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
Interactive experiences at the human scale: Making CenterStage with Andrew Bell and Lutz Vogel
It’s rare that a single project can sum up the possibilities for the convergence of motion design and interactive experiences the way that CenterStage does. Created…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Interview: Quayola
Quayola at MUV festival in Florence, Italy. Watch Architectural Density Watch Path to Abstraction – Live A/V show Rome – S. Agnese Lambda Print –…
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Babe Baker • 17 years ago
Interview: 72andSunny and Fulltank
Fulltank recently created a beautiful spot for the Zune Arts Films campaign entitled “Dogfight,” the first of many done so far to break out from…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Mecha-Mosquitoes
Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
George and Paul
Ka-ching Cartoons and Pedri Animation presents to you this fun, charming pilot for an animated TV series, ‘George and Paul’.
Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Impactist: Nerdmask and Open Your Face and Make Words Q&A
This Q&A was conducted by Michelle Higa and Bran Dougherty-Johnson for Motionographer. Questions: These two new films Nerdmask and Open Your Face And Make Words…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Javier Leon’s Mastery of The Miniature
Don’t you just love motion pieces that make you stare at them endlessly, yet you still can’t work out if it’s all real paper/clay/wood and…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Jacksonkarinja Rebuilds A City for Skaters
Jacksonkarinja of Rabbit morph an entire city into a living skate park in the 2-minute, live-action trailer “Transform” for Ubisoft’s new Shaun White Skateboarding video…
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Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago
Interview: The Lessons Behind We Are Royale’s Manifesto
Surviving eight years as a motion design studio is no easy feat. In addition to riding the unpredictable ebb and flow of service work, motion design…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
How to change the world (and get paid for it): Making SolarCity “How Energy Gets To You”
Learn how a group of passionate environmentalists used innovative production techniques to tell stories that genuinely matter to them — all while getting paid.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | Dreams of Dalí / Goodby Silverstein & Partners
The Dalí Museum in Florida sought to attract a wider audience to its exhibition, Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination. To achieve this, they…
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Staff • 2 weeks ago
I Was a Layer Tennis Competitor.
Last Friday I took part in the first Layer Tennis match done in After Effects. My opponent was Jason Koxvold, who I had previously collaborated…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Different and Explore for Girl Guides
Different is a gorgeous new film by Alchemy in Toronto for the Girl Guides of Canada and agency john st.. It features stop-motion animation of…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Get Down With Mekanism and their mini Danny Trejo
San Francisco’s multi-disciplinary powerhouse, Mekanism, brings us a theatrical, stop-motion interpretation of ‘Machete’ as seen through the eyes of Danny Trejo. Working directly with their…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
How To Make Sure You Can Show Work In Your Portfolio
Can’t say Title (confidential) by Sebas & Clim You’re in the midst of production — the style frames you designed were approved, the work-in-progress animations…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 11 years ago
Crafting graphics for the Oscars: An interview with Henry Hobson
Like people who tune into the Super Bowl just to watch the ads, I turn on the Oscars just to watch the graphics. The opening…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Promax/BDA From the Inside Out
The view from my room at the Marriott New York By the Numbers 2 slices of pizza and a bottle of water: $12.24 Internet access…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Freelancing 101: Understanding Holds
In this first installment of Freelancing 101, David Schwarz of Brooklyn-based Hush (Motionographer posts) explains how “holds” work: A “hold” means an employer has the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
When Graphic Plays Beyond Narrative
About a week ago, we posted the trailer for “Logorama” by H5. As it spread across the globe, it’s been gaining steam and hitting the…
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Mark Webster • 15 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
Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators
“If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,”…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
What makes a good producer?
There can be many misconceptions behind what a producer does. The short answer is, they do a lot! Thankfully, in this month's Guest Post we…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
