Book Review: Guidelines for Online Success
I’ve lauded The FWA here many times before. It is the single best repository of outstanding dynamic web design on the net, and its Site…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Wassup 08
Director Charles Stone nails this Obama-flavored reprise to his landmark Wassup campaign. VFX by MassMarket. Full credits here.
Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Psyop for Smith & Nephew
Psyop has dropped a painterly new spot for Smith & Nephews (viewable in HD on Vimeo). Directed by Eben Mears and Mate Steinforth, who’s sharing…
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Babe Baker • 12 years ago
Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional”
A friend of mine passed me Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional,” a diatribe that argues, among other things, that design professionalism cannot be instilled…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Maxon Announces Cinema 4D R11
Maxon announced features of its upcoming Cinema 4D R11 release at SIGGRAPH yesterday. Here are some juicy bits from the press release: CINEMA 4D R11…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
United Airlines “It’s Time to Fly”
Over the weekend, we posted Shy the Sun’s “Sea Orchestra,” which, it turns out, was only one of five remarkable spots in a campaign from…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Shy the Sun: United Airlines “Sea Orchestra”
QuickTime version Shy the Sun, a new commercial studio founded by South African design/art collective The Blackheart Gang, splashes onto the scene with a beautiful…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Freelancing 101: Understanding Holds
In this first installment of Freelancing 101, David Schwarz of Brooklyn-based Hush (Motionographer posts) explains how “holds” work: A “hold” means an employer has the…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Sixty40 look Smart for Kmart
A couple of weeks ago, back in the dark days of Motionographer 1.0 we posted Sydney based Sixty40’s showreel as a quickie. In amongst their…
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Simon Robson • 12 years ago
Megaforce: Late of the Pier “Heartbeat”
Fubiz is hosting a new video from the same crew that produced the DIY-flavored “Live Good” for Naive New Beaters. Like it’s predecessor, Late of…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
David O’Reilly on the Pointlessness of the Safe Area
Animator/director David O’Reilly recently made a post on his blog proclaiming the death of the safe area: The Safe Area is part of a long…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
ANNY: Ukiyo-e
QuickTime Version I’m always curious about Japanese motion graphics studios. I know so little about how Asian studios in general are set up, and yet…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Real-Time Motion Graphics: GRID
My advice for the future: Play more video games. Reader Joe Walker recently pointed out the slick in-game menus and motion graphics in Codemasters GRID,…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
The Surreal Short Films of Stefan Ringelschwandtner
Stefan Rigelschwandtner, a student at the Academy of Design in Offenbach (Germany), just completed this un-official video piece for Radiohead‘s “Nude.” It has some nice…
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Matt Lambert • 13 years ago
Sehsucht: Konzerthaus Dortmund “Black Poem”
This stunning promo from Sehsucht for the Konzerthaus Dortmund concert hall celebrates a new season of musical performances with a lyrical ode to fire. It’s…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Fun viral for Net 10: Proof that cell phone companies are evil
Fun viral for Net 10: Proof that cell phone companies are evil
Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Birdo: Resfest 10
Brazilian animation studio Birdo put their prodigious talents to use in this quirky opener for the Brazil installment of Resfest 10. Says Paulo Muppet of…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
The Mill Bends Over Backwards for Audi
This stunning new spot by the Mill has no graphics en motion, but is still worth a look for the great concept and amazing moves…
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Jon Saunders • 13 years ago
Spy Films’ Ori directs “Boxed” (via mograph.net)
Spy Films’ Ori directs “Boxed” (via mograph.net)
Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Superfad: Sprint
Superfad posted a couple new spots for Sprint that fall neatly into my category of “visual essays.” Employing a style that’s reminiscent of the data…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Fantastic retro Levi’s ads dug up by graymachine at mograph.net
Fantastic retro Levi’s ads dug up by graymachine at mograph.net
Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Robert Seidel’s processes: living paintings
Robert Seidel, the man behind the work of 2minds has created a wonderfully lush new piece designed specifically to be projected onto the Phyletic Museum…
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Jon Saunders • 13 years ago
Trembled Blossoms
Starring a denuded Eve-like figure, Trembled Blossoms is another attempt for a high-end fashion company to capture the power of moving pixels. I’m not sure…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
FIFA Street 3 Viral
Damn it, I hate when something is so obviously a viral and yet still entertaining enough to watch over and over. Anyone have any idea…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
