MAKE: PSISF Opener – Q&A With Andrew Chesworth
We caught up with MAKE’s Director and Lead Animator for “Palm Springs,” Andrew Chesworth, where he was kind enough to share some exclusive behind-the-scenes artwork…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
CANADA: Scissor Sisters Invisible Light (NSFW)
Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA have been rocking quite a lot of people’s worlds for the past few months, with their breakthrough music video for El…
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David Wilson • 14 years ago
Challenging the Hold System
Photo by Kecko Recently, we posted a review of Frank, an online tool that facilities the holding and booking of freelance talent. In the comments, though,…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Black Swan meets Sesame Street
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, from Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (with the London-based This Is It Collective) was a Quickie that caught my attention…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Interview with James Curran: ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Unofficial Title Sequence
We’re huge fans of self-initiated personal projects, and were delighted by James Curran‘s fantastic unofficial title sequence for The Adventures of Tintin. James was kind…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Work/Life: Royale attempts the impossible
LA-based Royale launched their new site last week, tearing the wrapping off a stack of new work, including a charming holiday short, Impossible Present. In…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
EXCLUSIVE: Making of King and Country’s Motel 6 “Metamorphosis”
When King and Country’s Motel 6 “Metamorphosis” spot hit the web a while back (above), it made a big splash. With nearly 1,400 likes on…
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Staff • 12 years ago
Xiangjun Shi: Why Do I Study Physics?
Physics and animation are not often bedfellows, but in the hands of Xiangjun “Shixie” Shi, they seem as natural a pairing as space and time.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Commercial work with boundaries: the commissioned work model
Maintaining creative control and keeping clients happy can feel impossible. Here's an approach that can ease the tension.
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Elements of Design
Matt Greenwood’s buttery smooth “Elements of Design” is a high-speed buffet of some key concepts behind motion graphic design. I’d love to try it as…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Illuminate by Nicolas Ménard
Nicolas Ménard brings us Illuminate, a music video for Tourist featuring Years and Years and his first piece under Nexus Productions. Following his recent Young Guns 12…
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Joe Donaldson • 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 • 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
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
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