Capacity: “Upgrade + Mobilize” Q&A
Click to watch “Upgrade + Mobilize” on Capacity’s site. Upgrade + Mobilize In the words of Capacity’s Ellerey Gave, “Before we became designers and animators…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”
Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Mothership Has Landed
If you saw our post yesterday, then you already know a little something about the mysterious entity known as Mothership. Today we got the full…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
WeWereMonkeys : Coheed and Cambria: The Broken
WeWereMonkeys were so struck by the energy of the new Coheed and Cambria song, “The Broken,” that it inspired them to create an epic sci-fi…
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Staff • 15 years ago
Brand New School Opens London Studio
When we got wind of Brand New School launching a new London Studio, we wanted to share the news with readers. According to the press…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Channel 4 Street Summer promo
Update: MPC’s behind-the-scene ‘making of’. Fascinating stuff! Given the recent riots and looting that’s been plaguing England, I cannot help but post this “Street Summer”…
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Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago
VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space
Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Scale, Light, and Form: Finding Creative Inspiration in Architecture
By Vikkal Parikh, Founder and Creative Director, Ataboy Studios The practice of motion design is, as its title suggests, a thing that is constantly changing…
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OOY • 3 years ago
Sherbet/James Wignall for Nova
Agency Young & Rubicam (France) tapped UK-based production house Sherbet to create this narrative short for French radio station Nova. The spot marks the directorial…
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Justin Cone • 17 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
TVE La Hora de Jose Mota
Fresh from Oink digital, Madrid. Tomás Peña directed this show opener for La Hora de Jose Mota. With a crew of 6 people and only…
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James Wignall • 16 years ago
Psyop’s Inferno
“The Divine Comedy,” written by Dante Alighieri in the 14th century, is an allegorical vision of the christian afterlife, depicting a journey through the three…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Motionographer Team
For the love of the work Motionographer is an all-volunteer organization run by professional artists, designers and directors in our spare time. We don’t make any…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
89th Annual ADC Awards
The 89th Annual ADC Awards have just come to a successful close. Held at SVA’s theater in NYC, it was hosted some of the industry…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Ned Wenlock: “Apache” for Danger Beach
What was the concept behind the spinning environment in the piece? I had a rough, hazy idea for what happens in the video based on…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Glassworks & The Mill: Range Rover ‘Positively Charged’
Johnny Green (Hungryman) worked with Glassworks (on the 60″ edit) and The Mill (on the 30″ edit) create beautiful, positively charged quantum metaphors for Range…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
KORB: SVYTURYS Extra
And now for something a little different. I don’t usually think of hops, barley, and malt as shiny, but KORB created an immaculate clockwork celebration…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Cisma & Laurent Barthelemy: Xerox “A World Made Simpler…by Xerox”
An epic Xerox story by Cisma & Laurent Barthelemy.
Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Dvein: We Wander
In Dvein’s latest short, “We Wander,” you won’t find CG fluid sims or virtual Rube Goldbergs of visual oddities. Instead, you’ll find haunting visuals of…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
In Pieces: A rare specimen of CSS-based animation
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) started as a way to conveniently manage the appearance of images and type across an entire website. Since 1996, CSS has…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
From motion design to game design: In-depth process behind Specimen
“I wanted to be a beginner again and feel like I was growing.” Those words from designer/director Erica Gorochow encapsulate the primary motivation behind deciding…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Ronda does “Banda Valentia” for Boomerang Latina America
This incredibly cute promo campaign from Ronda (co-directed by the prolific Gabriel Fermanelli) for Boomerang Latin America’s works within the network’s tight brand guidelines while still…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
CG still lifes and art direction from Rafa Merino
When Rafa Merino posted "Reborn" on Facebook, I froze. Initially struck by its surreal beauty, I then wondered what I was looking at: A photograph?…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Nickelodeon Global Rebrand | Project Breakdown
Give us a brief introduction to yourself and the studio. My name is Braden Wheeler and I’m an on-the-box creative director (with a general focus…
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Staff • 7 months ago