1st Ave Machine: Google Maps

1st Ave Machine builds it big and real for Google Maps.

Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

“Metamorphosis” by Tell No One

A luminous retelling of Titian’s Metamorphosis by Tell No One. Nice performances by Anna Friel and Ed Speleers.

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

Ruffmercy: House Shoes ✖ Danny Brown “Sweet”

Awesome cel animation by Ruffmercy

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

EMA 2012 by Sehsucht

Sehsucht brings the 2012 MTV EMA titles to life by crafting a 3D zoetrope, a fast-moving carousel that evokes the illusion of motion through a… Read more

Ivan Cruz • 11 years ago

Street Fighter III – Furrinkazan Trailer

Victor Hugo, a talented Brazil-based artist, has created yet another fantastic piece this time based around the world of Street Fighter.  In this teaser trailer… Read more

Andres Weber • 11 years ago

1st Ave Machine: Panera “Live Consciously / Eat Deliciously”

The Rube Goldberg machine is a reoccurring gimmick in advertising, but before anyone complains about having “seen it before”, take a look at 1st Ave… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago

Nico Casavecchia: “A Boy And His Atom” The World’s Smallest Movie

Working with animation studio Punga,1stAveMachine’s Nico Casavecchia had the honor of creating the world’s first movie at the scale of individual atoms — the world’s… Read more

Staff • 11 years ago

Virgilio Villoresi: John Mayer “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967”

Milan-based Virgilio Villoresi uses the pre-cinema technique, ombro cinema, to animate the drawings made by Virginia Mori. Everything was filmed in live-action, no post production… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago

TSB – The Story by Studio AKA

Studio AKA (London) tells the history behind the building of the TSB bank through this beautiful piece. Combining the hand crafted artistry of 2D character animation within… Read more

Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago

Louis Morton: Passer Passer

Synaesthesia? Yes, please. Louis Morton‘s Passer Passer caught my eye in Cartoon Brew’s excellent Sundance coverage. It kicks off with echoes of Oskar Fischinger, but… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 10 years ago

Johnny Kelly: Shape

Director Johnny Kelly’s latest short, “Shape” is about the changing shape of the world around us. From home to school to work, it’s a tale… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Edmond Was a Donkey

From Director Franck Dion, a unique and moving story about a man in search of himself. Process and more at the project site. Credits Written, Designed,… Read more

Matt Hunter Ross • 10 years ago

Steve Scott: Time’s the Charm

The talented Steve Scott returns with this elegantly crafted film for John Lobb via Not To Scale.  Steve’s charming illustrations capture the subtle tones of… Read more

Andrew Montague • 10 years ago

Guilherme Marcondes on going it alone

Aspiring directors, listen up! Gui explains the ins and outs of representation in this insightful and honest interview.

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Onward Internet!

Buck brings us a delightul tale of the internet using a variety of styles and techniques, combined with the always solid sound design by Antfood—love the old… Read more

Staff • 10 years ago

Paul Trillo: Sarh “U and I”

In the music video for Sarh’s U and I, up-and-coming filmmaker Paul Trillo explores a relationship that is one part Chris Parks fluids, one part… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Dvein: “River Island x Jean-Pierre Braganza”

After what feels like an incredibly long hiatus, the magicians at Dvein are back. “River Island x Jean-Pierre Braganza” is a provocative short featuring creepy cybernetic birds gliding… Read more

Carlos El Asmar • 9 years ago

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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Truffle Pig, an other-worldly virtual reality experience from Gentleman Scholar

LA-based Gentleman Scholar have joined the growing number of animation studios seduced by the creative possibilities (and technical challenges) of virtual reality as a storytelling… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Artist Profile: Sean McClintock

With nearly 20 years experience under his belt, Sean McClintock has done a little bit of everything.  From the early days of Flash during the… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Oddfellows: Works With Nest

Oddfellows winds through a connected home with a heck of a lot of animation and illustration charm. We asked them to give us a small peek inside the… Read more

Erica Gorochow • 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago