7 Ways to Mix Frame-By-Frame and Rigged Animation
London-based animator and director Chris Cray explains how mixing both methods combines unruly freedom and rigid efficiency.
Chris Cray • 2 years ago
Zero 7 video by click3x
[…] attention. I like how there seems to be surges of photo sequences resulting in almost smooth motion, and then not. Click 3x said they…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Joyrider: Sun-Rype “Swing”
[…] Joyrider Films, where all the CG was created: It was meant to feel more like stop frame but because of the very complicated nature…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Book Review: Guidelines for Online Success
[…] large amounts of text,” and “Don’t create logotypes based on aliased text.” Several pages of screenshots from relevant sites follow each set of Dos…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Atelier Transfert: Watch and Learn
[…] more control with such short cuts. In this sense, the phenomenon of manipulating time with cuts is taken to a whole new level. The…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Lucky by EB Hu
[…] the inspiration behind Lucky? How did you come up with the concept for the film? I wanted to create a short some time ago…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
CANADA on How to Deconstruct Ice Cream
[…] to other rounded shapes. Then a part that focuses on the color: the vivid, almost tropical color of ice creams — we decided to…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Amsterdam DNA revisited
[…] way, but the films had to be intriguing and visually appealing at the same time. The aim was to offer the visitors a different…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth
[…] very informal pub crawl I met Andreas Fischer who had the same idea of a Motion Graphics Meeting in mind. We teamed up, and…
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Ivan Cruz • 13 years ago
The Line: Amaro and Walden’s Joyride
Dang. So much attitude and animation skill in The Line‘s latest short, Amaro and Walden. Warning some bits are NSFW. Don’t miss the full making of…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
Review: Gangpol & Mit “Faits Divers”
My first introduction to French duo Gangpol & Mit (Guillaume Castagne and Sylvain Quément) was through their music. It wasn’t until recently that I learned…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Philippe Grammaticopoulos
[…] newest animation, Les Ventres (“The Bellies”) caught our attention when it hit our inboxes last week. Take a look at this bizarre four minute…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Passion Pictures: Red Bull Music Academy World Tour
[…] the shots required without ever moving the track. — Drew Lightfoot, co-director (Berlin, Paris and NYC) Berlin: Hansa — Das Studio der Mauerstadt The…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Clever Instagram-based escape the room challenge
[…] Escape Room challenge for the Toronto Silent Film Festival. 10 minutes later, I was still tapping squares and looking for clues. Tapping a video…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Open Call: DIGITAL CANVAS ikonoTV’s on-air exhibition on Digital Art
[…] to apply? Artists interested in submitting their video work should upload their video on Vimeo and email us the link and password with a…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
La Linea & Estacao Sigma
La Linea is an Italian cartoon series created by Osvaldo Cavandoli. Bibi’s Blog already said everything you need to know about this series so I’ll…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Bryan Louie
Emmett Dzieza recently passed me a link to the wickedly talented Bryan Louie. You’ve probably already seen Bryan’s work elsewhere. His distinctive style is ornately…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Interview: LAMBO brings the RAD
Working out the logo A sketch for the Coke “Oh Yeah” spot Style frame for Fox College Sports Characters for the Coke “Bubbles” spot Motionographer…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Nissan “Naturally Capable”
This spot for Nissan is a vfx tour de force. I have no idea who did it. Any help would be appreciated. Some folks online…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Taking a Ride on The Roller Coaster of Life
This new VW Touran ad is chock full of clever details and fun transitions. (I wish the people responsible for the Regal Cinemas roller coaster…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Mark Coleran and the Art of Screen Graphics
Reader Michael Kislovsky came across the work of Mark Coleran on mograph.net and passed the link our way. Mark’s reel shows off an aspect of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Smith & Foulkes for PLATFORM
One of my favorite animation/direction duos, Smith & Foulkes (of Nexus Productions), has decided to jump on the stop-motion bandwagon in this title sequence for…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Interview: Troika Design Group
Talk to enough seasoned west coast mographers and you’re bound to hear Troika come up in conversation more than once. In addition to fostering a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
