Blue Sky does Peanuts
FOX Family and Blue Sky dropped the first trailer for their forthcoming Peanuts film, slated for release on November 6, 2015. From USA Today: The…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Tom Rosenthal, Two Great Music Videos and Two Vimeo Staff Picks
I was first introduced to Tom Rosenthal’s music through Rosanna Wan’s animated music video for his song “I Like It When You’re Gone”. I was immediately impressed. Through simple…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Nickelodeon Worldwide Refresh: Interview with dyrdee
Just in time for the back-to-school season, Nickelodeon, the children’s television network, is refreshing their worldwide broadcast package with a series of bubbly graphics that…
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Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
Girl Hub
Not to Scale’s Man vs Magnet (Matt Smithson) is back for The Girl Effect, this time with a more illustrative approach in “Girl Hub.” The…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
yesyesyall is like MTV back when it was MTV
I’m not a nostalgic person, but I grew up in a time when MTV wasn’t a 24-hour reality show marathon. Where I lived in suburban Houston,…
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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
Superfad: Sprint
Superfad posted a couple new spots for Sprint that fall neatly into my category of “visual essays.” Employing a style that’s reminiscent of the data…
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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