Diversity in Character Design: 7 Steps to Designing a Convincing Persona

Character design is not just about drawing pretty pictures; it’s about creating life in all its shades and breathing it into their world. To design… Read more

Hana Eunjin Yean • 3 years ago

Blackheart Gang: Tale of How

Tale of How Epic. Beautiful. Weird. The Blackheart Gang’s “Tale of How” is a voyage through a surreal landscape (which the Gang calls “the Household”)… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Just a Friendly Reminder

Just want to remind everybody of a few ground rules that have always been in place at Motionographer. Most of this stuff is on the… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Xtra Legs

The Three Legged Legs directing collective has definitely shown considerable growth and progress since they launched waaaay back in 2005. A major site update and… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago

Phillip Van and Method Studios: “And She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost”

I don’t often get tingles from the work posted here, but this new short film directed by Phillip Van had my entire body covered in… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

4 Web Design Tips for Motion Graphics Sites

(Photo from muteboy) Here at Motionographer HQ, we spend a lot of time looking at motion graphics websites from around the world. Over the last… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Flash Player 10 Beta: “Astro”

I recently stumbled onto an interesting site from Lee Brimelow called gotoandlearn.com. While it’s essentially a tutorial site, it also gives you some great new… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Gaelle Denis and MassMarket for DuPont

I read an essay once by Steven Millhauser that explained why miniatures are so engaging. In a nutshell, he says that miniatures enchant us by… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Fast Forward: The Future of Web Video

The web is rife with predictions for 2009, most of which will turn out to be pure bunk. But I must admit I enjoy speculations… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Smith and Foulkes: Comcast “Sing-a-Long”

For a series of four spots, Nexus Productions‘ Oscar-nominated directing duo Smith & Foulkes built a campy world brimming with detail and color for Comcast… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

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… Read more

Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago

Process: Psyop’s Prequels for Dishonored

Bethesda’s Dishonored (developed by Arkane Studios) was one of the mostly hotly anticipated games of the year. Thanks to nearly three years of pre-production, the… Read more

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

Traveling without moving: Porta Estel·lar (Star Gate)

Projection mapped experiences hit a saturation point a few years ago, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen something that stopped us in our… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Remembering gravity: The animated story of an astronaut coming home

Gunner partnered with Great Big Story to bring to life the observations and journey of astronaut Leland Melvin as he acclimates to life back on… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

Introducing Holdframe

In this Motionographer Guest Post, meet Holdframe, a new platform for the animation and motion design community to share, learn, and support their fellow artists.

Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago

Scale, Light, and Form: Finding Creative Inspiration in Architecture

By Vikkal Parikh, Founder and Creative Director, Ataboy Studios The practice of motion design is, as its title suggests, a thing that is constantly changing… Read more

OOY • 3 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Current TV: Graphics Reel and a Call for (Talented) Help

The good people at Current TV put up a reel of their graphics work in hopes that they can attract a totally BA designer to… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Ilya V. Abulkhanov

Former Prologue director Ilya V. Abulkhanov has launched his personal site, and it’s brimming with all sorts of jewels. The film work we all know… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Larry Cuba: Star Wars Computer Animation

This making-of video from Larry Cuba explains how he created the computer animation sequence used during the Death Star briefing scene in Star Wars Episode… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Fox Sports Design: NASCAR “Engine City”

Fox Sports Design has a long history of raising the bar for broadcast promos. I’m not sure how this one slipped past our radar, but… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Step by Step: Jake Armstrong

With the boom of hand-drawn animation in the world of motion design, it's a no-brainer that we do a Step by Step profile on the… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 8 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

(Geek Alert!) The Esquire AR Issue

While many other motion studios try to find their way to the interactive future, Psyop teamed up with the digital aces at The Barbarian Group… Read more

Dave Skaff • 15 years ago