The F5 effect: How a two-day event changed one attendee’s life
Editor’s note: The following is a post about F5, a two-day creativity festival started by Motionographer in 2009. The next F5 will be on April…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape
Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to the hand-writing on the wall: …
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Process: Making the F5 Opening Titles with Block & Tackle
Over the last several years, conference openers have joined music videos, film titles and visual essays as ideal showcases for ambitious motion designers and visual…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Understanding Perception: How We Experience the Meaning We Create
According to neuroscientist Beau Lotto, our brains don't differentiate between imagined stimuli and real stimuli. And that might be the best path towards world peace.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
A horde of humans obeys the “Witch Doctor” in this creepy music video
The concept is simple: Dutch rock band De Staat’s lead singer, Torre Florim, stands in the center of a throng of shirtless men, who seem obey his…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”
For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project. What began as…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
School Profile: Ringling College of Art & Design
Our second school profile looks at Ringling College of Art & Design's Motion Design program
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface
"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Black Math: “A Tale of Two Zip Codes”
Does your zip code directly affect your life expectancy? The answer might surprise you.
Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
Ash Thorp takes us on yet another impeccable journey through space
Epoch II is a continuation of Ash Thorp's series using space as the backdrop to explore our perceptions of reality and our evolution as a…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Celebrating the 2020 Winners | OFFSET
OFFSET was created for Offset Dublin '19 - the leading conference for the design and creative industries in Ireland. The film was directed by Andrea…
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Staff • 3 years ago
Motionographer Expands Its Reach in Asia Through WeChat with Final Frontier Partnership
Motionographer partners with Final Frontier to debut on China's WeChat, expanding their reach in Asia. This collaboration offers motion designers global exposure through WeChat’s vast…
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Staff • 5 months ago
The Motion Awards 2024: Final Call, New Drinks
Exciting news from The Motion Awards by Motionographer. Remember when you thought the party was over? When the bar was closing?
Staff • 1 month ago
Perception looking for designers
Perception, a streamlined design, editing and effects company in manhattan, is seeking very talented freelance motion graphic and broadcast designers. Candidates MUST have broadcast or…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Eye of the Storm
Well, classes are over and my finals are all turned in. I’m pretty pleased with my progress this quarter, but I’ve got a loooong way…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Move over Cee-Lo
I recently saw a new music video on the latest edition of Stash for the hip-hop group Subtle, directed by the uber-talented SSSR of passion…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Master Plan: How Google is Going to Dominate the Entire Universe
Carole Guevin over at netdiver.net brought Master Plan to my attention, a visual essay/conspiracy theory about how Google might be evil after all. Maybe I’m…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Contest: Wallpaper for Vector Packs
The folks at Go Media and I came up with an idea for a simple contest: Make a 1280×1024 wallpaper (.jpg or .gif) using at…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Lucien Superstar
This is not your typical Motionographer feature, but someone known as Boum suprised me with this short and sweet little animated gem on CA forums……
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Babe Baker • 18 years ago
Eatdrink: The Cat State
One thing I learned to appreciate at Offf in Barcelona was the importance of creating simply for the sake of creating. When we let go…
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Justin Cone • 17 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
Mokme
Mokme is the site of NYC based freelance animating extraordinare Carl Mok. Mok has had lead roles in some fantastic projects that have been produced…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Metro de Madrid: “Transparente” (Updated)
“Transparente” aims at changing people’s perspectives about using the subway in Madrid. Literally. These kinds of vfx projects are all about restraint. Props to director…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago