Lessons learned: Daniel Coutinho’s journey from Brazil to Buck

In 2011, Daniel Coutinho left his family, his home and his girlfriend in pursuit of a dream.   Now, as a staff animator at Buck —… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”

For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project.  What began as… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

A tour of Hannah Jacobs’ work

Hannah Jacobs' work captures the best qualities of animation: Each of her films feel human, emotional and made with intent.

Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago

MK12 Interview: Making “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance”

For many, MK12 is where it all started. Just as Kyle Cooper’s iconic title sequence for Se7en signaled a renaissance for the craft of opening credits,… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Erin Sarofsky answered our questionnaire, giving us the goods on recent FITC project, her go-to playlist, and other musings.

Creative Connections: Need some tips for these "unprecedented" times? Erin shares some "in real life" and "work-life" BTS while WFH in Chicago.

Bevin McNamara • 4 years ago

Ask Between the Keyframes XIV

Ask Between the Keyframes answers your most troubling Motion Design questions. What is it going to take to start a real dialogue about better working… Read more

Stuart Groves • 1 year ago

Wayne White in LA

If you are in the LA area November 16th, go see the amazing Wayne White talk about his art, life and experiences working on shows… Read more

John Cranston • 13 years ago

Microsoft Sustainability

For those of you that have made it past the headline, congratulations: I now grant you access to the future! Working with Microsoft and director … Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Hardy & Nutini’s Pencils Are Full of Lead

With Corin Hardy‘s recent jump and jive piece for Paolo Nutini, it appears he has taken a turn toward the lighter side. A comical, life-sized… Read more

Matt Lambert • 15 years ago

Scott Benson: Rendezvous “The Murf” Interview

Scott Benson can’t seem to stop putting out creative work, whether it’s light-hearted (Opposites, Future Trends in Motion Graphics) or helping himself and others ponder… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Augmented reality calendar brings year to life with animation

As a holiday gift, Royale crafted a limited run of beautifully designed letterpress calendars. Viewed through the the companion AR app (also created by Royale),… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Interactive experiences at the human scale: Making CenterStage with Andrew Bell and Lutz Vogel

It’s rare that a single project can sum up the possibilities for the convergence of motion design and interactive experiences the way that CenterStage does. Created… Read more

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.… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 9 years ago

What makes a good producer?

There can be many misconceptions behind what a producer does. The short answer is, they do a lot! Thankfully, in this month's Guest Post we… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago

Promax/BDA From the Inside Out

The view from my room at the Marriott New York By the Numbers 2 slices of pizza and a bottle of water: $12.24 Internet access… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

A Woman’s Life Through Dougal’s Eyes

Dougal Wilson’s latest spot for John Lewis (produced by Blink with VFX from MPC) flexes both his stronger and often contrasting skills; “in-camera” trickery whilst… Read more

Matt Lambert • 14 years ago

Nicholas Weigel of LAIKA/house Chats About Toys R Us

“Big Book” “Sale” Interview with Director Nicholas Weigel As with much of your work, these Toys “R” Us spots are visually very rich. There’s a… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

EMA 2012 by Sehsucht

Sehsucht brings the 2012 MTV EMA titles to life by crafting a 3D zoetrope, a fast-moving carousel that evokes the illusion of motion through a… Read more

Ivan Cruz • 11 years ago

GoldRunner, Vivian Rosenthal and Augmented Reality

I cut my teeth on motion design at turn of the 21st century, when the desktop computer revolution was in full swing. A handful of… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 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

Chris Ware does This American Life

God, this is cool. I’ve always wanted to see sequential artist Chris Ware in animation, and it seems I’ve gotten my wish. Here is an… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Lord, I Was Born a Ramblin’ Man

We’ve been getting a bunch of good work coming our way over the last week or so, but very little of it has reached out… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Life is the Masterpiece

Okay, so this promotional video for the Montana State University School of Art doesn’t fit the normal schema of Students posts, but I think it… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Frankie De Leonardis

boolab recently teamed up with agency Young & Rubicam Madrid to create a whimsical three-spot testimonial campaign for financial services company BBVA. Directed by Frankie… Read more

Justin Cone • 14 years ago