Review: Division05’s “Snapdragon”
We review the latest educational offering from Division05, "Snapdragon," a comprehensive dissection of a real-world motion graphics project for Qualcomm.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Crafting a digital comic: Q&A with André Bergs
André Bergs is no stranger to animation. And the iPad is no stranger to digital comics. But André’s recently released “Protanopia” sports a unique look…
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Justin Cone • 7 years ago
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…
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Hana Eunjin Yean • 3 years ago
Am I an Exceptional Creative Leader?
A leader of the heart: Are you one of them? #3 A series of compact, heart-charged articles where executive coach Marie Reig Florensa – together…
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Marie Reig Florensa • 2 years ago
Do I lead from the Heart?
A leader of the heart: Are you one of them? #4 is a series of compact, heart-charged articles where executive coach Marie Reig Florensa –…
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Marie Reig Florensa • 9 months ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | Game of Thrones / Elastic
The Season 8 Game of Thrones title sequence was redesigned to be more narrative, with visual details reflecting the depth and evolution of the story,…
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Staff • 1 month ago
Patrick Clair + Elastic: HBO’s True Detective
[…] a surreal and floaty mood that perfectly captured what we were after. Read more in Art of the Title’s excellent interview. Client: HBO Air…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Modern Love: Under His Misspell
[…] funny, clever work. Any constraints or rules to keep in mind? This animated series won’t ever show a character moving his or her lips…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
ALMA MATER creates The Lego Movie Main-On-End Titles
Awesome work from LA based Alma Mater, on the MOE titles of The Lego Movie. Check out behind the scenes and interview action via The…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Johnny Kelly: Shape
[…] Kirk, Wilson Brown and Pran Bandi Final Mix: Andy Baldwin Website designed and built by Aad Written by Scott Burnett Illustrations by Johnny Kelly…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
The Peach Kings “Mojo Thunder” [NSFW]
[…] Emily Zurl Storyboards: Takeia Dunlop Producer: James Howell Executive Producer: Karen Hennegan Song credits: Recorded at Mophonics Music + Sound in Venice, CA “Mojo…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Elements of Design
[…] troubling. Update The morning after posting this, I saw this tweet from a friend: @justincone FYI, his conclusion references Milton Glaser http://t.co/3bOYI9o4av— Erica Gorochow…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Guardians of The Galaxy UI Reel
[…] Alasdair Willson Font Designer: Lee Fasciani Playback Credits Compuhire Marvel Credits Director: James Gunn Production Designer: Charles Wood Set Decoration: Richard Roberts Art Director:…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
VFX World Map
The VFX World Map plots commercial and features studios, schools and other relevant entities on — you guessed it — a map of the world.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Way to Go, a VR-friendly walk through the woods
[…] video are Philippe Lambert, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit, Vincent Morisset & Caroline Robert Shot in Mauricie, Eastern Townships, the Laurentians and on the Mount Royal. Made…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Superteam proves power of collaboration in title sequence for FITC Tokyo
[…] Collective Podcast, which we co-produce. Ash and I have also worked together on a couple of design and animation projects in the past, including…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Dubai Flow Motion by Rob Whitworth
[…] the world’s most extravagant cities. Combining time-lapse, camera-stabilization and boat loads of 4K footage, the film is an ever-shifting quilt of vignettes that takes you from skydiving…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape
[…] At the heart of it are the Tendril Emojis, right? How do they function and where did the idea for those come from? At…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Artist Profile: Graham Elliott
[…] affects designers coming from different countries. And it’s this aspect of how location and culture drives our creative output that triggered inspiration to start…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Process: Making the F5 Opening Titles with Block & Tackle
[…] name of experimentation and in hopes of eliciting a genuine emotional response from audiences. The backstory Block & Tackle is a design and animation…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Kung Fury
[…] at the hands of the Nazi leader. An error in the time machine sends him further back to the Viking Age. Production With the trailer…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
PQ FUI: A delightful collection of meaningless sliders and knobs
[…] part snarky commentary on the abundance of superfluous UI elements in contemporary film and TV. Quinn strikes the right balance between taking his animation seriously…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators
[…] fundamental programming concepts, but I always walked away frustrated after not being able to integrate these ideas into my normal motion work. Then in…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
Aardman Nathan Love is born
[…] were doing some drawings, and the next day we were modeling.” The inspiration for the film came from looking back at Aardman’s stop-motion roots. As…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
