David O’Reilly: When You’re Smiling
Pictoplasma, the global clearing house for contemporary character design and art, commissioned director David O’Reilly to create the show open for Pictopia, the Pictoplasma exhibition…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 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…
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James Wignall • 16 years ago
Atelier Transfert: Watch and Learn
One of animation’s greatest strengths is its ability to simplify complex systems for digestion by the widest possible audience. This is something Montreal based Atelier…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Cisma: Adobe “Le Sens Propre”
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/adobe_longversion_050809-2.mov 640 480] Q&A with Cisma What was the brief on this project? Was it wide open, in terms of script/concept? Basically it was a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Samsung “New Species”
1st Ave Machine’s latest project for Samsung is a delightful throwback to their early days (by which I mean a few years ago), when co-founder…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Challenge Your World 20/20
Through an online community, contests, and events, Challenge Your World connects emerging entrepreneurs to the resources and expertise they need to launch companies that restore…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Surface to Air: Favorite Color and Varathit Uthaisri Working Together
A while back, we made a post about the Bonaroo line-up animation, the basic concept of which was taken from Javan Ivey’s My Paper Mind.…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Mainframe: Ministry of Sound/MSHK “Tomas” (NSFW)
Warning: These films are not safe for work (NSFW). We got the scoop on these deliciously macabre promos from Mainframe last week, but we’ve been…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
F5 Talk 01: Simon Robson and Tim Rayner
For those of you who attended F5 last April, you know that our speakers were a diverse and inspiring mix of creative people from a…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Marco Iozzi: Look Development Portfolio
Marco Iozzi updates his portfolio with some major goodies. Marco is an awesome CG artist and look development specialist that has worked with many top…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Hornet & The Decemberists
We recently posted a trailer for Hornet’s visual-collaboration with The Decemberists. However, off the tails of Monday’s premier at UCLA’s Royce Hall, it seemed appropriate…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Ben & Julia: Dove Nets
Updated with Q&A A couple of weeks ago I posted a music video by Ben & Julia for The Main Drag‘s song ‘Dove Nets’. Ben…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Lucky by EB Hu
Lucky is a film that was made for Twenty120 earlier in the year. Attentive readers may already have seen it, but it’s really too gorgeous…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
The Power of Time Off
With only a few days left in 2009, it seems a fitting time to take a moment and reflect on this past year – but…
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Jake Sargeant • 15 years ago
Questioning the Freelance Dilemma
A recent article at Animation World Network has stirred up many passionate comments from freelance visual effects artists in the industry as well as a…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper Q&A:
Some behind-the-scenes photos from the production of I Am Not An Artist. Questions: How did this project arrive at your doorsteps? What was the initial…
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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…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Credit Where Credit Is Due
When we see something great here at Motionographer HQ, we really like to know who’s behind it. We want to know who it was made…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
RIP Boards Mag
As of less than an hour ago, every form of industry chatter has been focused on one thing: the end of Boards Mag. It has…
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Matt Lambert • 14 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…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
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…
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Boca Ceravolo • 14 years ago
Hunter Gatherer: “REDU”
With a portfolio built on scavenged items and handmade craft, Hunter Gatherer has created what is the closest they may ever come to a public…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago