Just a Friendly Reminder
Just want to remind everybody of a few ground rules that have always been in place at Motionographer. Most of this stuff is on the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Shilo: Winning the War
Watch “The War” Hand-drawn storyboards Shots from the blue screen shoot Style frames Stills from the finished product Motionographer’s Jon Saunders interviewed Andre Stringer and…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Maxon Announces Cinema 4D R11
Maxon announced features of its upcoming Cinema 4D R11 release at SIGGRAPH yesterday. Here are some juicy bits from the press release: CINEMA 4D R11…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Freelance Standards of Practice
At some point in their careers, freelancers have probably asked themselves perfectly reasonable questions like, “How did a 10-hour day become standard?” And “Why are…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
ILOVEDUST Launches
News of a Motion Design studio launch are always exciting, more so when the studio has already possessed a considerable repertoire and strong reputation in…
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Boca Ceravolo • 14 years ago
Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins
Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Dan Savage and the importance of community building
We are thrilled to bring you this month's guest post by none other than New York's very own, Dan Savage. Dan is an incredibly talented…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
The People of Burma (Updated with Q&A)
QuickTime version I think this new :90 PSA for the people of Burma is my favorite Shilo piece to date. This collaborative effort was conceived…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The Epic Doc Interview
THE EPIC DOC INTERVIEW The following is an interview with Varathit Uthaisri, (“Tu”), the Director of Google’s “The Epic Docs” animation, a DemoSlam campaign project,…
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Lauren Indovina • 14 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…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago
PES talks “Submarine Sandwich,” Garbage Pail Kids and the connectedness of things
Beloved stop-motion director PES is back with his most ambitious short film to date, “Submarine Sandwich.” With funding from both a corporate sponsor (Nikon) and…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival: Student Films
I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this year. For me, Ottawa is one of the most refreshing events of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Dante’s Inferno Trailer
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dantes_inferno_h264.mov 786 589] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Islands of Adventure
I just got back from Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure at about 2am last night, so I’m a little groggy. That park is friggin’ amazing,…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Combo Post
Apologies for my near absence from Motionographer over the past week. I’ve been working like mad on a couple projects for school, and I haven’t…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Nagi Noda
Born in Tokyo, Nagi Noda is a remarkably talented director/art director. Her unique vision and craft make each of her projects wonderful art pieces to…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Black / White
The Sound of Color is five original songs each based on a specific color and videos created for those songs. The stand-out piece is definitely…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Kitteh Kitteh!!
UPDATE: 2 more items are added to the Q&A section, the result of a few readers’ additional query which I followed up with Sam. Sorry…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Channel Y
After a year and a half of blood, sweat, tears, and frankly a ‘lil procrastination, YYY / Channel Y is re-launched. With more people experiencing…
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Brian Gossett • 14 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward
Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can find…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Welcome to Motionographer 3.0
It's finally here, the new Motionographer website. And it only took 6 years. Here's why.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Line: Amaro and Walden’s Joyride
Dang. So much attitude and animation skill in The Line‘s latest short, Amaro and Walden. Warning some bits are NSFW. Don’t miss the full making of…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago