Gmunk Returns
I still remember the first time I saw Bradley (GMUNK) Munkowitz’s experimental short, “Finn.” It was in 2002, and I was working as a web…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
[Review] Frank
Editor’s note: Like all our reviews, this is one is uncompensated and written purely out of curiosity about a new service that might be useful…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
November: Pictoplasma NYC
This November, Pictoplasma returns to New York City, bringing a colorful parade of speakers, characters, films and art along with it. Focusing on the art…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
I was introduced to “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” iPad app by my friend’s five-year-old son while traveling the North Island of…
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Ivan Cruz • 13 years ago
HEAD ON
Lior Ben Horin produces a stellar graduation film, HEAD ON, for Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. From Lior: This film is a dialogue between…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
Gabe Askew for The Columbia Water Center “Deeper Than Water”
Gabe Askew creates another top quality spot via Hornet Inc. for an environmental commentary piece for the Columbia Water Center. Utilizing a stylized stop motion approach,…
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Andres Weber • 13 years ago
Aaron Koblin and Chris Milk: This Exquisite Forest
Aaron Koblin and Chris Milk’s newest HTML5 venture is an online take on the classic surrealist game of exquisite corpse. In This Exquisite Forest, each…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Jason Carpenter: The Renter
Do yourself a favor: Stop what you’re doing and, for the next 9 minutes devote your attention to “The Renter,” an animated short by CalArts…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Blender: Tears of Steel
If you can stomach the acting, there’s some impressive CG work in “Tears of Steel,” the latest open source short from the Blender Foundation. Like…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Lucas Zanotto: The Real Bears
Here in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg recently championed some controversial restrictions on the sale of sugary soda drinks, sparking debates about how much government…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Royale rings in the Holidays with “The Bell Ringer”
Last year’s holiday short from Royale, “The Impossible Present,” featured a mischievous kid with an iron will. The mischief continues in this year’s short, “The…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
HALO 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Title Sequence + Q&A – Polynoid
In December of last year Halo 4 came out and the world rejoiced. Along with it came a web series called Forward Unto Dawn which…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago
Q&A: Disassembling Assembly
New Zealand-based Assembly is an intriguing shop. Headquartered on a tiny (but beautiful) island nation, their portfolio ranges across character work, high-end vfx and interactive…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
1 Typeface. 110 Animators.
Purveyors of animated typography, Animography, have released their latest project Franchise Animated: For this specific animated typeface we have round up 110 talented animators from…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Conor Finnegan: Fear of Flying
Conor Finnegan’s delightful coming of age short dives into the troubled psyche of a bird with a problem of existential proportions: he’s afraid to fly.…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Daniel Savage & Wondersauce: Yule Log 2.0
Yule Log 2.0 re-imagines the traditional Yule Log through a collection of 53 short films by illustrators, animators, directors, and creative coders. First televised in…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
The all-star crew behind the reboot of a classic TV series brings something sorely needed in science: art direction.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Wayne the Stegosaurus
Hot on the heels of Gentleman Scholar’s Motionpoems short is another one from a small team at The Mill. “Wayne the Stegosaurus” is an adorable…
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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
Animade: Queue The Cowboy
Animade has released another charming short to promote “Ready Steady Play,” the follow up mobile title to their equally charming “Ready Steady Draw.” Currently available…
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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
Gretel: mun2 Rebrand
Another fine piece of work by Gretel, this time for Mun2. When invited by the network to do their 2013 rebrand, they decided to go for a clean and simple…
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Daniel Coutinho • 10 years ago
CypherAudio’s John Black reflects on 15 years of sound design for motion
Filmmaker George Lucas famously declared, “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Everyone I know who’s crafted a film or animation or game…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Superteam proves power of collaboration in title sequence for FITC Tokyo
To kick off the FITC Tokyo 2015 conference, a superteam of artists working around the world (and sometimes around the clock) created a sublimely glitchy…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago