Motionographer Podcast: Making “Anomaly”
Set against the space-race canvas of the 1960’s, Anomaly is inspired by the traditional Christmas Nativity and explores, through a modern-day lens, the events of…
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Brian Gossett • 10 years ago
Assembly’s VR museum exhibit brings an interactive humpback whale to life
New Zealand-based Assembly put their budding Unreal Engine skills to test and built a virtual reality museum experience for the Oculus Rift. If you have an…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
In Pieces: A rare specimen of CSS-based animation
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) started as a way to conveniently manage the appearance of images and type across an entire website. Since 1996, CSS has…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Mill tackles monstrous VR challenges for Google ATAP
The pioneers of VR continue making progress, despite (or perhaps because of) the incredible technical and creative challenges it poses. One of the latest projects…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Call for Entries: LoopdeLoop x Animade
Animation and interactive design studio Animade is once again hosting LoopdeLoop – an international, community-picked animation screening. Following the fantastic success of London’s “Empathy”-themed debut…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Interview: The Lessons Behind We Are Royale’s Manifesto
Surviving eight years as a motion design studio is no easy feat. In addition to riding the unpredictable ebb and flow of service work, motion design…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Survival tips for women in motion design
I’ve been working in the field of motion design for 11 years. As a woman of non-Caucasian ethnicity, I’m definitely a minority in the field.…
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Lilian Darmono • 9 years ago
The key to Facebook Reactions? Animation (of course).
"Early versions were static and we knew animation would be key in making them more expressive. "
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat
Learn about the process behind "Malak and the Boat," a powerful CG short about a 7 year-old Syrian refugee. Says the film's director: "We are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Animade launches Boords storyboarding tool
The wizards at Animade recently released Boords, a simple, web-based tool for sharing storyboards.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
SoundOn with Sono Sanctus
What if .gifs didn't have to be silent? In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with Wesley Slover to find out a bit more about his…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Lucas Zanotto: Drawnimal App for iOS
Director Lucas Zanotto launches Drawnimal, an iOS app that encourages kids and parents to think outside the device.
Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Crush and REM Strike Again
After their first well received collaboration with REM (Hollow Man), Crush follows up with “Man Sized Wreath.” This piece deals with an anonymous man’s daily…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Peppermelon Fresh Projects
Peppermelon updates! My favourite in this batch is the MTV ‘Los Premios 3009’ (MTV Awards 2009). It features eye-popping futuristic imagining of the 3 main…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
David Thorne : Notorious Internet ‘Troublemaker’
Continuing the ‘Funny Friday’ theme, David Thorne, the wittiest man ever to grace the email universe has some new stuff on his site here. Our…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Milkyeyes: Frosted Chocolate Mice (NSFW)
A very striking creation from the mind of Milkyeyes. (NSFW)
Ash Thorp • 13 years ago
Paul Trillo: Sarh “U and I”
In the music video for Sarh’s U and I, up-and-coming filmmaker Paul Trillo explores a relationship that is one part Chris Parks fluids, one part…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 10 years ago
Interview: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Vectorpark’s “Metamorphabet”
Those interested in the future of animation often cite interactive as a new horizon. Patrick Smith, better known as Vectorpark, has been fusing his own…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Kubo and the Two Strings
Laika’s forthcoming feature, “Kubo and the Two Strings,” is a stunning blend of Japanese culture and magical adventure rendered in lovingly crafted stop-motion (boosted by liberal…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
Stanford design instructor John Edmark has rethought the zoetrope with beautiful 3D-printed sculptures that animate when filmed in sync with a strobe light. Explains Edmark: These are…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
GLAS Animation Festival
The 1st annual GLAS Animation Festival, a world-class, multi-screen competitive animation festival, takes place March 3-6, 2016 in the historic city of Berkeley, California, just a…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making Midwest #4: Team Talk
https://vimeo.com/140322082 Join us for the November 3rd event at Mills James from 6-9pm, titled “Team Talk”. Teams/companies will share some recent projects and what went…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
