Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators
“If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,”…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
Monument Valley creators to release VR game, Land’s End
Can the makers of Monument Valley repeat their success — in virtual reality?
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Late Night Work Club is here to save 2016
Let's face it, 2016 has been a weird and divisive year. Thankfully, Late Night Work Club is back to instill hope and unite us all…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Making waves with Punanimation
Meet Punanimation, the new directory of women, trans and non-binary people working with animation and motion graphics.
Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
Motionographer Expands Its Reach in Asia Through WeChat with Final Frontier Partnership
Motionographer partners with Final Frontier to debut on China's WeChat, expanding their reach in Asia. This collaboration offers motion designers global exposure through WeChat’s vast…
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Staff • 4 months ago
Two More Envelope-Pushers
If you’ve been reading this site (or Tween) for any time at all, you know I love to talk about the convergence of web and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Robert Hodgin/Flight404
I first happened upon Ben Fry and Casey Reas’ a/v-oriented programming language, Processing, when I attended FITC back in 2005. (I even did a little…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Advanced Beauty Podcast
Advanced Beauty is now available as a weekly podcast (link will open in iTunes). We’ve been following Advanced Beauty with great enthusiasm here on Motionographer…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Coca-Cola “Unity”
W+K Portland tapped the prodigious powers of Smith&Foulkes (Nexus Productions) for this lively Coke spot starring Yao Ming and LeBron James. It’s a battle royale…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Shy the Sun: United Airlines “Sea Orchestra”
QuickTime version Shy the Sun, a new commercial studio founded by South African design/art collective The Blackheart Gang, splashes onto the scene with a beautiful…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
NFL on Fox Sports Redesign by Michael Cina Q&A
Can you give us a little background on how this project started and the approach you took with it? Around four years ago we were…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Q&A: Dark Noir
Maybe there's an approach to crowdsourcing that isn't creatively repulsive or ethically bankrupt. Here's how Red Knuckles, Rafael Grampá and Absolut worked with a few…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
George & Johnathan
The microsite promoting George & Johnathan’s latest album is a dynamically generated visualization of the MIDI data for each song. Hat tip to Stephanie Russell…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Elastic: MTV Video Music Awards 2014 (case study + interview)
Brandon Lori dives deep into the elegant package for MTV's signature event.
Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
It’s Back: Yule Log 2.0(14)!
Gather round world wide web! Daniel Savage, Oddfellows and Wondersauce have banded together to present the blazing work of over 80 artists. Inspired by the…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Crush: R.E.M. “Hollow Man”
Watching the work of Toronto-based Crush is refreshing. They exercise a decidedly straightforward approach to motion graphics: no 3D (not even 2.5D), no crazy camera…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Civilization by Marco Brambilla (featuring Crush)
Imagine stepping into an elevator and looking through a viewport that reveals your ascension to heaven or—if you’re on your way to the street—your descent…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Maxim Zhestkov “RECURSION”
Q&A with Maxim Zhestkov by Igor Sordokhonov, with help from Lilian Darmono, Bran Dougherty-Johnson, Lauren Indovina, Brian Gossett and Sofia Radnabazarova. In your words, who…
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Igor Sordokhonov • 14 years ago
LEGS & Mother Take Over The Standard NYC
Last night, it seemed like everyone in NYC was talking (and tweeting) about one thing: The Standard Hotel. Funded by Target, Mother NY and LEGS…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Motionographer Classics: Prince of Persia
We’ve been playing with classic quickies for a while, since not all inspiration has to be the latest and greatest. A couple months ago, Jordan…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Scott Benson: Toh Kay “With Any Sort Of Certainty”
Editor’s Note: Scott’s video has been taken off of Vimeo/YouTube due to legal crossfire between a record label and the artist. As soon as it…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
6 challenges facing motion design education
This post is the first in a series exploring the state of motion design education. We’ll look at the issue from multiple angles, asking ourselves and the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Review: Division05’s “Snapdragon”
We review the latest educational offering from Division05, "Snapdragon," a comprehensive dissection of a real-world motion graphics project for Qualcomm.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago