Elastic: MTV Video Music Awards 2014 (case study + interview)

[…] you leave it the more it resolves to a clean noiseless image. This meant from a designers perspective its very quick to get feedback… Read more

Brandon Lori • 10 years ago

When creators turn evil, fun ensues

[…] by his creator. The short also plays with sound design, at one point trading Daffy’s voice for a variety of animal sounds (much to Daffy’s… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Hybrid by birth: Getting to know Animade

[…] character animation there was going to be and so adopted a stripped-back, almost cave-drawn style to the characters, which ended up befitting their god-like… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul

When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

True Detective Season 2 Main Titles

[…] contained desaturated double-exposed imagery within the bounds of silhouetted characters and objects, this new sequence takes a more textural approach, with detailed topographic imagery undulating… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

A lottery ad that feels like a Pixar film, “Night Shift”

[…] the 17th of November in Spain, features the protagonist Justino, a mannequin factory’s nighttime security guard, whose thoughtful jokes capture the imagination of his… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

A tour of Hannah Jacobs’ work

[…] latest film for Tom Rosenthal’s “Borrowing,” is perfect proof of the power of Hannah’s voice. Between Hannah’s animation style and Tom’s haunting music, this film is captivating through… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

MK12 Interview: Making “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance”

[…] even though the look is evolved, it’s still of that universe. Concept art Character movement took a lot of R&D as well. Though we… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat

[…] you talk about the look development process? I wanted to have a crafted and stop motion kind of look to the film. I even tried… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Blending the physical and the digital in “Building a Rocket”

[…] Marais, Alistair Grant, Lani Greenhill, Rob Pita, Lloyd Wilgen Animators: Rob Pita, Marcelle Marais, Alistair Grant, Claudio Pavan Compositors: Jannes Hendrikz, Christian Venter Motion… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Clever Instagram-based escape the room challenge

[…] the secret code in order to escape. The entire experience uses a panoramic photo filled with hidden clues and movie props. When the user… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Spider man says it’s not how big your title sequence is, it’s how you use it. All about Perception! Motion Award recipient.

[…] that was created was photographed or scanned into the computer in order to preserve (or enhance) that handmade quality. Our final stage was to… Read more

Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago

Nickelodeon Creative + Aardman/Nathan Love. Now that’s a package and a half!

[…] presents a twist on the traditional — offering a playful, funny and surprising take on everything kids (of all ages) love most about the… Read more

Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago

Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | Spider-Man: Homecoming / Perception

[…] that was created was photographed or scanned into the computer in order to preserve (or enhance) that handmade quality. Our final stage was to… Read more

Staff • 1 month ago

Transistor Studios / James Price

Transistor Studios has recently posted a new Coke spot directed by the multi-talented James Price, who has just launched his own personal web presence. The… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Renascent: Lost

Joost has just posted “Lost,” a type-based visual poem, in the Motion Graphics section of Renascent. “Lost” is a beautiful blend of music (masterfully composed… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

PES for Pivot

I can’t seem to get away from stop-motion. The latest from Anonymous Content’s PES for Pivot is full of his characteristic charm—a subtle playfulness that… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

MAKE for Minneapolis AICP

MAKE created this wildly ambitious and entertaining opening sequence for the Minneapolis AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers). The project debuted on September 6, 2007,… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

SHOWstudio for YSL

Okay, this is going to be a hard sell. It’s not motion graphics. And it was originally intended to be viewed on a much larger… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Book Review: Uncredited

As soon as I heard about Uncredited, a new book on the history and current state of film title design, I bought it. It came… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Psyop/MassMarket Dissect Absolut

The PR-supplied Q&A with Psyop and sister company MassMarket sheds a little light on “Dissection,” their new advert for Absolut: What was the creative brief… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Adam Gault “Lives and Dies” for Stefanie Augustine

The phones have been ringing off the hooks here at Motionographer HQ, with angry members of the motion-going public wondering why Adam Gault’s ‘Living and… Read more

Simon Robson • 16 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… Read more

Matt Lambert • 16 years ago

Back to Beijing with Eric Lerner

A couple weeks ago, we posted Eric Lerner’s fantastic Olympics advert for Coke. We recently had a chance to catch up with him for a… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago