Trailer Thrash
First and foremost, kudos to Justin for running this amazing website and acting as the provider to all of us in the motion world, no…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Elijah Raps for Shilo / Cartoon Network
Shilo recently directed and animated this nice little promo for Cartoon Network. A combination of traditional cel, 2D, 3D animation, together with hand-drawn imagery and…
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James Wignall • 17 years ago
Fall Is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented
Shilo smashed together live action, hand-drawn typography and cel animation for a raucous redesign of Cartoon Network. What’s nice about this approach is that Shilo…
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Justin Cone • 17 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…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Cartoon Network Spain
Great camera work and sense of space in this 2.5D Halloween journey from Cartoon Network Spain
Justin Cone • 16 years ago
State of Design 2009
Thanks for attending my State of Design presentation at Promax|BDA North America. Below you’ll find my playlist, including links to videos and credits. Again, I’d…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
SXSW 2013: What the Leap means to Motion Graphics
I had read about the Leap Motion Controller, but hadn’t seen it in action until SXSW 2013. The super precise motion-sensing device can track up…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Inside SIGGRAPH 2006
Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
In-Depth: Comedy Central Re-Brand
Editor: The following post is a guest entry from JaegerSloan Inc., a new venture headed up by Doug Jaeger and Kristin Sloan. For our first…
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JaegerSloan • 14 years ago
Kristoffer Borgli and the symbolism of stuffed animals
Why does some art get under your skin? Why do certain pieces leave you with a distinct feeling of dread? Seeing Kristoffer Borgli’s clip for…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Yule Log 2.015
Your favorite digital holiday tradition is back! For the 3rd season in a row, the Yule Log project has invited artists from around the world…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”
For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project. What began as…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Artist Profile: Sean McClintock
With nearly 20 years experience under his belt, Sean McClintock has done a little bit of everything. From the early days of Flash during the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The Moth Collective: Modern Love
At this point anyone who follows my posts will think I sound like a broken record, but… The Moth Collective does it again! This time…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
airFIELD Sculpture by Dan Goods
airFIELD is a mesmerizingly beautiful example of “physical animation” — animation that takes place in physical space, free from the pixel-based surfaces that traditionally act as motion design media.…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
Motion design education: MoGraph Mentor
My recent op-ed post, “6 Problems with Motion Design Education,” looked at challenges facing students and educators through the lens of brick-and-mortar design schools. But over the last 20…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
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
Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins
Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Q&A with Mikey Please: Marilyn Myller
Hornet's Mikey Please chats with us about making the darkly humorous short, "Marilyn Myller"
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Mike Edel: “The Closer”
“The Closer” is a new song by Mike Edel and a music video created out of collaboration with Jorge R. Canedo Estrada, Henrique Barone, Thanat…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Alexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin: Stuck in the Sound “Let’s Go”
This one nearly slipped past our radar. Directed by Alexis Beaumont and Rémi Godin, this music video for Stuck in the Sound’s “Let’s Go” is…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Yurcor/The Mill settlement reached in LA, is NY next?
In California, a class action lawsuit against The Mill and Yurcor has been tentatively settled, striking a major blow against Yurcor’s “Employer of Record” service. The…
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Staff • 11 years ago
