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EYECANDY is a labor of love for the people.
It’s something to enjoy and learn from.
It’s not something you should gatekeep—
It was made to blow the gates open.

It’s forever WIP.
It’s never 100% accurate.
It’s a little messy.
It’s for you.

Created by Jacobi.
Curated by you.

What is Eyecandy?

Eyecandy is a database of over 5,000 GIFs representing the very best visual techniques in the world of filmmaking.

Eyecandy can be used as an educational tool, or to help build decks and moodboards for your next film.

How do I use Eyecandy?

From the main page, you’ll see an overview of nearly every visual technique on our site. Click an image to go down the rabbit hole.

The navigation up top is your compass.

To download a GIF, right click ‘Save As’ from the gallery view.

To see details, click on the GIF and it’ll enlarge showing you details about the shot such as title, year, and director.

Why is this a thing?

Creativity is competitive, and sometimes the best creatives gatekeep to keep a competitive edge. Lucky for me, I’m not in the ‘best creative’ category so have no problem sharing visual references I’ve accumulated over the years. Lucky for you, there are loads of other nice creatives that are also eager to share their libraries.

I started accumulating references in 2022, which grew to over 400 when EYECANDY was launched, and now sits at over 1,600 with help from creatives and viewers like you.

How can I submit?

Click the ‘Submissions’ link at the bottom of the website. It’s definitely not a personal email and you’ll definitely hear from me immediately and not in a few weeks when I randomly remember that you sent me something cool.

Are you filthy rich from this?

Nope! In fact I’m losing $33 a month on this website so it’s turned out to be a pretty shitty investment. But it’s not about making money. Never has been and never will be. It’s about not gatekeeping and giving creatives a better way to source creativity and inspiration for their ideas. Also not charging for this website means I care less about typoos.

Category Naming

Part of the struggle of film-making is people not knowing what things are called. So consider categories like “dream state” or “Game Glitch” Jacobi-isms. They’re what I’ve always used to find that type of shot, and chances are it’d be what you’d use as well. But don’t start writing essays about ‘Dream State’ technique.

More Eyecandy?

This website is our home and hosts an ever-growing collection of visual techniques, but we have other channels with different emphases.

Instagram: Showing the best of the best

Discord: Our town-hall. Where the community can come together to ask questions, submit work, and help educate each other.

Website 2.0 Information

We’ll have a new website by the end of summer. This website will feature

  • Search: The website will be fully searchable, using both manual and A.I. tags allowing you to more easily find the type of shot you’re looking for by searching by keywords.
  • Ability to upload GIFs of your favorite visual techniques directly to the website
  • Ability to save your favorite visual techniques to personal boards

Eyecandy Leaderboard

01 Jack Rogers Motion Designer 136 clips
02 Cara Mia Cecchini Sr. Art Director, Droga5 72 clips
03 Dylan Fraser-List Creative 64 clips
04 Azsa West CCO, W+K 27 clips
05 Chan Tejedor Graphic Artist 21 clips
06 Aisha Hakim ACD 19 clips
07 Bennett Johnson Director 18 clips
08 Eric Rutherford Sr. Art Director 17 clips
09 Lautaro Garcia Director 15 clips
10 Filthy Richy Human 15 clips
11 Lloyd Winter Wieden + Kennedy 14 clips
12 Umut Idil Architectural Designer 13 clips
13 Seamus Brennan Creator 11 clips
14 Adrienne Tann Creative Director 9 clips
15 Alex Bello Entrepreneur 9 clips
16 Atilla Deniz Atilla Deniz Videography 8 clips
17 Henry Hobson Director 8 clips
18 Owen Plotkin Editor 6 clips
19 Philip Reul Human 5 clips
20 Aideen Johnston Video Editor 4 clips
21 Albert Kozikowski Designer 4 clips
22 Alex Johnson Human 4 clips
23 Ben Kainz Producer 4 clips
24 Brian Clark Human 3 clips
25 Brittany Bellamy Video Editor 3 clips
26 Candace Drakeford Art Director 3 clips
27 Beka Whitson Human 2 clips
28 Cisco McCarthy Director 2 clips
29 Dom Cacho Digital Creator 2 clips
30 Elliot & Zander Weaver Film Director Duo 2 clips
31 Eric Music Enjoyer 2 clips
32 Esben Oxholm CG Artist 2 clips
33 Ian DeVore Lead Assistant Editor 2 clips
34 Isaiah Falls Musical Artist 2 clips
35 Jasper Cable-Alexander Director 2 clips
36 Jeffrey Zeldman Entrepreneur 1 clip
37 Julia Kim Human 1 clip
38 Kathrin Maurer Human 1 clip
39 Lil Bo Ming Videographer 1 clip
40 Mina Mir Art Director 1 clip
41 Nathaniel Soh Human 1 clip
42 Olivier Lafaysse Art Director & Designer 1 clip
43 Onur Senture, Human 1 clip
44 Oren John Entrepreneur 1 clip
45 Red Gaskell Director 1 clip
46 Taylor Scheetz Wieden+Kennedy 1 clip
47 Tom le French Creative Director 1 clip
48 Wes Lord Human 1 clip
49 Anonymous (1) None 1 clip
50 Anonymous (2) None 1 clip
LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    
LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.    LEARN.    DON'T GATEKEEP.    ENJOY.