Going Deeper into “Sea Orchestra”

We wanted to know more about the recently posted “Sea Orchestra” spot for United Airlines from Shy the Sun (founded by members of The Blackheart… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”

Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

ILOVEDUST Launches

News of  a Motion Design studio launch are always exciting, more so when the studio has already possessed a considerable repertoire and strong reputation in… Read more

Boca Ceravolo • 14 years ago

Playgroundsfestival 2011 Titles

The Playgroundsfestival was a joy. Hidden in the little town of Tilburg, the festival had great speakers and good talks. With talks from: Edouard Salier, Mate… Read more

Harm van Zon • 13 years ago

2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival: Student Films

I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this year. For me, Ottawa is one of the most refreshing events of… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

SXSW 2012: Music Videos

SXSW was a music festival first, so there’s lots of love for the music video format. In addition to the music video screening, this year… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Jacob Wyatt: Metro

Jacob Wyatt’s Metro, a student film created with a band of friends at Brigham Young University, has recently been released online after a run on… Read more

Justin Cone • 12 years ago

yesyesyall is like MTV back when it was MTV

I’m not a nostalgic person, but I grew up in a time when MTV wasn’t a 24-hour reality show marathon. Where I lived in suburban Houston,… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future

The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX work. Our chat with the… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Yankeegal : Full film with Q&A

Heads up, boys and girls. The full version of this Supinfocom student film is finally available to us online, after having toured these festivals, and… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 16 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

What is web animation? Rachel Nabors explains it all.

Web design and motion design have been on a collision course since the early 2000s. Today, they’re finally merging, spawning strange new fields — and… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Clever Instagram-based escape the room challenge

I told myself I wouldn’t, but I got sucked into Red Lion Canada’s Escape Room challenge for the Toronto Silent Film Festival. 10 minutes later,… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

La Linea & Estacao Sigma

La Linea is an Italian cartoon series created by Osvaldo Cavandoli. Bibi’s Blog already said everything you need to know about this series so I’ll… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Saving the World, One Animation at Time

I was reading through the latest issue of Discover magazine, when I came across an interesting interview conducted by Jennifer Barone. She was chatting with… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Caviar & Nicographics for Towa Tei’s ‘Mind Wall’

The Japanese did it again! Been a while since I watched a music video that ticks all the right boxes. Is well-paced, not draggy. Has… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago

LAIKA: Tostitos “The Amazing Flamenco Chef” (Updated with Q&A)

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/laika_tostitos.mov 640 360] Interview The following is an interview with Laika House’s Nicholas Weigel, director of “The Amazing Flamenco Dancer” and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina. Lauren… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

2010 AICP Results

Fresh from the 2010 AICP Awards at MoMA in NYC, we’ve got the results to share. Top production companies are MJZ (12 honors), Biscuit (5),… Read more

Matt Lambert • 14 years ago

State of Design 2011 Playlist

This is the playlist of videos from Justin Cone’s PromaxBDA State of Design 2011 presentation. In most cases, credits are on the linked pages. Thanks… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

Out of Sight

Out of Sight on Vimeo. So this is a year old, but it’s still wonderful, and I can’t believe it’s slipped through my posting schedule.… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago

A Conversation with Mate Steinforth

Recently we’ve seen more and more of Sehsucht, and with good reason: they’ve steadily been building steam through the years, and it’s culminating in some… Read more

Ivan Cruz • 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 12 years ago

How Pixar, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm and others kept wages artificially low

Wage-suppression conspiracy involved some of the world's most admired tech companies... and animation studios.

Staff • 10 years ago

What it takes to be “Original”

What is originality? Does it even exist? If so, how can we be original? Those are the questions that haunted Toronto-based designer Andrew Vucko as… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago