Micaël Reynaud: Amalgamation

Winner of the best use of displacement map/compound blur ever — Micaël Reynaud, with portraits by Michael Jang. Also available as an animated gif, of… Read more

Scintillation by Xavier Chassaing

Scintillation is a remarkable experimental piece by young director Xavier Chassaing. This piece stands on it’s own purely for its visuals, but the technique and… Read more

Pac10 gets Loaded

Loaded Pictures brings a smooth 3D camera mapping approach to a set of still photos for Pac10.

New AE Plugin: Youveelizer

Jerzy “Maltaannon” Drozda drops Youveelizer, an incredible new AE plugin for mapping textures to 3D footage

Erik Lauritzen: Last Best Hope

Erik Lauritzen created an engaging photo montage for a World World II documentary entitled “Last Best Hope.” The 2.5D technique isn’t new, but Erik’s execution… Read more

Perception: More Than Meets the Eye

One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera… Read more

BKYC & Théoriz crew: Extrapolis

BKYC and Théoriz crew combine traditional drawing with interactive animations in the pulsing landscape of Extrapolis.

7 Top Tips for Animating Sketch Comedy

Chris Cray maps out some of the most useful approaches he’s discovered while animating his scripts, from setting the scene to repurposing characters.

Ask Between the Keyframes XIII

Ask Between the Keyframes answers your most troubling Motion Design questions. How do you career map in our ever-changing field?

Imaginary Forces: The Bridge

Imaginary Forces’ Grant Lau directed this elegantly unexpected promo for FX’s second season of The Bridge.

Only Say Yes When It’s Yes

As the President of The Ashy Agency and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Brett Ashy has worked with… Read more

Motorville by Patrick Jean

Patrick Jean returns with this thoughtful, clever piece about everyone’s favorite hydrocarbon. Packed with nice little details.

Marco Brambilla: Civilization

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/civilization_final.mov 960 540] Installation Credits Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla Client: The Standard Hotel, New York Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson Assistant: Swapna Tamhane… Read more