School Profile: CalArts
Conceived by Walt Disney in 1960 and established through a merger of two older art schools, CalArts is one of the nation's premiere institutions for…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Motionographer Scholarship: School of Motion Design Bootcamp
Think you've got what it takes to get a full scholarship for School of Motionographer's new Design Bootcamp course? It won't be easy!
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space
Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
In a great big world, dare to be little
In their new campaign for Tic Tac, Hue&Cry take you on an escapade that is equal parts fun, cute and outrageous.
Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Ray Dynamic Texture
Textures can be a great way to enhance your work. They can also be quite laborious! Thankfully, Sander van Dijk is here to make all…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Time for sushi
David Lewandowski is back with "time for sushi", the third film in his surreal series of impossible forms behaving... impossibly.
Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
Two needles in the haystack
Two films, 2D animation, and two vastly different yet mesmerizing worlds created.
Joe Donaldson • 5 years ago
Newsletter Advertisers
Reach an all-new, motion-savvy audience looking for products and solutions. Promote your product or service to an all-new audience that is actively looking for recommendations.…
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Stuart Groves • 2 years ago
Mode Project: Mode Poster, U of W Athletics
Mode Poster “What started out as a poster handout for Mode’s 2005 RESFEST Studio Tour, has transformed into a lush animation. The piece presents a…
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Onur Aksoy • 18 years ago
America Fun-Pak
I got an enigmatic little e-mail this morning about “America Fun-Pak“. No mention of the creators’ identities, just a link. Parked on a domain with…
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daniel • 18 years ago
QuickTime Tip: Fast Start
Just a friendly tip: If you’re compressing a video for the web and you’re using QuickTime to do it, make sure to enable Fast Start.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Takagi Masakatsu
I’ve never really liked ‘video art’. It just never seemed to transgress how complete our established and prefered artforms feel to us. A good motion…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Interview: LAMBO brings the RAD
Working out the logo A sketch for the Coke “Oh Yeah” spot Style frame for Fox College Sports Characters for the Coke “Bubbles” spot Motionographer…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Combo Post
Apologies for my near absence from Motionographer over the past week. I’ve been working like mad on a couple projects for school, and I haven’t…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Non-Native Species / PikaPika
Stardust: Non-Native Species Promoting California Cleanup Day, Stardust was recetly called upon to produced a :30 spot entitled “Non-Native Species”. The character CigEgret makes it’s…
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Onur Aksoy • 18 years ago
Interview: Lobo Does Dupont
A series of mood boards (PDF) The whole set of mood boards in one go Animatic, showing influences from Maeda and Vasarely (QT 6) An…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Rebranding season… Capacity style.
Fall is upon us, what does that mean? The blazing colors of changing foiliage, carving pumpkins, cool crisp air, and… NETWORK REBRANDS! Justin recently posted…
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Tread • 18 years ago
this is network
network is an interesting new idea from seasoned producer Alex Dervin, who started with Imaginary Forces 10 years ago and was an integral part of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
BLACKLIST DIRECTOR CISMA TAKES IT TO THE BASKET FOR ESPN AND THE NBA
NEW YORK – January 8, 2007– Psyop’s (www.psyop.tv) new design, animation and mixed media company Blacklist (www.blacklist.tv) recently completed production on a package for ESPN-NBA…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Move over Cee-Lo
I recently saw a new music video on the latest edition of Stash for the hip-hop group Subtle, directed by the uber-talented SSSR of passion…
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Tread • 18 years ago
BNS Jeep, Part Two
Check out the second piece in Brand New School’s campaign for Jeep. A lot of times a project this large is tough to keep consistent…
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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…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Chris Smith is Dooey Decibel
Chris Smith is a freelance animator based out of New York. He has a slick array of work which includes the music video “Nothing Like…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago