11 of the best showreels from 2015
As the creator of the Shit Showreels Say channel, the popular PQ FUI Toys and a portfolio of slick motion design work, Peter Quinn knows…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
2015 Hardware Survey Results
At the end of 2015, we invited you to participate in a casual hardware survey, and 854 of you clicked your way through it. Here are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Meet the 2017 Motion Awards Nominees
Gather around and check out the nominees for the 2017 Motion Awards by Motionogapher.
Staff • 7 years ago
Google’s Chrome Shorts
Google has just launched a YouTube page with 11 short films to promote the launch of their new web browser, Chrome. Similar to BNS’s ‘Feature…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch
What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
First block of speakers unveiled for F5 LOVE, eclectic and inspiring
The first block of speakers for the third F5 festival has been unveiled. Anchored by design and animation superstars, the lineup also includes some welcome surprises. F5 LOVE…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
How to make your skin crawl, the story of “Teeth” with Holbrooks
After a successful run in the festival circuit, including a premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and a Special Jury Recognition award from the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Motion Awards: 2017 Winners
Come one, come all and view some of the best work made within the motion design industry this past year and see who will be…
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Staff • 6 years ago
Way to Go, a VR-friendly walk through the woods
Shortly after we were musing on the state of storytelling for emerging virtual reality platforms here on Motionographer, the National Film Board of Canada released Way…
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Justin Cone • 10 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
Josh Raskin for Google
Many Motionographer readers will no doubt recognise Josh Raskin as director of the Oscar nominated short ‘I met the Walrus’. Personally I’d been wondering what…
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Simon Robson • 12 years ago
“Pearl” will hit you right in the feels
Tired of all the VR hype? You'll love "Pearl," a new animated short directed by the Oscar-winning Patrick Osborne.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Virtual reality is not filmmaking
Let’s agree on something: 360-degree video presented inside a virtual reality headset isn’t really virtual reality. It’s a novel, sometimes powerful experience, but it’s not what makes VR arguably the most…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Nick Scott Studio: “The Google Story”
Nick Scott Studio pieces together the history of Google, in The Google Story.
Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Google: Todo a 1 Clic
Nico Chausovsky and Leo Campasso created this cute PSA warning of the dangers of sharing too much online (en español) for Google, Chicos.net and Red…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
VR storytelling wars begin, but will anyone be watching?
As predicted in my earth-shattering post, “6 Motion Design Industry Predictions for 2015,” augmented reality (AR) platforms like Magic Leap and Microsoft Hololens and virtual…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Superteam proves power of collaboration in title sequence for FITC Tokyo
To kick off the FITC Tokyo 2015 conference, a superteam of artists working around the world (and sometimes around the clock) created a sublimely glitchy…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Imaginary Forces and Peepshow Collective take home 2015 Emmys
Imaginary Forces snagged an Emmy for Outstanding Title Design with their work on the TV series, Manhattan. This is the studio’s third Emmy for title design; their…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Buck for Google eBooks
After much speculations and rumours, Google launches its own eBookstore today. Lots of talk about its pros and cons, as well as discussions about whether…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Crafting graphics for the Oscars: An interview with Henry Hobson
Like people who tune into the Super Bowl just to watch the ads, I turn on the Oscars just to watch the graphics. The opening…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Moth Collective: Modern Love
At this point anyone who follows my posts will think I sound like a broken record, but… The Moth Collective does it again! This time…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar
Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).
Justin Cone • 9 years ago