The long journey to “Lostopolis,” an interview with PandaPanther
While many commercial animation shops dream of developing feature length films — and building valuable intellectual property in the process — very few actually get…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Dress Code Turns 8 + New Reel!
Hands down one of the best shops in the City, Dress Code, is celebrating their 8th year today with the release of a new reel.…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
Oscar-winning VFX shop talks about the challenges of creating premium VR
Virtual reality is starting to feel less like a bandwagon and more like a freight train. Those with the vision and stamina to climb aboard now are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
40 Instagram accounts you should be following
Brian Gossett shares 40 of his favorite Instagram accounts — and explains why Instagram matters more than ever for artists and designers.
Brian Gossett • 8 years ago
Graphic Design: The New Basics
This just jumped to the top of my shopping list. Graphic Design: The New Basics is a new book from Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Mighty Nice: Melbourne Writers Festival
Typographic animation, it’s everywhere. You now get a free typographic animation with a box of breakfast cereal, and word has it that there’s an iPhone…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Smilefaucet
Last year I attended a fun screening of SmileFaucet’s “Energy” issue in NY. Since then the project and website have come a long way. You…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
MK12 update!
I was losing hope, sadly. But my unsatisfied appetite for mk12 has been temporarily assuaged. There is a new trailer for ‘History of America‘, and…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Laundry!
Seems like a crime that PJ Richardson’s and Anthony Liu’s shop has never been featured on here. Laundry has some fresh work to show off…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Shilo’s Hidden Palms
Bicoastal design shop Shilo just released a brand new title sequence for CW’s teeny drama entitled, Hidden Palms. The intro is well shot and full…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Umeric’s Feilfri
Design shop Umeric created this beautiful spot depicting the birth of the Royal Elastic brand shoe, Feilfri. Maybe the coolest innards you will ever see.…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Nervo and Barbarian Group for FOX Japan
Nervo (Nando Costa’s design and animation shop) created a series of dark and spooky IDs for FOX Movies, a new sci-fi and horror channel launched…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Fulltank update
Fun loving Fulltank has been busy in the last several months. The Santa Monica based shop has revamped their site and added some shiny new…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
XYZ Studios & Charlex Go On a Journey
Watch on the XYZ Studios site | Download 720p version This new spot for Dodge in the US directed by Australian shop XYZ Studios (represented…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago
Peugeot 3008 vs Zamak
The french team of directors Stéphane Leloutre & Tim Miltat worked with the 3D shop Sabotage Studio in Paris to bring the characters of Olivier…
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Mate Steinforth • 16 years ago
Psyop: HP / Garnett
Psyop follows up their HP Maestro work with another cinematic, refined look from their LA shop starring Kevin Garnett. Though visually much simpler, this piece…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Digital Domain Expands to Florida
Digital Domain sets up shop in Florida to focus on work geared toward gaming and military simulation.
Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
SEHSUCHT Expands to Berlin
On Dec. 1st, SEHSUCHT will expand to Berlin with it’s new Prenzlauer Berg branch. The shop will be headed up by former PSYOP Director, Mate…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Elastic’s Styles Give Us A Lesson In Adidas’
For our first post of the new year, it seems appropriate to belatedly post a piece by a shop that is sure to continue to…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
NYC in Motion Meet-Up
NYC: Join us tonight from 6:00-11:00 at Sweet & Vicious to chat a little shop, make some new friends and throw a few back. (Facebook…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture
Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Sam Mason’s Miniature Worlds
I first saw the work of Sam Mason a few months ago with his graduation film, Wild Robot; a surreal, psychedelic sci-fi piece inspired by…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Sebas & Clim: Official Website Launch
New shop on the block, Sebas and Clim, pop onto the scene with Tiny Story: a spiffy little motion piece to celebrate the launch of…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Two hits for Oreo, each with its own twist
Chances are you’ve seen either one or both of the Oreo “Wonderfilled” spots that have been burning up the interwebs. The :90 anthem was directed…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago