A tour of Hannah Jacobs’ work

Hannah Jacobs' work captures the best qualities of animation: Each of her films feel human, emotional and made with intent.

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

Gentleman Scholar animates with techniques from A to Z for Bleacher Report

For the Bleacher Report, not only did Blackalicious rewrite “Alphabet Aerobics” as “Sports Alphabet” — but then Gentleman Scholar went and animated the whole damn thing.… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Down The Rabbit Hole

"Down the Rabbit Hole" is a psychedelic odyssey that blends 2D and 3D techniques in a series of delightfully surprising moments.

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Animated A-Z

Al Boardman (one of the folks behind the 9 Squares project), has shared his compilation of typographic explorations for the 36 Days of Type Project.

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Marcus Eckert releases Squall for AE to iOS workflow

After months of anticipation (and beta testing), Marcus Eckert has quietly released Squall, a "a tool to read vector animations from After Effects and reconstruct… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

“A Love Story” for Chipotle

Directed by Saschka Unseld ("The Blue Umbrella"), the latest Chipotle short sticks to a proven approach.

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Oddfellows expands with a new office, website, team and body of work

Proving they do much more than tech videos, the San Francisco-based Oddfellows have expanded to Portland and established themselves as a new contender in the… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

Mistborn

JM Blay's Magical Quest: Translating Mistborn from Page to Screen - Breaking Free from Constraints to Unleash Creativity

Staff • 6 months ago

AENY Celebrates One Year

This week’s After Effects NY meeting looks like it’ll fun. To celebrate their first year as a successful user group, AENY is hosting Tronic and… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival

In Tilburg, a small town in the south of The Netherlands, a wonderfull festival is hidden. Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival is a festival for innovative… Read more

Harm van Zon • 13 years ago

Art&Graft: “Trip” The Virgin Atlantic Safety Film

Long ago, Virgin Airways embraced the simple fact that no one pays attention to the poor flight attendants as they drone on mechanically about oxygen… Read more

Staff • 11 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

Gregory Herman updates

Designer/director Gregory Herman is a rare individual. He is a hurricane of positive energy, and his approach to work is no less intense. His recently… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Contest: Wallpaper for Vector Packs

The folks at Go Media and I came up with an idea for a simple contest: Make a 1280×1024 wallpaper (.jpg or .gif) using at… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Promax|BDA State of Design 2008

For those of you who attended my Promax|BDA State of Design presentation, I hope it was worth your time and that you had as much… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Golden Wolf proves you can’t go wrong with cats for Offset 2015

For the Offset 2015 conference title sequence, Golden Wolf put all their chips on the internet’s only sure bet: cats. Lots and lots of cats.… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Blend Manifesto

From the candy coated palette to its cheery metaphors of rainbows and confetti, the manifesto video for the upcoming Blend conference is bubbling over with the… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

The Genius of Play

Working with Mash Studio, Tom Rainford focused his directorial talents on The Genius of Play, a 9-part animation series for for the Toy Industry Association.  Each of the 9… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Motionographer Podcast 03: MassMarket

Well, I took my sweet time getting around to it, but I finally finished up the third Motionographer Podcast. This time, I chatted with MassMarket‘s… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Sean Pecknold – Fleet Foxes ‘Mykonos’

Remember White Winter Hymnal? Sean Pecknold’s debut Fleet Foxes video with the killer hand-crank star trails shot? Pecknold (aka Grandchildren) just completed a beautiful new… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 16 years ago

The Mill NY: 2010 OFFF Opening Titles

The Mill NY was commissioned to do the OFFF opening titles this year, and took the opportunity to debut their integrated design and animation team.… Read more

Jon Saunders • 14 years ago

SALESMEN BUCK DROPS AND THE CROWD GOES WILD

Two new shorts, “Meet Buck” and “Salesmen Pete,” have emerged from France by a group of extremely talented filmmakers coupled together on the same site.… Read more

Staff • 14 years ago

Memory Tapes’ “Yes I Know” by Najork

Memory Tapes’ “Yes I Know” from Najork on Vimeo. At first glance, a quiet, almost serene black and white video. Nevertheless, it’s packed with visual effects. Each image is carefully and… Read more

Harm van Zon • 13 years ago

Sosolimited: Patterned by Nature

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences commissioned Sosolimited, Plebian Design, and Hypersonic Design & Engineering to create Patterned by Nature, a 10 ft. wide… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago