Lauren Indovina: 10,000 Arrows to the Heart

[…] with arrogance. Fearing more failure, I began to make safer and safer decisions. I wasn’t a maverick; I conformed. I see this often with… Read more

Staff • 11 years ago

Jonathan Jarvis and Ray Dalio: How the Economic Machine Works

[…] obligation vs. an animated diagram of a collateralized debt obligation with the same description used as narration. The sound design, music, and style of… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Daniel Savage & Wondersauce: Yule Log 2.0

[…] that compliment each other. Eric Mayville headed up the site with a developer. The biggest hurtle was figuring out how to take advantage of… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago

Phantom Limb

[…] moving away from this idea a little, but it was my starting point. Like some of Grigg’s recent 2D work, the film uses a… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Xiangjun Shi: Why Do I Study Physics?

[…] universe. Do you feel that, generally speaking, animation is a useful tool for education? Yes, I feel animation would be a useful educational tool.… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

OFFF Cincinnati 2014 Main Titles

[…] typography (and speaker name) are the focus of the film. We’ll build all the speaker names 100% practically, utilizing a variety of techniques from… Read more

Staff • 10 years ago

Guilherme Marcondes on going it alone

[…] I do (it’s mostly live-action comedy there), but when the opportunity arises, I have better chances of landing the job. For my own projects, other… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

FAUX IMAGES XV

Still from Talking Animals’ music video for “Cherry Oh”  The First Faux Fifteen is on! Talking Animals (B) X Andreas Nicolas Fischer (B) X tokyoplastic… Read more

Mate Steinforth • 10 years ago

Working backwards: From rig to character to story with Andrew Vucko

[…] the end of last year, I came across a presentation by Jussi Kemppainen on his rigs for Angry Birds Toons. It blew me away.… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Process: Lincoln Continental Concept

[…] trying to push the creative limits as much as possible. We had a good plan in place, so we stayed confident. What role (if… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Interview with Johnny Kelly: Dropbox “Creative Freedom”

[…] did you cater to each artist’s strengths or did you assign tasks that might be uncharted territory for some? There wasn’t much time, so… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

Gentleman Scholar animates with techniques from A to Z for Bleacher Report

[…] last few years, the music video/branded short blasts through just about every animation technique imaginable. Forget watching it twice; just set it on loop… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Yule Log 2.015

Your favorite digital holiday tradition is back! For the 3rd season in a row, the Yule Log project has invited artists from around the world… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

How to change the world (and get paid for it): Making SolarCity “How Energy Gets To You”

Listen to this post As specimens of stop-motion storytelling, SolarCity’s “How Energy Gets To You” spots are impeccably crafted and jammed with details that pull… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Giant Ant, three films & three good causes

[…] of the top studios in the world producing animated content. Better yet, they do things on their terms and are proving that we don’t… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

What makes a good producer?

[…] that what we do in our work is about having a point of view and defending the best point of view. Yes, budgets and… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

✌️Farewell Motionographer✌️

[…] small children, I need to be present with my family, focus on my health and running, and simply see where the horizon ends. I… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 5 years ago

Diversity in Character Design: 7 Steps to Designing a Convincing Persona

[…] person you have in your mind, but keep your sketches loose and rough at this stage. Don’t get caught up with details; this is… Read more

Hana Eunjin Yean • 3 years ago

Apple TV+ The Dark Matter Title Sequence: How We Created It Three Times

[…] I gotta admit, was pretty damn good), but once again, it had a different style, BPM, and mood. We gave it a try, wondering… Read more

Staff • 4 months ago

Am I talking poetry or am I talking business?

[…] out. Yet, if you have been reading this series of posts, by now you already better understand that the boundary lines of the court… Read more

Marie Reig Florensa • 6 months ago

Interview with Hasmik Mkhchyan: A journey through time and technology

[…] 3D animation studio, gave me the opportunity to be part of that growth. It was a key moment in my career. What role do… Read more

Natalia Gonzalez • 2 weeks ago

Method: SFIFF

As part of a new identity system for the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF), the branding gurus at Method (not to be confused with… Read more

Justin Cone • 19 years ago

From Lithuania, with love

I just stumbled across the work of PetPunk, a Lithuanian freelance studio. It looks like two people, Andrius Kirvela and Gediminas Siaulys, are responsible for… Read more

daniel • 18 years ago

Amautalab: New Work

Fun-loving Amautalab recently posted a series of nutty spots for Fernet 1882, an Italian alcoholic drink consumed in Argentina. In keeping with agency Madre’s vision… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago