CG still lifes and art direction from Rafa Merino
When Rafa Merino posted "Reborn" on Facebook, I froze. Initially struck by its surreal beauty, I then wondered what I was looking at: A photograph?…
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Justin Cone • 7 years ago
Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Prologue is searching for designers/animators
Company Name: Prologue Location (City, State/Province, Country): Malibu, California, U.S.A. Webstite URL: https://www.prologue.com/ Contact: jobs@prologue.com Job Title: Design/Animation Positions – see below for complete job…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Aardman Animations for Leonard Cheshire Disability
Watch “Love & Sex” | Watch “Sneaking Up” I’ve long been a fan of Aardman for the studio’s keen sense of character design and comedic…
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Justin Cone • 15 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 • 15 years ago
Dante’s Inferno Trailer
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dantes_inferno_h264.mov 786 589] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Blood Trail Interview
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bt.mov 720 405] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with the…
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Lauren Indovina • 14 years ago
Shynola: Coldplay “Strawberry Swing”
Interview with Shynola’s Chris Harding The following interview was a joint effort between Motionographer authors Lillian Darmono and James Wignall. Story All your music videos…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Kitteh Kitteh!!
UPDATE: 2 more items are added to the Q&A section, the result of a few readers’ additional query which I followed up with Sam. Sorry…
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Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago
Jeremy Abel : The Conductor
Jeremy Abel, currently a senior at R.I.T, creates this fun piece of stop motion about a robot conductor and his analog ensemble. The solid editorial,…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Big Lazy Robot on the Keloid trailer
We recently Quickied Keloid, a stunning trailer for an as-yet-unrealized film that the wizards at Barcelona-based Big Lazy Robot hope to produce someday. BLR’s director, J.J.…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
This Idea Is Not Working by Henrique Barone
After we were initially sent Henrique Barone’s stellar short, This Idea Is Not Working, our jaws hit floor. We immediately wanted to share it with…
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Brandon Lori • 11 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 • 11 years ago
EXCLUSIVE: Making of King and Country’s Motel 6 “Metamorphosis”
When King and Country’s Motel 6 “Metamorphosis” spot hit the web a while back (above), it made a big splash. With nearly 1,400 likes on…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Gentleman Scholar: Everything’s Better
Gentleman Scholar created ‘Everything’s Better‘, a fluid spot for Salt Institute that’s all about bright transitions, impressive particle animation and… salt! Directors Will Campbell and Will…
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Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago
Factory Fifteen: Jonah
Kibwe Tavares’ vision for “Jonah” is a unique one. Though the film is laden with visual effects from Factory Fifteen and Jellyfish Pictures, they are…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Liars Need Good Memory
In “Liars Need Good Memory,” Ringling College of Art and Design student James Heredia creates a visual poem about identity, belonging and lying. The collaged…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
This Land Is Mine
Against the current backdrop of continuing attacks on Gaza, Nina Paley’s “This Land Is Mine” is the sort of acerbic satire that leaves a mark…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Motion design in games with Ubisoft’s Wylie Robinson
Motion design in games? It's more important than you think. Our interview with Wylie explains why.
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 • 8 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 • 8 years ago
Q&A: Gergely Wootsch demystifies the Magna Carta
For the British Library’s “Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy” exhibition, director Gergely Wootsch explains the history and importance of the document with his trademark wit and style.…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Explore the desolate and spooky world of “xVOID”
Released in time for Halloween, “xVOID” is a 100% CG short film that begins as an atmospheric exploration of a desolate scene and then takes…
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Justin Cone • 7 years ago
Nick Ryan’s “A Lonely Sky”
Dublin-based director Nick Ryan’s new short film, “A Lonely Sky” strikes a chord with me. My brother, father and grandfather are all pilots, so I…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago