Blender: Tears of Steel
If you can stomach the acting, there’s some impressive CG work in “Tears of Steel,” the latest open source short from the Blender Foundation. Like…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Handmade with computers: H&M Conscious Films
At first glance, the H&M Conscious Films directed by photographer Bela Borsodi look like 100% hand-made creations. And they are. Kind of. While everything was shot in…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Process: Lincoln Continental Concept
Block and Tackle and shares the process behind their painterly masterpiece promoting the Lincoln Continental concept car.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
An interactive love story: Making Jeff Buckley’s “Just like a Woman”
Coders create an infinite love story machine. Motion designers tackle user experience challenges. These are the times we live in. We dive into the process…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
SL Co cut it for Nova
Another Nova spot here, this time from the French animation house SL Co. I love the mixture of hand made inky textures and 3D. The…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
Parasol Island for Sony Ericsson
This new Sony Ericsson advert from Parasol Island directed by Steve Scott is a colorful romp through a buffet of typography and illustration styles. The…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Sean Pecknold – Fleet Foxes ‘Mykonos’
Remember White Winter Hymnal? Sean Pecknold’s debut Fleet Foxes video with the killer hand-crank star trails shot? Pecknold (aka Grandchildren) just completed a beautiful new…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 16 years ago
Oktobor: Tiger Beer
To christen their new site, Auckland-based Oktobor has released three gorgeous spots for Tiger Beer and agency Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide. The spots star the…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Sophie Gateau & Paranoid US: “White” for LG and LIGHTS
Simple is beautiful. In Lights, Paranoid US and new SF-based agency, DOJO, keeps it simple and retells the classic story of boy meets girl. With…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
CANADA on How to Deconstruct Ice Cream
Editor’s note: The following post is by a new Motionographer contributor and copy editor, Brandon Walter Irvine. Please welcome him aboard! Perusing the Quickies the…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Psyop: Norton “Stuff Anthem”
Working with Smuggler for agency Leo Burnett Chicago, Psyop directed a lovable new spot for Norton, an anti-virus and personal data protection company. (Ah, anti-virus…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
LoopdeLoop: a monthly animation challenge
Blobba blob blob by Neil Sanders, for LoopdeLoop Monsters. Recently I stumbled onto the LoopdeLoop website and fell into an internet wormhole full of cheese…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
SXSW 2012: Film Title Design Awards
Our SXSW 2012 coverage begins with the Film Title Design Awards, presented by iStockphoto. The Film Title Design Awards program is unique among the SXSW…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Buck: Flex Alert
Brainchild and Buck LA have come together to develop a beautiful PSA for California’s Flex Alert program. To help guard against power shortages, this campaign…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
A lottery ad that feels like a Pixar film, “Night Shift”
A selfie-taking security guard of a mannequin factory stars in this heartwarming spot for the world's biggest lottery.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Nick Ryan’s “A Lonely Sky”
[…] finished film of 12 minutes and 40 seconds. This was all completed at 2k resolution (1920×1080) for projection in theaters as a scope print.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
IBM’s Data Films
[…] Studdard, Vincent Baertsoen, Joshua Merck, Mike Dunkley, Jeffrey Dates, Jeffrey Lopez, Graham Clark, Marco Iozzi Flame: Dan Wiliams, Corey Brown, Claudia D’Enjoy Compositing: Andrew…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Kris Moyes, Expatriate and more
Kris Moyes’ latest video for Expatriate is a monochromatic playground of slow-mo fun. The piece is comprised of long, flowing black-and-white shots, each beautifully composed.…
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daniel • 18 years ago
STUDIOaka: VARMINTS Trailer & New Site
Studio AKA, the London-based masters of the quirky character, have finally launched a new site and also posted this trailer for their newest short film…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Gaelle Denis and MassMarket for DuPont
I read an essay once by Steven Millhauser that explained why miniatures are so engaging. In a nutshell, he says that miniatures enchant us by…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Mighty Nice: Melbourne Writers Festival
Typographic animation, it’s everywhere. You now get a free typographic animation with a box of breakfast cereal, and word has it that there’s an iPhone…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Onesize: Playground Fest Main Titles
The main title for this year’s Playgrounds Festival, created by Dutch design powerhouse, Onesize, offers us a first-hand look at an action-packed playground battle in…
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Staff • 15 years ago
HunterGatherer’s Signature Series for Fuel
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HunterGatherer_960_30.mov 960 540] Q&A with Todd St. John, HunterGatherer: 1. The Fuel Signature Series is pretty wide-open, allowing artists a blank canvas to express themselves…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago