How to hustle: From animation to apps, Justin McClure Creative is the new model for small shops
"If your food source is becoming scarce, you need to adapt, migrate or find other means for survival." In an insightful interview with Justin McClure,…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
The Brothers Saunders
Chris and Jon both used to work at Stardust LA, until Chirs went freelance and Jon relocated to NY. Their sites, www.cobracoil.tv and www.jonsaunders.tv both…
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Jon Gorman • 17 years ago
Gnarles Barkley Run Credits
Directed by: HAPPY Richard Farmer Guy Shelmerdine Editorial, Design & Effects by: Therapy www.youneedtherapy.tv Editor/Designer: Doobie White Lead Designer/Animator: Max Erdenberger Designer/Animators: Sinbad Kazakian, David…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Richard Fenwick Joins Passion Pictures [Press Release]
Independent film maker and director Richard Fenwick has joined Passion Pictures for commercial representation. Fenwick is well known for the versatility of his work which…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Psyop: UPS “A Happy Holiday”
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/TheUPSStore_Holiday.mov 848 480] Project: The UPS Store Title: A Happy Holiday Client Company: The UPS Store Agency: Doner EVP, Chief Creative Officer: Rob Strasberg VP,…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Online VFX training from the guys at fxguide
Online VFX training from the guys at fxguide
Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape
Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to the hand-writing on the wall: …
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Ash Thorp teams up with friends to launch Learn Squared
Ash Thorp, Andrew Hawryluk, Maciej Kuciara and Anthony Jones have teamed up to launch Learn Squared, an offering of online courses that (for now) focus…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
“Skin Origami,” DAf’s new self-promo piece (www.daf.cl)
“Skin Origami,” DAf’s new self-promo piece (www.daf.cl)
Justin Cone • 17 years ago
GMUNK, 19 years in the making
In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with the man, the myth, the legend, GMUNK, about the eternal struggles of having an online presence, the direction…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 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 • 9 years ago
Q&A: Disassembling Assembly
New Zealand-based Assembly is an intriguing shop. Headquartered on a tiny (but beautiful) island nation, their portfolio ranges across character work, high-end vfx and interactive…
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Justin Cone • 11 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,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
1K Studios: Call for Reels
CALL FOR REELS 1K Studios is looking for skilled freelance Designers/Animators to join our team. Qualified candidates should have experience concepting/designing on high-end projects for…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Mr. Hide Merges Man, Machine & Nature for Prius
Mr. Hide and The Sweet Shop have created a fantastical human-scape in this recent spot for Prius via Saatchi & Saatch, LA. For his first…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul
When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
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…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Designgraphik 9: One decade online
Designgraphik 9: One decade online
Justin Cone • 16 years ago
John Kahrs & Disney: Paperman
Disney’s Oscar-nominated short, Paperman, is now online. Check out itsartmag’s Paperman Breakdown by director John Kahrs. The sexy proprietary software that displaces textures with motion…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
The long journey to “Lostopolis,” an interview with PandaPanther
While many commercial animation shops dream of developing feature length films — and building valuable intellectual property in the process — very few actually get…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar
Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Dan Savage and the importance of community building
We are thrilled to bring you this month's guest post by none other than New York's very own, Dan Savage. Dan is an incredibly talented…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Bloom Winners
OneDotZero and MTV’s Bloom competition has unveiled their winners’ films online. The contest involved submitting treatments on the Bloom brief which were judged on “innovation,…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 16 years ago
