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Daniel Coutinho • 13 years ago
Work/Life: Sunshine
In last night’s Mad Men season premiere, Megan asked, “What’s wrong with you people? You’re all so cynical. You don’t smile, you smirk.” In the…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts
The animated shorts follow our music video and film titles coverage to wrap up our SXSW 2012 round-ups. The SXSW love’s not over though –…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Marc Reisbig for The Oslo Airport
Glorious miniature animation by Marc Reisbig. The fantastic models were made by wearetheartdepartment, using a selection of hard woods to echo the design of the…
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Elliot Blanchard • 13 years ago
Julia Pott: Belly
Julia Pott (Hornet) is one of those rarities: an animation director with a unique voice who can actually make you feel something. The common denominator…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Justin Leibow: Conference Calls
Justin Leibow’s “Conference Calls” is equal parts poetic and maddening.
Justin Cone • 12 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…
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Elliot Blanchard • 11 years ago
Bot & Dolly: “Box” Interview and Behind the Scenes
As a follow up to our earlier post regarding the debut of Bot & Dolly’s mind-boggling short, “Box,” (above) we’re sharing an interview with the…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Ender’s Game motion graphics reel
The Ender’s Game motion graphics reels is every bit as epic as you’d expect. Lead Graphics Designer Ash Thorp and Lead Motion Graphics Artist Jayse…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Modern Love: Fight or Flight
As her relationship with her boyfriend was coming to an end, the writer Sarah L. Courteau grasped for a moment of tenderness between them in…
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Justin Cone • 11 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…
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Justin Cone • 11 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
6 motion design industry predictions for 2015
Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some trance-inducing music and visited the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Jack Black explains why he loves California, and it is awesome
Nicolas Ménard is a graphic designer and animator with a distinctive voice. Jack Black is a comedian and musician with a distinctive take on humor.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Tavo relaunched
Madrid based design studio Tavo has launched a new website. A nice balance between art, motion design and vfx.
Igor Sordokhonov • 10 years ago
The F5 effect: How a two-day event changed one attendee’s life
Editor’s note: The following is a post about F5, a two-day creativity festival started by Motionographer in 2009. The next F5 will be on April…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
6 challenges facing motion design education
This post is the first in a series exploring the state of motion design education. We’ll look at the issue from multiple angles, asking ourselves and the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Process: Making the F5 Opening Titles with Block & Tackle
Over the last several years, conference openers have joined music videos, film titles and visual essays as ideal showcases for ambitious motion designers and visual…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Colin Hesterly directs Škoda “Tour De France”
Director Colin Hesterly crafted a charming hand-drawn tale of Škoda inspired by vintage automobile advertising and the Czech car manufacturer’s own 120 year history. Not To…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Blend Manifesto
From the candy coated palette to its cheery metaphors of rainbows and confetti, the manifesto video for the upcoming Blend conference is bubbling over with the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
DEmark 2015 Opening Titles
Nord Collective’s quirky titles for the DEmark 2015 titles feature a literal interpretation of the event’s theme, “Touch of Design.” Combining a custom tailored typeface…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Buck for Nike Hypervenom
Nike’s Hypervenom line has been the subject of some fiercely sexy CG work, but these two spots from Buck take things an entirely different direction.…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
A horde of humans obeys the “Witch Doctor” in this creepy music video
The concept is simple: Dutch rock band De Staat’s lead singer, Torre Florim, stands in the center of a throng of shirtless men, who seem obey his…
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Justin Cone • 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…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago