NYC Mograph Meetup

NYC Mograph Meetup: June 29, 8 p.m. @ Mary O’s (32 Avenue A, New York, NY).

Rest in Peace: Ray Harryhausen

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen, whose creatures delighted and inspired so many of us. Video hat tip to Mashable.

Prologue is searching for designers/animators

Company Name: Prologue Location (City, State/Province, Country): Malibu, California, U.S.A. Webstite URL: https://www.prologue.com/ Contact: jobs@prologue.com Job Title: Design/Animation Positions – see below for complete job… Read more

Paris is burning

Paris is on fire again (the city, not the socialite whore). Every time I turn around there’s another hot track or remix or…. girl and… Read more

Marco Brambilla: Civilization

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/civilization_final.mov 960 540] Installation Credits Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla Client: The Standard Hotel, New York Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson Assistant: Swapna Tamhane… Read more

Hal Riney: Crayons

Hal Riney Melts Crayon Characters for U.S. Cellular & Publicis

Art & Graft: Five Films for Spectrum

In January, we posted the initial promotional film which Art & Graft completed for Spectrum. Spectrum is a Cornwall-England-based charity that provides residential care for individuals with Autism. Now… Read more

America Fun-Pak

I got an enigmatic little e-mail this morning about “America Fun-Pak“. No mention of the creators’ identities, just a link. Parked on a domain with… Read more

Inside SIGGRAPH 2006

Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of… Read more

The Unsung Art of Screenwashes

About a month before Inspire, we realized we needed something on the screens between presentations and during introductions. “Yeah, like one of those looped animation… Read more

Mekanism: Let’s Green This City

Mekanism created a bunch of videos for Let’s Green This City, a big environmental awareness initiative from Pacific Gas & Electric (or PG&E for all… Read more

Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne: Pflum Form

With his project Pflum Form, Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne mixes one part installation art with one part design to create a unique mechanism for creating live visuals.… Read more

Nervo: Let Us Kiss

Nervo has created a series of lushly detailed online promos for Let Us Kiss, a new online e-card-kind-of-thing fueled by a love of visual beauty.… Read more

New Justice: D.V.N.O.

Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.” promo burned up the interwebs about a year ago, catching hipster eyeballs with its DIY look and countless variations on the simple theme… Read more

Crush: R.E.M. “Hollow Man”

Watching the work of Toronto-based Crush is refreshing. They exercise a decidedly straightforward approach to motion graphics: no 3D (not even 2.5D), no crazy camera… Read more

Velvet for Mattoni

UPDATE: :60 QuickTime version has replaced previous link Munich-based Velvet Mediendesign oversaw some liquid simulation magic for this astouding Mattoni spot. Sure, it’s pure eye… Read more

Supinfocom: Cafe Serre

School’s out at Supinfocom, and the end of year projects keep rolling in. Everything we’ve seen so far is astounding, and “Café Serré” only adds… Read more

Blood Trail Interview

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bt.mov 720 405] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with the… Read more

Jonny Kofoed, PAMS Q&A

What was the initial pitch brief from the agency, and how did you choose to answer it? (I.e. by sticking closely to their wish list… Read more