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November 6, 2009
November 5, 2009
The crew at Corgan Media Lab create a wilderness of type and triangulated polygons in the AICP Southwest Sponsor Reel. November 4, 2009
Pantural crushes out this awesome reel showcasing his 3D car skills, storytelling abilities and sense of humor.
November 3, 2009
November 2, 2009
October 31, 2009
Nuru International puts a typographic spin on erasing extreme poverty in this visual essay, How Nuru Works.
In a hauntingly beautiful short film, Jean-Julien Pous submits this number to the Louis Vuitton’s Journeys Awards. October 30, 2009
In My Turn, director Tomek Ducki summons a hoard of dancing bears in this new music video from Basement Jaxx, featuring vocals from Dev ‘Lightspeed Champion’ Hynes. October 29, 2009
With essay and explanation by Justin Hilden, take an insightful look into color design for the animated classic, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. October 28, 2009
Another Gobelins masterpiece: The Lighthouse Keeper (and be sure to check out the creators’ blogs for insight into their process) |
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I’m loving the portfolio of Cappuccino Studio, a new animation studio based in Paris. Their character design is consistently adorable, and their use of texture and novel rendering techniques add visual interest to their projects. It doesn’t even matter that I can’t understand a word of the voiceover tracks; their work transcends language.
Webby-in-Motion is a special collaborative contest presented by Adobe and The Webby Awards where we ask motion designers, illustrators, animators and other talented creative minds to design a 20-second category introduction animation/video for The Webby Awards Gala in NYC on June 10, 2008. Since we know that that sort of thing can often be time-consuming, creatively draining, mind-numbing, frustrating and sometimes even dangerous, we offer the grand-prize winner this sweet foursome:
Mutanthands (James Wignall) relaunches his site
[flv:http://motionographermedia.com/themill/mill-new-balance.flv 468 351] QuickTime version (640×480)
I sat on this moody New Balance spot for a while. The visuals are stunning. With set designs that reference early German Expressionist films and a palette suffused with warm tones, the protagonist’s tortured passion for running is beautifully realized.
But the voiceover almost kills the whole spot—hence my hesitation in posting it. I thought at first I was in for an ironic “Real Men of Genius” gag, but as the script progressed, I just scratched my head in confusion. I have a suggestion. Mute the soundtrack and queue up some Philip Glass or Brian Eno instead.
As always, The Mill handled the post-production flawlessly. Never slamming unnecessary effects down our throats, they opted instead for understated surreality.
More info on The Mill’s project page | Full credits
Thanks to Matt Lambert and Alex Capehart for the nudges!
This making-of video from Larry Cuba explains how he created the computer animation sequence used during the Death Star briefing scene in Star Wars Episode IV. Looking back at the dawn of CG imagery is always interesting for a nerd like me, but it’s even more fascinating when you consider that Larry thought of himself more as an experimental filmmaker than anything else.
In Larry’s own words, from an interview with Video and the Arts Magazine:
It seems the major assumed goal is to push the state of the art technologically. I’m not interested in that. My work is not part of that big race for the flashiest, zoomiest, most chrome, most glass, most super-rendered image. My interest is experimental animation as the design of form in motion, independent of any particular technology used to create it. The underlying problems of design in motion are universal to everyone working in this tradition whether they use the computer or not. So in that sense what I do is not “computer art.”
Other Larry Cuba works
Excerpt from Calculated Movements (previously posted as a Quickie)
Arabesque (created with John Whitney)
Big thanks to Russell Hirtzel for the tip!
These walls are yours: Diesel Wall 2008 competition
