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Between The World and Me. The Art Direction process for the opening titles of an HBO special.

I would like to share my experience as Art Director for this project, beyond just the challenges of the process. I do this not only… Read more

Diversity in Character Design: 7 Steps to Designing a Convincing Persona

Character design is not just about drawing pretty pictures; it’s about creating life in all its shades and breathing it into their world. To design… Read more

Technical Breakdown: Seeing Without Sight

John Likens, from Method Studios, on pitching and creating the opening sequence for SEE Season Two. Recent winner of a Motion Award for best tv/streaming… Read more

Between the Keyframes

We sit down with Erin Sarofsky and Austin Shaw to chat about the motivations behind their new show and give our readers a taste of… Read more

Studio Stories: 15 years of Awesome INC

Things were vastly different in our industry fifteen years ago – many schools didn’t even offer Motion Design as a course of study; people weren’t… Read more

Intern to Art Director

“You’ll see that my progress didn’t come from just picking myself up by the bootstraps. It came with good timing, a little bit of luck,… Read more

Studio Stories: 10 years of Flipbook

The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders.

Getting into Character

Five Reasons Why Animated Characters are more Relatable than Humans.

Studio Stories: 3 years of Whojo

The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders.

Project Breakdown with Guto Terni & Vinicius Costa

“Unbreakable” is a visual metaphor of the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) experience. Based on actual NTM patient experiences, the film opens on Barbara the Bunny, a… Read more

How to make an advert for something you love (without leaving the house)

The first thing I had to take into account was that I was doing this in my house, and I live in a medium-sized apartment,… Read more

Project Breakdown with Bonnes Feuilles

1984 is particularly accurate nowadays; the description of a society based on generalized surveillance and collective hatred is particularly resonant today. It’s part of an… Read more