Interview: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Vectorpark’s “Metamorphabet”
[…] His creations are part toy, part puzzle. It’s easy to spot a Vectorpark piece when you see it: everything is playfully populated with his…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Interactive experiences at the human scale: Making CenterStage with Andrew Bell and Lutz Vogel
[…] can absolutely see the difference between 10 frames per second and 60 frames per second. What was the resolution you guys were working with?…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Golden Wolf proves you can’t go wrong with cats for Offset 2015
[…] Thea Glad, Frankie Swan Compositing: Max Englehart, Alex Fernandez Live Action Production by Two Wheel Trike / twowheeltrike.com/ Cast: Cat #1: Girly Cat #2:…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
In Pieces: A rare specimen of CSS-based animation
[…] of CSS’s animation capabilities while also building a platform for raising awareness of endangered species around the world. The result is “In Pieces”, an…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Artist Profile: Graham Elliott
[…] We made about a dozen surreal promos, which apparently were a smash hit in Thailand. 1992 / Nickelodeon World – Around the World with…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
6 challenges facing motion design education
[…] ideally positioned to do so. Schools (should) operate outside of the normative momentum of industry, which means they can (should) do whatever they can to reshape it for…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Motion design education: MoGraph Mentor
[…] see MoGraph Mentor continually serve students at a higher level. We want to do a better job of organizing the program for students. We’re currently…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
NYC: An Evening with David OReilly at the MoMA
[…] circuit—he has won top prizes in Berlin, Ottawa, Annecy, Sundance, and beyond—OReilly directed Alien Child, the unforgettably funny and touching faux animated video game…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Behind the Scenes: “Donning the Digital Mask: Anonymous”
[…] sure this clean, digital aesthetic worked in combination with a dirtier, looser look. Also, technically speaking, I wanted to incorporate a range of elements…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The Line: Amaro and Walden’s Joyride
[…] Taylor, Duncan Gist Compositing Max Taylor, James Belch, Anna Sigüenza, Chris Fraser Colourist Aubrey Woodwiss Colour Assist Lewis Cross Field Starring Suggs, Lauren Hedges,…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
Colin Hesterly directs Škoda “Tour De France”
[…] Tour De France, and their proud longstanding sponsors Skoda. This 2D animated spot, which airs throughout Tour De France 2015, celebrates Skoda’s rich history…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
airFIELD Sculpture by Dan Goods
[…] flights at the Atlanta airport and feeding that data in real-time to the display field, culminating in an elegant visualization of the world’s busiest airport.…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Lessons learned: Daniel Coutinho’s journey from Brazil to Buck
[…] to do motion design? Or did you discover that path later? I didn’t know at all and I actually went through a long period—…
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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…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Blend Manifesto
[…] van Dijk ANIMATORS Sander van Dijk Jorge Canedo Estrada Claudio Salas Justin Lawes Austin Robert Marisabel Fernandez MUSIC Friendship Park MIX & SOUND DESIGNER…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
DEmark 2015 Opening Titles
[…] as the illustrations. Credits Client: DEmark Agency: Jenostze Production: Nord Collective Direction, Motion, Design: Vladimir Tomin, Alex Frukta Music: The Cosmic Setter The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The Genius of Play
[…] of Play, a 9-part animation series for for the Toy Industry Association. Each of the 9 short films created for the campaign uses a mix of…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Buck for Nike Hypervenom
[…] work, but these two spots from Buck take things an entirely different direction. Featuring mind-bending transitions and non-stop action, both spots sport deceptively simple…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Magic Leap… no, for real this time
[…] object. Real-time occlusion of a virtual object behind a physical object In order to pull this off, Magic Leap had to scan the environment,…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Playgrounds Festival 2015 [NSFW]
[…] title before knows how much work it can be.) The result is one happy, random, neatly designed mess — with the only constant being the…
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Harm van Zon • 9 years ago
Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future
If you haven’t watched “Uncanny Valley,” take a small break in your day and do it before reading our insightful interview with its creators. Written and…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Experiements in procedural textile design, geist.xyz
[…] and procedural surfaces. Check out some of the outtakes on their Instagram feed or peruse all the textures in one place on geist.xyz. A video…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
2015 Hardware Survey Results
[…] the results, we tried to make sense of the data by combining cards into product groups. GPU-Accelerated features in Adobe’s Creative Suite matter for…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
My Darling’s Shadow
[…] (along with art director Eric Pautz from Roof in NYC). Conor’s portfolio is full of more refined line work and elegant animation. Credits Design and Animation…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
