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

Virtual reality is not filmmaking

 Let’s agree on something: 360-degree video presented inside a virtual reality headset isn’t really virtual reality. It’s a novel, sometimes powerful experience, but it’s not what makes VR arguably the most… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

The Genius of Play

 Working with Mash Studio, Tom Rainford focused his directorial talents on The Genius of Play, a 9-part animation series for for the Toy Industry Association.  Each of the 9… 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

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

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

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… Read more
Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Great Scott!

 Steve Scott recently updated his site and put up loads of work. Steve is a London-based illustrator and animation director, who is currently represented by… Read more
Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago

A New Model: Hooray or Nay?

 I got an email recently from The Radar Festival about a new initiative they’ve launched. Here’s the gist of it straight from the horse’s mouth:… Read more
Justin Cone • 17 years ago

I Was a Layer Tennis Competitor.

 Last Friday I took part in the first Layer Tennis match done in After Effects. My opponent was Jason Koxvold, who I had previously collaborated… Read more
Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago

Jeffrey Metzner: 1941-2008

 Jeffrey Metzner, head of the Motion Graphics dept at the School of Visual Art, passed away Friday, February 15th. While I didn’t know Mr. Metzner,… Read more
Justin Cone • 17 years ago