Franz Ferdinand – Right Action

Jonas Odell directs another music video for Franz Ferdinand diving deep into a classic retro graphical language.

Dominique Elliott • 11 years ago

TSB – The Story by Studio AKA

Studio AKA (London) tells the history behind the building of the TSB bank through this beautiful piece. Combining the hand crafted artistry of 2D character animation within… Read more

Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago

Miwa Matreyek

Animator/performance artist Miwa Matryek incorporates the silhouette of her own body into projections of her lush animations. Having seen her perform at last year’s Vimeo… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 10 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… Read more

Staff • 10 years ago

Ender’s Game motion graphics reel

The Ender’s Game motion graphics reels is every bit as epic as you’d expect. Lead Graphics Designer Ash Thorp and Lead Motion Graphics Artist Jayse… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Modern Love: Beyond Years

Freddy Arenas chats with Joe Donaldson about creating animation for NYTimes' Modern Love column.

Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago

60 FPS videos coming to Youtube soon

YouTube announced at VidCon and then on their official blog that they’ll be supporting 48fps and 60fps video uploads soon. YouTube has posted a handful… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

School of Motion’s Joey Korenman talks design education and work/life balance

Working out of his HQ in Sarasota, Florida, Joey is blazing his own path, one tutorial at a time

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Profile: Tom Rainford

For the first in our Profile series, Motionographer's Joe Donaldson chats with UK-based Tom Rainford about his unique approach to the industry.

Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago

Bullies, opera and typography: Sounds like a job for Giant Ant

The Vancouver Opera and librettist Shane Koyczan invited Giant Ant to collaborate on “Stickboy”, a new opera that tackles the psychological effects of bullying. We had… Read more

Daniel Coutinho • 10 years ago

Handmade with computers: H&M Conscious Films

At first glance, the H&M Conscious Films directed by photographer Bela Borsodi look like 100% hand-made creations. And they are. Kind of. While everything was shot in… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Artist Profile: Graham Elliott

Everyone finds their own way into the ever-expanding house of motion design. Side doors, back doors, parachuting onto the roof — it seems any entrance… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Motion and code: Getting to know Lucas Zanotto

Italian-born designer/animator Lucas Zanotto’s career is as varied and playful as his creations.  Moving seamlessly between analogue and digital techniques, he’s created commercials, short films,… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Mara Smalley

Veteran designer Mara Smalley has relaunched her web presence with a selection of sumptuous design work. Mara often incorporates painterly abstraction into crisply designed tableaux, giving… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

ManvsMachine new site

London-based design and motion studio ManvsMachine has launched a new site.

Igor Sordokhonov • 9 years ago

User interface design: Why motion matters

For a presentation at CSSConf Australia 2015, Benjamin De Cock (no jokes, please) shared insights gleaned from years as an interactive designer with a penchant… Read more

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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit: Making Childhood Real

What motionographer reader didn’t grow up drawing cartoons?  Armed with his cohorts from The Line, animator Wesley Louis brought his childhood comic “Super Turbo Atomic… Read more

Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago

A horde of humans obeys the “Witch Doctor” in this creepy music video

The concept is simple: Dutch rock band De Staat’s lead singer, Torre Florim, stands in the center of a throng of shirtless men, who seem obey his… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Experiements in procedural textile design, geist.xyz

Berlin-based Zeitgeised has long been admired for their artful approach to CG. They clearly know their way around a render engine, but they also bring… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface

"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

My Darling’s Shadow

Every frame of Conor Whelan's latest short, "My Darling’s Shadow," is a beautiful study of composition, color and reduction of form. I watched the film… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

“Look-See” and allowing your surroundings to shape your process

"Look-See" is what happens when you combine a profound understanding of percussion with impeccable timing.

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

Making the Motionographer Patreon launch video

We go deep with Michelle Higa Fox (Slanted Studios) and Erica Gorochow (PepRally) about the making of the Motionographer launch video for its Patreon campaign.… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago