Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape
Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to the hand-writing on the wall: …
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Jimmy Simpson: Modern Love
This month’s installment of The New York Times’ Modern Love column was done by none other than the amazingly talented Jimmy Simpson, who was recently featured…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
A wild, animated ride through Portland’s food, drink and culture
CRCR's "Travel Portland" spots are swirling masterpieces of typography, cel animation and mixed media filmmaking.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Discussing process with two of Pictoplasma NYC’s upcoming speakers
In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with two of Pictoplasma NYC's upcoming speakers Sophie Koko Gate and Mike Perry about their work and the upcoming…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Go Beyond…?
I can’t tell how I feel about this new spot from The Mill for Land Rover. For The Mill’s part, it’s incredibly well done; the…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Digital Kitchen: Disco Holiday
Digital Kitchen whipped up this epically fun in-theater spot for Screenvision. It’s a smörgÃ¥sbord of animation styles, but it all fits together beautifully. And nice…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Transistor’s James Price Makes Me Believe That AOL Might Actually Be A Nice Experience
Transistor Studios’ James Price did something impossible: He made AOL appear to be elegant and well-designed. Okay okay, maybe AOL’s not that bad anymore; the…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Marcelo Garcia: IX Virtuosi
Ex-Lobo member Marcelo Garcia recently finished up a design campaign for the IX Virtuosi music festival in Brazil. The project included posters, ads, logotype and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Transistor Studios for ESPN
Transistor Studio’s James Price has the incredibly useful talent of being able to adapt his vision to the needs of the client. The result is…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Carlo Vega and Adam Gault: St. Jean Baptiste
Reader and tipster Shaun Collings recently pointed out this gem for St. Jean Baptiste over at Carlo Vega’s site. I’m not sure how new it…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Off to Lalaland
Josie’s Lalaland is an evocative and quite powerful short film by EB Hu, a designer and animator in London. Beyond the moving narration and soundtrack…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Infinite OZ “Tin Man”
Fallon, B-Reel and nine artists from around the world collaborated to create a mesmerizing mini-site for Sci-Fi’s new mini-series “Tin Man.” Inspired by the Zoomquilt…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Motion Theory for NYC Tourism
This new spot from Motion Theory designed to promote the The Big Apple has been making the rounds, but it’s with a little hesitation that…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Diesel Style Lounge
There’s some beautiful eye candy in the Diesel Style Lounge. (Make sure you choose the high bandwidth version, and then be patient while it loads.)…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Lindsey Testolin creates “An Average Idea” for Love in October
A lot of TLC went into this frenetic Dada fever dream created by Lindsey Testolin for Twin Cities band Love in October. It has the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Timewatch “Bloody Omaha”
I sometimes forget just how much can be done with today’s technology and a boatload (literally, in this instance) of hard work and determination. Case…
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Justin Cone • 17 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 • 17 years ago
Three Legged Legs and Chromeo: “Piece of Me, Piece of You”
QuickTime version The latest in the long line of Zune Arts films is a zombie puppet number from Three Legged Legs, set to Chromeo’s “Fancy…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Passion Pictures: Oxfam “Roar”
As I watched this new Oxfam spot from Passion Pictures directed by SSSR, I was reminded of a recent post I made concerning dynamic typography…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
4 Web Design Tips for Motion Graphics Sites
(Photo from muteboy) Here at Motionographer HQ, we spend a lot of time looking at motion graphics websites from around the world. Over the last…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Semiconductor Films
Semiconductor Films (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) have been creating their Sound Films and Live Animations for almost ten years now (long before folks were…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Favorite Color: “Back Nine at Cherry Hills”
Favorite Color recently crafted the main titles for the HBO documentary, “Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open,” which chronicles…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
ANNY: Ukiyo-e
QuickTime Version I’m always curious about Japanese motion graphics studios. I know so little about how Asian studios in general are set up, and yet…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Animation Block Party
The Animation Block Party’s 5th Annual Festival gets underway this weekend in Brooklyn, and it looks like its going to be a good time. In…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago