Particle Fever
MK12 handles the daunting task of creating graphics for the fascinating documentary, Particle Fever. No, it’s not about emitters or solvers — it’s about the…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Aug(De)Mented Reality
Sometimes a simple technique brilliantly executed does the trick. With just an iPhone, several sheets of acetate, markers and a wicked imagination, Hombre_McSteez reimagines the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Réka Bucsi: Symphony no. 42
Réka Bucsi's Symphony no. 42 is an illustrated encyclopedia of surrealist black comedy. Think David O'Reilly with a softer side. Watching it feels like a…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
America Fun-Pak
I got an enigmatic little e-mail this morning about “America Fun-Pak“. No mention of the creators’ identities, just a link. Parked on a domain with…
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daniel • 18 years ago
Inside SIGGRAPH 2006
Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Unsung Art of Screenwashes
About a month before Inspire, we realized we needed something on the screens between presentations and during introductions. “Yeah, like one of those looped animation…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Mekanism: Let’s Green This City
Mekanism created a bunch of videos for Let’s Green This City, a big environmental awareness initiative from Pacific Gas & Electric (or PG&E for all…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne: Pflum Form
With his project Pflum Form, Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne mixes one part installation art with one part design to create a unique mechanism for creating live visuals.…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Nervo: Let Us Kiss
Nervo has created a series of lushly detailed online promos for Let Us Kiss, a new online e-card-kind-of-thing fueled by a love of visual beauty.…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Crush: R.E.M. “Hollow Man”
Watching the work of Toronto-based Crush is refreshing. They exercise a decidedly straightforward approach to motion graphics: no 3D (not even 2.5D), no crazy camera…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Velvet for Mattoni
UPDATE: :60 QuickTime version has replaced previous link Munich-based Velvet Mediendesign oversaw some liquid simulation magic for this astouding Mattoni spot. Sure, it’s pure eye…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Supinfocom: Cafe Serre
School’s out at Supinfocom, and the end of year projects keep rolling in. Everything we’ve seen so far is astounding, and “Café Serré” only adds…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Blood Trail Interview
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bt.mov 720 405] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with the…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Schofield Is Just Getting Started Where Others Might End
Keith Schofield continues to battle it out with structure in his latest video for Lenny Kravitz & J.U.S.T.I.C.E, “Let Love Rule” via El Nino Productions.…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Malice in Wonderland by Vince Collins (1983)
1983’s Malice in Wonderland by Vince Collins. So mindblowingly trippy. (Notice: five minutes of extremely NSFW animation) [via Lost At E Minor]
Yotam Hadar • 15 years ago
Jonny Kofoed, PAMS Q&A
What was the initial pitch brief from the agency, and how did you choose to answer it? (I.e. by sticking closely to their wish list…
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Boca Ceravolo • 14 years ago
The Resale Right
Le droit de suite (The Resale Right) — VA from Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet on Vimeo (via Drawn). Time and again I have been moved by the…
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Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago
The Guardian: “Three Little Pigs”
Playing on recent uprisings aided by the prevalence of social media (e.g., Arab Spring, Occupy movements), BBH London, Director Ringan Ledwidge & The Mill help…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
PS Animation Gamechanger?
AnimDessin2 is the latest release of a powerful Photoshop plugin that creates a helpful palette of tools for traditional (i.e. frame-by-frame) animation. The current version…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
First person POV + Time lapse + Stabilization = Hyperlapse
Microsoft Research shares news of the new video stabilization technology, Hyperlapse: We present a method for converting first-person videos, for example, captured with a helmet…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
La Noria, an animated psychological horror
Veteran animator Carlos Baena (The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Wall-E) teamed up with producer Sasha Korellis to launch an ambitious crowdfunding campaign for their short film,…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Mark Okon: W+K Tokyo Lab
Mark Okon did some interesting work while interning with W+K Tokyo Lab this past summer. The following are introductory pieces for an eight-part series that…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Master Plan: How Google is Going to Dominate the Entire Universe
Carole Guevin over at netdiver.net brought Master Plan to my attention, a visual essay/conspiracy theory about how Google might be evil after all. Maybe I’m…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Designer Roundup
Some of these you might have seen before, others hopefully new. Plenty of inspiring work across the board(s)*. Bryce Wymer https://www.brycewymer.com/ Fantastic illustration, motion design,…
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daniel • 17 years ago