LEGS & Mother Take Over The Standard NYC

Last night, it seemed like everyone in NYC was talking (and tweeting) about one thing: The Standard Hotel. Funded by Target, Mother NY and LEGS… Read more

Matt Lambert • 14 years ago

Scott Squires: VFX Artists Don’t Need To Be Taken Advantage Of

Scott Squires has just written 10 simple rules, business advice for VFX and animation artists, in the wake of another unpaid artists story coming out… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago

Old Fangs – Adrien Merigeau & Alan Holly

I’m delighted that Old Fangs, which has been making the rounds on the film festival circuit, is available in its entirety online. The character designs… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago

[Review] New York in Motion

Editor’s note: The following interview and review are by guest contributor Cheryl Yau, a 2012 MFA candidate in SVA’s Design Criticism program. Catch the next… Read more

Staff • 13 years ago

TRON Legacy In-Depth with David Lewandowski

Editor’s note: The following is a guest contribution from writer Meleah Maynard. What would the DNA of a one-of-a-kind being look like if it could be… Read more

Staff • 13 years ago

November: Pictoplasma NYC

This November, Pictoplasma returns to New York City, bringing a colorful parade of speakers, characters, films and art along with it. Focusing on the art… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

Motion Plus Design: “What is Motion Design?”

I’m pretty sure my mom still doesn’t know exactly what I do. Mom, if you’re reading this, please watch the video above (French version here).… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins

Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

Lucas Zanotto: The Real Bears

Here in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg recently championed some controversial restrictions on the sale of sugary soda drinks, sparking debates about how much government… Read more

Justin Cone • 12 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

Welcome to Motionographer 3.0

It's finally here, the new Motionographer website. And it only took 6 years. Here's why.

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

The Peach Kings “Mojo Thunder” [NSFW]

Kris Merc and Benjy Brooke talk about the deeply personal process of making a music video.

Justin Cone • 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Call for Entries: LoopdeLoop x Animade

Animation and interactive design studio Animade is once again hosting LoopdeLoop – an international, community-picked animation screening. Following the fantastic success of London’s “Empathy”-themed debut… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

The 2020 Motion Awards are OPEN!

It’s your time to SHINE!

Millie Verastegui • 5 years ago

Qube [Melbourne, Australia] seeks freelancers.

You might remember Qube from earlier posts like the Noise and Yaris spots (look at the site). Anyway, they are in need of some freelance… Read more

Jon Gorman • 19 years ago

Roses are Blue

Good ol’ friends of tween…it’s been a while… If you have time on your hands and are looking for inspiration and maybe even a few… Read more

Babe Baker • 18 years ago

Bitfilm Festival Deadline Extended to August 8th

I was going to post a Quickie about this, but I figured it’d be better to post the full poop here: The 7th International Bitfilm… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Double Glazed is Looking for Talent

Shit, I probably should have posted this sooner, but it slipped through the cracks. This might be a good opportunity for exposure/networking or it might… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Final Schedule for Inspire 07

Just got the final schedule for Inspire 07, this time with some details about the sessions. Man, even if I wasn’t helping organize this thing,… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Motionographer Podcast 01: This Way Up

The highly decorated animation direction duo Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Productions have recently unveiled their new animated short “This Way Up.” Created for Mike… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Motionographer Podcast 02: Crush

In our second installment of the Motionographer Podcast, we chat with Gary Thomas, founder and creative director at Crush in Toronto. Some of the topics… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Visionale Trailer

A group of German students from the University of Applied Sciences in Damstadt created this polished trailer (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun) for the visionale08… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Imaginary Forces Creates Machine Vision for Terminator Salvation

Screen design is the term applied to the practice of creating interfaces or data visualization for prop displays and other screens in film and television.… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago