Kenichi Tanaka: Japan-A Strange Country

UPDATE: English VO version found on youtube! Thanks for the info, tvp. Kenichi Tanaka made this thesis piece to show his countrymen that things that… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago

OK Go “End Love” – Masters of the One Take Music Video, by Gunther and Lieberman

I think at this point, it’s fair to say that OK Go has yet to disappoint us with their videos. The last one for “This… Read more

Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago

Happy F5!

For its second birthday, F5 is throwing a big party with all its friends. (That’s you.) Since the initial fest in 2009, we’ve seen the… Read more

Justin Cone • 14 years ago

F5: First Set of Speakers!

We’re pleased to announce our first set of speakers for F5 2011! Here is the first savory piece of the cake—just enough to want a… Read more

Staff • 14 years ago

HAPPY F5 – FINAL SPEAKERS AND FULL LINE-UP/SCHEDULE

Happy F5 April 15 – 16 2011 by Hi-Sim from F5 on Vimeo. If you’ve been patiently awaiting this post, thank you. To clue you… Read more

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago

[Going Deep] Doc2Dock “Save Our Supplies” Process

Background from the Directors   COMBINED PROCESS WRITING WITH LAYOUT CUES Cassidy Gearhart: Save Our Supplies is a PSA for the non-profit Doc2Dock that Julian… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

David Kamp: Sound Creatures

Who knows what kind of creature is making those snuffling noises in the bushes just behind you. Or the animal skittering for cover under that… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

SXSW 2012: Film Title Design Awards

photo credit: Art of the Title The Film Title Design Awards program is unique among the SXSW screenings in that it opens with a panel… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Vimeo’s New Features Aim to Put Money in Your Pocket

In case you hadn’t noticed, nearly every video we share on Motionographer is hosted on Vimeo. A lot of the work we show is created… Read more

Justin Cone • 12 years ago

One Day on Earth / 12.12.12

By the time this post goes live, One Day on Earth’s third installment will have begun somewhere on this crazy planet of ours. On December… Read more

Justin Cone • 12 years ago

Blur: League of Legends Cinematic “A Twist of Fate”

It’s getting very hard to stand out in the world of game cinematics. But somehow Blur always manages to pull it off. Case in point,… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

1 Typeface. 110 Animators.

Purveyors of animated typography, Animography, have released their latest project Franchise Animated: For this specific animated typeface we have round up 110 talented animators from… Read more

Staff • 11 years ago

Conor Finnegan: Fear of Flying

Conor Finnegan’s delightful coming of age short dives into the troubled psyche of a bird with a problem of existential proportions: he’s afraid to fly.… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Leonardo da Vinci Was a Loser

Success is a slippery term. How do you define success for yourself?

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Xiangjun Shi: Why Do I Study Physics?

Physics and animation are not often bedfellows, but in the hands of Xiangjun “Shixie” Shi, they seem as natural a pairing as space and time.… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Commercial work with boundaries: the commissioned work model

Maintaining creative control and keeping clients happy can feel impossible. Here's an approach that can ease the tension.

Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago

Gretel: IFC Rebrand

We dive deep with Gretel's Ryan Moore into the process behind the IFC rebrand.

Brandon Lori • 10 years ago

Best Tutorial Ever?

Wildly entertaining and incredibly practical, are these... the best tutorials ever?

Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago

Guilherme Marcondes on going it alone

Aspiring directors, listen up! Gui explains the ins and outs of representation in this insightful and honest interview.

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Bullies, opera and typography: Sounds like a job for Giant Ant

The Vancouver Opera and librettist Shane Koyczan invited Giant Ant to collaborate on “Stickboy”, a new opera that tackles the psychological effects of bullying. We had… Read more

Daniel Coutinho • 10 years ago

From Costco supervisor to computational artist, Albert Omoss blazes his own path

In the early days of my career, I bought into something I now call “The Myth of the Rockstar.” It goes like this: You are… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

PES talks “Submarine Sandwich,” Garbage Pail Kids and the connectedness of things

Beloved stop-motion director PES is back with his most ambitious short film to date, “Submarine Sandwich.” With funding from both a corporate sponsor (Nikon) and… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

yesyesyall is like MTV back when it was MTV

I’m not a nostalgic person, but I grew up in a time when MTV wasn’t a 24-hour reality show marathon. Where I lived in suburban Houston,… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch

What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago