Stephen Panicara’s DPTV Rebrand

I came across this project by Steve Panicara over at the Motion Exchange and was very impressed by it. Immediately by the tight and energetic… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Kevin Manach: Vésuves

Vésuves. Directed by Kevin Manach. A Gobelins/CalArts exchange.

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

CG Society: Tron (1982)

CG Society takes a historic look back at the CG cult-classic, Tron (1982).

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago

Guilherme Marcondes: Bunraku Opening Sequence

For the opening title sequence of Guy Moshe’s film Bunraku, Guilherme Marcondes introduces us to the Bunraku alternate universe — from pre-historic animals fighting for… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

OMOTE: Real-time face tracking and projection mapping

Forget the faces of historic monuments, the new frontier of projection mapping is the faces of humans. Created by Nobumichi Asai and friends, technical details… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 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),… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Don’t Skip It: Designing a Title Sequence in the Age of AI

Chris Sharpe, Creative Director at Territory Studio, argues that the introduction and growth of AI has made the issue of historical data and title design… Read more

Chris Sharpe • 1 year ago

A Reunion with America’s Racial History

In an era where storytelling transcends traditional boundaries, Reunion Studio merges artistry and A.i. technology to shed light on America's profound legacy of racial injustice.… Read more

Carlos El Asmar • 2 months ago

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

The all-star crew behind the reboot of a classic TV series brings something sorely needed in science: art direction.

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro

One of the things we get asked about all the time is how to properly compress video for the web. Dozens of books and technical… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique

What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this… Read more

Matt Lambert • 15 years ago

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Graph Editor

Editor’s note: As part of our ongoing education series, we present a guest post from Nol Honig, co-founder of The Drawing Room and part-time professor… Read more

Nol Honig • 9 years ago

Inside SIGGRAPH 2006

Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Martin Allais, ARD & ZDF “Caveman”

Boolab director Martin Allais created this ingenious spot for German TV channels ARD and ZDF portraying the history of mankind (or most of it) in… Read more

Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago

Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate”‘ Interview

The trailer for Paths of Hate showcased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The film… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Amsterdam DNA revisited

There has been a surge of motion media on the museum-going experience as of late — which will be elaborated on in a later post… Read more

Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago

School Profile: Savannah College of Art & Design

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of school profiles we’ll be sharing on Motionographer. The following profile was compiled in August, 2015. Since… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Jack Cunningham and the White House build an AR tour powered by a buck

Reach for your phone and wallet to learn more about “The People’s House.” Don’t worry, it won’t cost you a cent.

Erica Gorochow • 8 years ago

PES: The Deep

How did Showtime and PES come together for “The Deep”? One day I woke up and had an invitation via email to be part of… Read more

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago

Digital Currency and You.

As our industry changes, it’s important to keep an eye on how trends in the wider world can affect us. While Motionographer does not specifically… Read more

Elliot Blanchard • 11 years ago

Max Hattler’s 1923 & 1925: Q&A

Questions: How were you introduced to the Animation Workshop, and how did this collaboration come about? Norwegian animation theorist Joakim Pedersen – who I used… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Prologue for Robin Hood

Make sure to visit Prologue’s site to see more of this project and others they have worked on, very inspiring stuff. [qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/robinhood_et.mp4 640 272] I… Read more

Jon Saunders • 14 years ago

PS Animation Gamechanger?

AnimDessin2 is the latest release of a powerful Photoshop plugin that creates a helpful palette of tools for traditional (i.e. frame-by-frame) animation. The current version… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago