To This Day Project: Call for animators with big hearts!
There are only 5 days left for animators and motion artists to commit to be part of this anti bullying, animated, spoken word poem: “To…
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Jorge R Canedo Estrada • 12 years ago
Lagoa Launches, Blows Minds
I was invited to the beta of Lagoa.com (then called TeamUp) several months ago, and even in that early stage it blew my mind. As…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
It’s a Plastic World
This depressing but educational visual essay explains the ubiquity of plastic in our oceans using an interesting low-poly microverse contained in a cube. After you’ve…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Richard Hogg and Mummu: Hello FutureLearners!
Charmingly sharp character animation in this spot for FutureLearn.com. I got a chuckle out of everyone featured, but really, Lynn steals the show. More about the making-of from…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
The key to Facebook Reactions? Animation (of course).
"Early versions were static and we knew animation would be key in making them more expressive. "
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Animade launches Boords storyboarding tool
The wizards at Animade recently released Boords, a simple, web-based tool for sharing storyboards.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Method: SFIFF
[…] Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), the branding gurus at Method (not to be confused with vfx house Method Studios) whipped up a nice trailer.…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
save the cheerleader…
woops… wrong earth ending issue. click3x, MTV and Dr. Octagon, attempt to save the planet. Whilst the whole thing is riding the thin line of…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Green Motion Graphics
Laundry just created a very enjoyable spot for Live Earth 2007 (concerts that will stop global warming with the power of music!). There are some…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Psyop: Navigon “More Real”
[…] eyeballs ache, they know when to exercise restraint. Their new spot for Navigon, “More Real,” isn’t really motion graphics in the traditional sense. It’s…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
TEG’s Arthur Industries: Super Power Bloke
[…] through the The Ebeling Group’s contributions to this year’s Sundance Film Festival, when I happened upon “Super Power Bloke,” an animated short originally created…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
fxguide Goes Deeper with Dave Rand
[…] hoping to get the $1 million in backp-pay owed to them by Discovery Communications and Evergreen Films for their work on “Journey To The…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Vera Bee’s Snow-Bo
Sometimes when you are trawling the infinite ocean that is the inter-web, you come across a little treasure that makes you wonder how on earth…
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James Wignall • 15 years ago
Polynoid for MTV EMA 2011
Polynoid journeys to a fantastic and colorful center of the earth for MTV EMA 2011. Fusion TIFF File
Daniel Coutinho • 13 years ago
OFFF 2012 Titles
Upperfirst has collaborated with Brosmind to create this fantastically original opening title for this years OFFF festival in Barcelona. This epic and entertaining tale plots the saviour…
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Andrew Montague • 12 years ago
Remembering gravity: The animated story of an astronaut coming home
Gunner partnered with Great Big Story to bring to life the observations and journey of astronaut Leland Melvin as he acclimates to life back on…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
One Year of 9 Squares
Encompassing 28 rounds and 186 contributors, 9 Square's 1 year retrospective is motion for motion's sake — no deep ideas or earth-shattering innovations. Just beautiful…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Stardust Profile on Apple.com
While it’s not exactly news, Stardust is featured on the Apple Pro website. Interestingly, a lot of the article reveals the way Stardust pre-visualizes a…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Kayak.com and Loyalkaspar
LK back again this month with some really fun work. Making some pretty rash stabs at the powers that be gives a unique perspective to…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Innuendo
Making of "Innuendo," a sensual, experimental short film about a fantasy world's reproductive processes
Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
Best Tutorial Ever?
Wildly entertaining and incredibly practical, are these... the best tutorials ever?
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
How Google uses motion design to make tangible tech
When Google introduced its Material Design visual language in the summer of 2014, it felt like a train I’d been expecting for years was finally pulling into the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Motionographer Podcast: Making “Anomaly”
Set against the space-race canvas of the 1960’s, Anomaly is inspired by the traditional Christmas Nativity and explores, through a modern-day lens, the events of…
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Brian Gossett • 10 years ago
Motion and code: Getting to know Lucas Zanotto
Italian-born designer/animator Lucas Zanotto’s career is as varied and playful as his creations. Moving seamlessly between analogue and digital techniques, he’s created commercials, short films,…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago