Parasol Island: “Pink Troubles”

 Parasol Island’s self-initiated short “Pink Troubles” features endearing character design and lush environment design. From PI: ‘Pink Troubles’ is the story of a lonesome flamingo… Read more
Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Nike Football: The Last Game

 Jon Saunders (formerly of Psyop, now at Passion Pictures) directs this action-packed 5-minute short for Nike, featuring the likenesses of Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Zlatan… Read more
Staff • 10 years ago

Q&A: Throne “Tharsis Sleeps”

 What says "heavy metal" more than a few thousand frames of animated embroidery? Here's how it was done.
Andrew Montague • 10 years ago

Best Tutorial Ever?

 Wildly entertaining and incredibly practical, are these... the best tutorials ever?
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago

Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures

 Stanford design instructor John Edmark has rethought the zoetrope with beautiful 3D-printed sculptures that animate when filmed in sync with a strobe light. Explains Edmark: These are… Read more
Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Kung Fury

 As a child of the 80s, there are three things that course through my blood: buddy cop films, martial arts flicks and Tang. Kung Fury, a… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Virtual reality is not filmmaking

 Let’s agree on something: 360-degree video presented inside a virtual reality headset isn’t really virtual reality. It’s a novel, sometimes powerful experience, but it’s not what makes VR arguably the most… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Blend Manifesto

 From the candy coated palette to its cheery metaphors of rainbows and confetti, the manifesto video for the upcoming Blend conference is bubbling over with the… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

DEmark 2015 Opening Titles

 Nord Collective’s quirky titles for the DEmark 2015 titles feature a literal interpretation of the event’s theme, “Touch of Design.” Combining a custom tailored typeface… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

The Genius of Play

 Working with Mash Studio, Tom Rainford focused his directorial talents on The Genius of Play, a 9-part animation series for for the Toy Industry Association.  Each of the 9… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Buck for Nike Hypervenom

 Nike’s Hypervenom line has been the subject of some fiercely sexy CG work, but these two spots from Buck take things an entirely different direction.… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago