School of Motion’s Joey Korenman talks design education and work/life balance
Working out of his HQ in Sarasota, Florida, Joey is blazing his own path, one tutorial at a time
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Guilherme Marcondes on going it alone
Aspiring directors, listen up! Gui explains the ins and outs of representation in this insightful and honest interview.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Men’s Health “How a Bean Becomes a Fart”
Giant Ant strikes again for Men’s Health, this time explaining how a bean becomes a gaseous expulsion of malodorous intent (i.e. a fart). Check out…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Nickelodeon Worldwide Refresh: Interview with dyrdee
[…] to rekindle fond memories by tapping back into their own catalog of ’90s gems. Now, grownup Rugrats can log in and relive Nickelodeon’s golden…
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Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
Destiny: Mars Opening Sequence, Q&A with the Directors
Prologue's opener for "Destiny" kicks off one of the most anticipated games of 2014. Motionographer goes deep with its co-directors, Ilya V. Abulkhanov and Simon…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Animator vs Animation IV
Back in 2006, Alan Becker created a Flash animation of a stick figure coming to life and attempting to destroy his maker, an unseen animator.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Iron Mountain “Backup Tapes”
Protecting back-up tapes. Not the sexiest of topics. But Sebas and Clim (Hornet) managed to bring their trademark whimsy to bear on this entertaining spot…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
A folk-singing canary has an important message about carbon monoxide
Tommy McAnairey, a guitar-strumming descendent of literal canaries from the coal mines, warns of carbon monoxide poisoning in this beautifully rendered PSA from Irish studio…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Greenpeace turns 20, but its mission is still the same
This elegant PSA for Greenpeace from Le Cube packs a stylish punch to mark the environmental organization’s 20th birthday. Process breakdowns From boards to color,…
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Justin Cone • 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
Illuminate by Nicolas Ménard
[…] win and the success of his moving short Somewhere, with an excellent sensibility and eye for form, Ménard’s newest piece brings us on an abstract…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
First block of speakers unveiled for F5 LOVE, eclectic and inspiring
The first block of speakers for the third F5 festival has been unveiled. Anchored by design and animation superstars, the lineup also includes some welcome surprises. F5 LOVE…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Planet Under Pressure
[…] truly sustainable development. ‘Planet Under Pressure’ is the second film Moth Collective has produced for the Global Canopy Programme, a tropical forest think…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Augmented reality calendar brings year to life with animation
As a holiday gift, Royale crafted a limited run of beautifully designed letterpress calendars. Viewed through the the companion AR app (also created by Royale),…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Dubai Flow Motion by Rob Whitworth
Rob Whitworth’s “Dubai Flow Motion” is a mind-bendingly complex portrait of one of the world’s most extravagant cities. Combining time-lapse, camera-stabilization and boat loads of 4K footage,…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
NYC February Mograph Meetup
The monthly NYC Mograph Meetup is happening Tuesday, February 24th 7pm at a new location: Sullivan Thompson on Bleecker. Full details on the event page. Come join…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Golden Wolf proves you can’t go wrong with cats for Offset 2015
[…] Corina Priestley Design: Ewen Stenhouse, Pedro Piccinini Roto / Prep: Adam Orton Animation: Ewen Stenhouse, Max Englehart, Alex Fernandez, Tim Whiting, Pedro Piccinini, Thea…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Assembly’s VR museum exhibit brings an interactive humpback whale to life
[…] (No VR rig? The walkthrough video above will have to suffice.) In the full-blown VR version, the user can control and interact with the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Jack and the Giant
Lots of folks have been playing with Ferrofluid, magnets and household cleaners to create sumptuous, organic visuals. But this music video for alovelikepi’s “Jack and the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
SXSW 2015 Gaming Awards
Working only with dots, lines and squares, Imaginary Forces’ Jeremy Cox and friends crafted a abstract homage to the history of video gamings for the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Semi-Permanent 2015 Opening Titles
Raoul Marks (a frequent collaborator with Patrick Clair at Elastic), directed a goosebump-inducing title sequence for Semi-Permanent 2015. In Marks’ words: A surreal trip. An allegory…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Behind the Scenes: “Donning the Digital Mask: Anonymous”
The infamous group of hackers that identify themselves as “Anonymous” are, as their name suggests, incredibly hard to pin down. They’ve targeted racists, terrorists and pedophiles. They’ve brought…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
True Detective Season 2 Main Titles
Director Patrick Clair, Lead Animator/Compositor Raoul Marks and the rest of the team at Elastic strike again for HBO’s True Detective. The title sequence for the first…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Design I/O: Connected Worlds
Online, it’s hard to get a sense of the visceral impact that large-scale interactive works can have on users. You lose the immersion factor, and…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
