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 • 9 years ago
Working backwards: From rig to character to story with Andrew Vucko
Editor’s note: This animation features cartoon-style nudity and sex, and therefore might be NSFW for some office environments. As any experienced animator will tell you, character animation…
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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
Staying small: Process and industry insight from STATE Design’s Marcel Ziul
"There’s no small project when the studio is small. Every project is an opportunity for us to express ourselves." Marcel Ziul explains what it means…
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Daniel Coutinho • 9 years ago
Personal Portfolio Round-Up
It's the end of the year, and everyone's relaunching their personal sites. Here are a few that have popped up on our radar.
Staff • 8 years ago
A shift in focus with Sebastian Baptista
In this Motionographer Q&A, we take a peek at some of Sebastian Baptista's wonderful new work and chat with him about what he's been up…
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Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
Celebrating the 2020 Winners | CCTV Children’s Channel Rebrand
Final Frontier teamed up with Art&Graft to execute the complete rebrand of CCTV Kids, the dedicated children's channel of China's national broadcaster.
Staff • 3 years ago
Celebrating the 2020 Winners | Story
Jola Bańkowska's Story is a multi-award-winning series of surreal and juxtaposing vignettes that reflect on a modern age of omnipresent technology.
Staff • 3 years ago
How Cancer Changed a Motion Designer’s life
Roxy Vélez, Founder of Vexquisit Studio, joins us with her friend and colleague, Ronaldo Serrano to discuss Ronaldo's battle with cancer. We share some of…
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Stuart Groves • 2 years ago
Studio Stories: 12 Years of Ataboy
The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders. By Vikkal Parikh, founder of Ataboy. Editor’s Note: In this series, we’ll hear…
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Staff • 11 months ago
After You
After You is a short animation by what appears to be a student at Ringling School of Art and Design; A school I was unaware…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Interview: LAMBO brings the RAD
Working out the logo A sketch for the Coke “Oh Yeah” spot Style frame for Fox College Sports Characters for the Coke “Bubbles” spot Motionographer…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
fantastic PSA
PSA’s seem to have an unspoken right to be as graphic as they want to be for the sake of people’s safety. The result is…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Stepping Back
[Warning: There are no links to exciting new projects in the following post.] As usual, when I’m between quarters (or between massive projects), I get…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Syndicate Scores with Monday Night Football
(Sorry for the lame PR-ish sounding title. I just couldn’t resist.) The 3D work and cinematography in The Syndicate‘s new opener for ESPN’s Monday Night…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Universal Everything: Audi
Last week I posted Flight404, the work of Robert Hodgin, who uses Processing to create particle systems that respond to music. This week, I’m posting…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Amautalab: Tokyo.Now
It’s been a while since I’ve dropped by Amautalab’s site, and it looks like they’ve updated since my last visit. I’m particularly keen on the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Matt Lambert and Jellyfish Pictures: “Carbon Footprint”
“Footprint” (Director’s cut) | “Carbon Footprint” (Official) Matt Lambert wrote, directed and edited a stirring PSA/short fllm entitled “Footprint.”* Jellyfish Pictures handled all the animation,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Le Cadeau du Temps
Yes Virginia, it’s another awesome Zune film. This time it’s by Cory Godbey whose unique method of frame-by-frame animation lends a particular charm to the…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Simon Robson and Nexus Save the Children
Watch “Clever” Nexus Productions director Simon Robson has done it again, this time for the kids. “Clever,” a promo for Save the Children UK, is…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Naked Cie Helps Mika Relax
Paris-based Naked Cie (not to be confused with Nakd) developed some interesting concert visuals for Mika’s performance at the NRJ Music Awards (kind of like…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Pistachios and Douglas Coupland on Hope
Blacklist’s Pistachios created the visuals for Douglas Coupland’s words in this unassuming little ditty on hope. The project was created at the request of Jesse…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
League of Clutch
So I am a big sports fan and have been adamantly watching the Celtics this post season (that’s basketball for those of you out there…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
TEG and UFO
We don’t usually post industry news like this, but it’s a good excuse for everyone to check out the inspiring and diverse body of work…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
