pictureDRIFT & Smog: Rock Bottom Riser
Hello all. Yes, I’m not dead – I’ve been really busy with finishing University for good. Not that you care, but it just means I’ve…
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Jon Gorman • 18 years ago
Potapych: The Bear That Loved Vodka
Darren Price did a great job with his short film Potapych, an endearing animated story about a Russian bear addicted to vodka. (It’s apparently inspired…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Lux Provocateur
This new commercial by Bent Image Lab for Lux soap is a stop motion beauty, but there is another element of quality to it that…
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Tread • 18 years ago
New Feature on Perception
A couple months ago, Jeremy Lasky (Design Director) and Danny Gonzalez (Effects Director) of NYC-based studio Perception visited the Savannah College of Art and Design…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Move over Cee-Lo
I recently saw a new music video on the latest edition of Stash for the hip-hop group Subtle, directed by the uber-talented SSSR of passion…
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Tread • 17 years ago
Getting Caught Up With Motion Theory
In the flurry of activity surrounding Inspire (not to mention this ramshackle mess I call my life), a couple new projects from Motion Theory slipped…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Contest: Wallpaper for Vector Packs
The folks at Go Media and I came up with an idea for a simple contest: Make a 1280×1024 wallpaper (.jpg or .gif) using at…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Jeff Han’s Version of the Bud Select Spot
NYU’s Jeff Han has proven himself to be the master of multi-touch displays. This latest video shows some amazing interface work that reminds me of…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Another Unsung Motion Graphics Artform: Product Tours
Okay, let’s get something straight. Product tours are very rarely sexy. They are very rarely rad. But they’re important. When done well, they’re the quickest…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
MAKE for Minneapolis AICP
MAKE created this wildly ambitious and entertaining opening sequence for the Minneapolis AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers). The project debuted on September 6, 2007,…
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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
Cut & Paste ’07 wraps in Sydney this Saturday
Interactive design tournament ‘Cut & Paste’ wraps this year in Australia, with the final bout taking place at The Metro Theatre in Sydney this Saturday,…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
Prologue Launches Their First Site
It’s hard to believe that one of the most respected studios in the business (helmed by Kyle Cooper, a man who many people believe single-handedly…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Vietnam VFX Capitulates
Yesterday, I posted a Quickie that exposed one of the most blatant rip-offs I’ve seen in recent years. The site being ripped was this one,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Book Review: Uncredited
As soon as I heard about Uncredited, a new book on the history and current state of film title design, I bought it. It came…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Digital Kitchen for Target
Watch “Art Transports” | Watch “Art Imagines” The latest two outdoor Target promos from Digital Kitchen’s Chicago office couldn’t be more different. “Art Transports” is…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Canadian Forces
This website for the Canadian Forces recruiting group is interesting on many levels. From a motion graphics angle, the introductory videos for each of the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
A Doggy Bag from Supinfocom
[flv:http://motionographermedia.com/supinfocom/doggybag.flv 468 374] Three students from France’s Supinfocom school—Guillaume Cassuto, Thomas Moine and Sylvain Perlot—have produced another fine CG short in their school’s tradition of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Inspire 08: April 18th
Inspire 08 is coming up on April 18th, and it looks like this year’s going to be even better than last year. Here’s an abbreviated…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
E4 Music IDs Directed by Andy Martin
[flv:http://motionographermedia.com/andymartin/e4music.flv 468 263] This I promise: If you watch all 30 of the titles and IDs that Andy Martin designed and directed for E4 Music…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Dunkelziffer Tentacle
Everything is spot on in this truly creepy PSA for child abuse awareness. The live action direction is subtle but powerful, and the texturing, animation…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Digital Domain for Mazda
Digital Domain’s full gamut of skills are on display in their latest work for Mazda. The advert is nearly 100% CG, from the cityscape to…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
MUTO: A Stop-Action Wall Painting by BLU
Even though we posted BLU’s amazing stop-action wall-painting as a Quickie on Monday, we’ve received tons of “check this out” emails since then. So I’ve…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
BNS – Zune “Stacks”
Brand New School releases “Stacks” for Microsoft’s Zune audio player. Says BNS: First we designed twelve albums featuring the most exciting fake artists of our time.…
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Igor Sordokhonov • 16 years ago