How I make science animations

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/ArtemKirsanov/ The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. ===== My name is Artem, I'm a neuroscience PhD student at Harvard University. 🌎 Website and Social links: https://kirsanov.ai/ 📥 "Receptive Field" neuro-newsletter: https://artemkirsanov.substack.com/ ✨ Support me on Patreon to get access to Discord community:   / artemkirsanov   ===== In this long-requested video I share the creative process behind my videos – what software I use and break down some of my previous animations. Github: https://github.com/ArtemKirsanov Manim: https://docs.manim.community/en/stable/ Matplotlib: https://matplotlib.org/ BlenderNeuron: https://blenderneuron.org/ BlenderSpike: https://github.com/ArtemKirsanov/Blen... BlenderBrain: https://github.com/ArtemKirsanov/Blen... Colormaps addon: https://github.com/TheJeran/Blender-C... 🕒 OUTLINE: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Software: After Effects 02:03 Software: Python modules 05:16 Software: Blender 05:55 Some helper software 7:30 Mathematical animations 22:54 3D neuron activity 23:58 Surface slicing 30:32 3D brains 32:50 Branching model 40:57 Brilliant 42:55 Outro ===== Special thanks to Crimson Ghoul for providing English subtitles! This video was sponsored by Brilliant ===== Disclaimer: This channel is my personal project. The views and content expressed here are my own and are separate from my research role at Harvard University. #Science #Animation #Tutorial Description remastered: February 2026. Links & Bio updated; original context preserved.