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
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…
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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 • 8 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
Studio Stories: 12 Years of Ataboy
The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders. By Vikkal Parikh, founder of Ataboy. Editor’s Note: In this series, we’ll hear…
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Staff • 11 months 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 • 4 months ago
Kris Moyes, Expatriate and more
Kris Moyes’ latest video for Expatriate is a monochromatic playground of slow-mo fun. The piece is comprised of long, flowing black-and-white shots, each beautifully composed.…
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daniel • 18 years ago
Anthony Furlong
Over the last year and a half, Anthony Furlong has worked professionally while finishing up a degree at The Art Center. Thanks to that experience…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
zspace for ABC1
G’Day from Sydney, with news from my adopted home town of a major new project for Australia’s first channel ABC1, orchestrated by local moving image…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
Not To Scale/Natl for Amex “Clay” [UPDATE]
For this new American Express advert, Not To Scale‘s National Television created a believable claymation look entirely in CG. According to the release: “Shooting the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Exopolis: Xbox “Experience Welcoming Animation”
I play a lot of Xbox. To be more specific, I play a ton of Halo 3. Anyways, today the New Xbox Experience launches giving…
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Brian Gossett • 16 years ago
Hemlock by Tyson Ibele
Recently, Tyson Ibele emailed me about his new film ‘Hemlock’ for CG Society’s Steampunk Myths and Legends 3D challenge. I thought it was amazing and…
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Babe Baker • 16 years ago
Supinfocom: Cafe Serre
School’s out at Supinfocom, and the end of year projects keep rolling in. Everything we’ve seen so far is astounding, and “Café Serré” only adds…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Meteor Studios’ Unpaid Artists UPDATE
UPDATE: Sept 22, 2009 According to Dave Rand, the case is now closed. The Canadian Labor Board has now negotiated payment of 70% of what…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Twenty120 Interview
Twenty120 is around the corner and we have a few announcements that we would like to share. Firstly, as a reminder, this Thursday night at…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Cut&Paste: 2009 Global Championships
Photo by Jason Lewis This year’s Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament has made its way through 16 cities and 256 competitors from February – June 2009.…
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Justin Cone • 15 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…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
I Am Not An Artist
Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper have just made a series of 56 hilarious and poignant animated GIFS called I Am Not An Artist for Elisava,…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Tim & Eric for old Spice
Old Spice and Wieden+Kennedy continue to display their willingness to push comedy in advertising with this new set of Old Spice ads. This time utilizing…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Nike, W+K Amsterdam & Inarritu Write the Future
Although this film has only been bouncing around for about 24 hours, it’s already been garnering claims of one of the most epic spots of…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago