Desmond Leung
Yes, yes, ink transitions are all very 2005, but Desmond Leung’s work reminds me of how beautiful natural patterns can be. Working with particle simulators…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Introducing Source Filmmaker
Introducing Source Filmmaker. Neat new tool for directing, storytelling, animating, and film making in a video game world!
Tyquane Wright • 12 years ago
Stephan Zlotescu: “True Skin”
Stephan Zlotescu’s “True Skin” imagines a world where every part of you can be replaced and enhanced.
Justin Cone • 12 years ago
GoldRunner, Vivian Rosenthal and Augmented Reality
I cut my teeth on motion design at turn of the 21st century, when the desktop computer revolution was in full swing. A handful of…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Jordan Bruner: Linda McCartney Foods “Love Linda”
This psychedelic love letter of a commercial for Linda McCartney Foods was directed by Jordan Bruner and produced by Passion Pictures NYC/Strange Beast NYC. The…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Animal – Illusions (part one)
Animal created an interesting mixed media short film. Illusions focuses on imagery that fools the viewer while examining its real world parallels.
Ryan Rothermel • 12 years ago
Blur: League of Legends Cinematic “A Twist of Fate”
It’s getting very hard to stand out in the world of game cinematics. But somehow Blur always manages to pull it off. Case in point,…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
UFO: MTV Adrenaline Rush “Bike”
Working with VIMN MTV World Design Studio, UFO busts out their cel animation skills in this intense ID for MTV Adrenaline Rush. The limited color…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
1 Typeface. 110 Animators.
Purveyors of animated typography, Animography, have released their latest project Franchise Animated: For this specific animated typeface we have round up 110 talented animators from…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Tumbleweed Tango
“A balloon dog is lost in a world of danger. One wrong step and his dancing days are done. Only love, and tango, can possibly…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Supinfocom: “Contre Temps”
A group of talented Supinfocom Arles graduates have released their 2012 thesis film, “Contre temps.” Chock full of gorgeous shots, the film is set in…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
in/out: Mt. Wolf “Midnight Shallows”
London-based in/out (aka Jean-Philippe Blunt & Thom Humphreys) explore the world of chronophotography and Étienne-Jules Marey in this music video for Mt. Wolf’s Midnight Shallows.…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
MN8 : Jake Sargeant
Formerly a quickie, we have upgraded the multi-talented Jake Sargeant’s new web update for your full attention. You may recognize Jake’s name from our Oblivion…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Aug(De)Mented Reality
Sometimes a simple technique brilliantly executed does the trick. With just an iPhone, several sheets of acetate, markers and a wicked imagination, Hombre_McSteez reimagines the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
CRCR: “Gumball”
Darwin and Gumball have never moved so smooth. French animation collective CRCR chipped in for a fun-filled sequence in episode one of The Amazing World…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Colin Hesterly: Lovaganza 2015
Director Colin Hesterly (recently added to The Academy’s roster) blends geometric illustrations with vintage textures to promote the interesting Lovaganza 2015 event coming this September.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Legwork
“Legwork” is a stylish study of human motion and musically-inspired editing. Directors Alex Robinson and Daniel Boyle created this small self-initiated project as a love…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Eyeo 2014: Robert Hodgin
…I’ve been trying to come to grips with an internal struggle. It’s the struggle between doing something correctly and doing something expressively. Those two things…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
New work from Sehsucht
Sehsucht has released several projects ahead of their presentation at the Playgrounds Festival on Friday, October 31st. My favorite from the new crop of work…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Faux puppet theater for League of Legends “The Harrowing”
“The Harrowing” is another jaw-dropper from Elastic and Andy Hall. Told as a tale within a magical puppet theater, the film is bookended by the…
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Staff • 10 years ago
It’s Back: Yule Log 2.0(14)!
Gather round world wide web! Daniel Savage, Oddfellows and Wondersauce have banded together to present the blazing work of over 80 artists. Inspired by the…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Encylopedia Pictura for Panda Bear
San Francisco based, Encylopedia Pictura, has sprung back into music-video-making action! Last month, the collective released a live-action forrest romance for Metronomy. They’ve now followed that up with…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
6 motion design industry predictions for 2015
Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some trance-inducing music and visited the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
How Google uses motion design to make tangible tech
When Google introduced its Material Design visual language in the summer of 2014, it felt like a train I’d been expecting for years was finally pulling into the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago