Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”

Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique

What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this… Read more

Matt Lambert • 15 years ago

Rise and Fall Q&A:

Boards Interactive Magazine – Walkthrough Questions: How did this project come about? What was the initial brief from ‘boards magazine? We were contacted by Nexus… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Clemens Kogler’s Phonovideo

Austrian student Clemens Kogler just released a new film called Phonovideo which is an intriguing mix of cel-animation that was shot and edited in a… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago

OK Go “End Love” – Masters of the One Take Music Video, by Gunther and Lieberman

I think at this point, it’s fair to say that OK Go has yet to disappoint us with their videos. The last one for “This… Read more

Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago

Scott Squires: VFX Artists Don’t Need To Be Taken Advantage Of

Scott Squires has just written 10 simple rules, business advice for VFX and animation artists, in the wake of another unpaid artists story coming out… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago

F5: SOLD OUT (Kind Of)

Got ya and it’s not even April Fool’s yet. :) The scale has been ‘tipped’ and we’ve sold out our early tickets. What’s surprising is… Read more

Justin Cone • 14 years ago

Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles

If you haven’t seen Blur’s opening titles for David Fincher’s rendition of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now would be a good time to climb… Read more

Staff • 13 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

Bikers in light suits make mesmerizing art

NVA’s “Ghost Peloton” is a short film directed by Mark Huskisson that beautifully documents the performances of LED-clad cyclists and Phoenix Dance Theatre dancers. When… Read more

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… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Call for Entries: LoopdeLoop x Animade

Animation and interactive design studio Animade is once again hosting LoopdeLoop – an international, community-picked animation screening. Following the fantastic success of London’s “Empathy”-themed debut… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Process: Lincoln Continental Concept

Block and Tackle and shares the process behind their painterly masterpiece promoting the Lincoln Continental concept car.

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Interview with Johnny Kelly: Dropbox “Creative Freedom”

Johnny Kelly’s approach can best be described using the principle of Occam’s Razor. In short, if all things are considered equal, the simplest solution is… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

Step by Step: Freddy Arenas

In this Step by Step profile, look over the shoulder of one of our industry's best. Here, Freddy Arenas dives deeper into his recent exploration… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

Nickelodeon Global Rebrand | Project Breakdown

Give us a brief introduction to yourself and the studio. My name is Braden Wheeler and I’m an on-the-box creative director (with a general focus… Read more

Staff • 7 months ago

Interview: Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller of Psyop

By now you’ve probably seen "Happiness Factory," Psyop’s masterpiece for Coke and agency Wieden+Kennedy, several times. If you’re anything like me, you’ve scrubbed through it… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Interview: Superfad Uncensored

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/making_of_durex_x264.mov 786 443] A Little Pillow Talk with Superfad What follows is an intimate interview between Superfad and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina (with input from the… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Interview: Lobo Does Dupont

A series of mood boards (PDF) The whole set of mood boards in one go Animatic, showing influences from Maeda and Vasarely (QT 6) An… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Motion Takes Over: More Evidence

Rhino FX recently created a 100-yard wide animation to be displayed while the Baltimore Ravens run a football up and down a field that just… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Infinite OZ “Tin Man”

Fallon, B-Reel and nine artists from around the world collaborated to create a mesmerizing mini-site for Sci-Fi’s new mini-series “Tin Man.” Inspired by the Zoomquilt… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Mainframe Rebrand Nickelodeon

London based Mainframe recently showed what they are capable of with an epic rebranding of Nickelodeon. Unusually for Nick, they let the design take the… Read more

James Wignall • 16 years ago

2009 Motion Graphic Census: Who, What, Why and How

Do you ever wonder how many people actually work in the Motion Graphic Design business? Do you ever think about where they might live and… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

MAKE: PSISF Opener – Q&A With Andrew Chesworth

We caught up with MAKE’s Director and Lead Animator for “Palm Springs,” Andrew Chesworth, where he was kind enough to share some exclusive behind-the-scenes artwork… Read more

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago