How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks
What it is
Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown shows his workflow for animating math videos with Manim, with Ben Sparks. He codes scenes live, including a Lorenz attractor, and walks through example scenes.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a rare detailed look at how 3b1b videos are made, including live debugging of his rendering engine.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2024, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“I want to highlight the demo video [0], where Grant explains how he works with Manim.”
Grant explains how he works with Manim.
emaro, 2025-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos”
“It was impressive how he spotted a bug in his rendering engine and found a workaround for it in realtime!”
Creator spots rendering bug and finds workaround live.
vindex10, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “How I animate 3Blue1Brown [video]”
“he explains his process in detail, showing the coding process and everything”
Shows detailed process with the coding for making 3b1b videos.
john_strinlai, 2026-03 · Recommendation · in “This picture broke my brain [3B1B video]”
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Topics: manim, 3blue1brown, animation, python, live coding
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