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Motionographer at 20: This Belongs to All of Us

Twenty years of Motionographer, built by artists, studios, readers, and collaborators, and the opening frame of a next chapter shaped with the industry.

Practice Makes Magic: The Human Hands Behind ChikaBOOM!

"Director c. Craig on the Tribeca short that wraps a hand-drawn soul in a CG cloud. Practice makes magic." Or even tighter: "The artists' hands… Read more

Addicted to Creation: Onur Senturk at OFFF Barcelona 2026

The conversation could have been about tools, pipelines, or AI. Instead it kept returning to something older and harder to automate: the compulsion to make.… Read more

When the Algorithm Becomes a Battleground: Hao Wu on TikTok Never Dies

Filmmaker Hao Wu worked in Silicon Valley before turning the camera on the industry he helped build. With TikTok Never Dies, premiering at the 2026… Read more

Motionographer at Tribeca: What We Saw, What We Heard, What Comes Next

Motionographer was at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, in the room for Madonna's Confessions II, Whoopi Goldberg's world of animation, Tribeca X with David Droga, and… Read more

June Is The Motion Awards Month

As The Motion Awards X enters the final week of general submissions, Motionographer is dedicating June to the artists, studios, directors, designers, animators, sound designers,… Read more

Stop Waiting for Permission: How Serhan Yorganci Made Square Heads Alone.

After years of reading other people’s scripts, the Turkish filmmaker stopped waiting for permission, taught himself 3D animation, and finished a CG feature from his… Read more

The Inner Life of Creativity

For Mental Health Awareness Month, I wrote about the inner life of creative people. About spirituality without performance, the missing room, and the practice of… Read more

Studio Stories: The Rise of Panic

How Latvian animation studio, Panic, transcended their geography and became a leading player in the industry!

Premiere: The Chase — DDD26 Opening Titles by Fluent Studio

Digital Design Days turns 10 this May. And the opening titles say everything about this moment in our industry. The Chase, created by London-based Fluent… Read more