

Game: Career Quest!

Contact

Let's Make it Happen

No big deal, just the start of something amazing

Why the circle logo?

The symbol is the alchemical sign for the sun and was inspired by The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (you can spot the book on the desk at the top of this site). Rubin saw it as a representation of creative energy and limitless potential. To me, itโ€™s a reminder that, like sunlight, stories and ideas spark life and connection.

Evan Hinthorne

Art Director | Motion Designer

hello@evanhinthorne.com

Seattle

Evan Hinthorne

Art Director | Motion Designer

hello@evanhinthorne.com

Seattle