How To Make Sure You Can Show Work In Your Portfolio

Can’t say Title (confidential) by Sebas & Clim You’re in the midst of production — the style frames you designed were approved, the work-in-progress animations… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 11 years ago

Moonbot Studios: Chipotle “The Scarecrow”

Following up on Johnny Kelly’s insanely successful “Back to the Start” stop-action film for Chipotle is not an easy task. The project mopped up at… Read more

Staff • 11 years ago

Innuendo

Making of "Innuendo," a sensual, experimental short film about a fantasy world's reproductive processes

Harm van Zon • 10 years ago

VR storytelling wars begin, but will anyone be watching?

As predicted in my earth-shattering post, “6 Motion Design Industry Predictions for 2015,” augmented reality (AR) platforms like Magic Leap and Microsoft Hololens and virtual… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Process: Making the F5 Opening Titles with Block & Tackle

Over the last several years, conference openers have joined music videos, film titles and visual essays as ideal showcases for ambitious motion designers and visual… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators

“If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,”… Read more

Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago

Traveling without moving: Porta Estel·lar (Star Gate)

Projection mapped experiences hit a saturation point a few years ago, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen something that stopped us in our… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Motionographer contest with Fabrik, a slick portfolio tool built for video

Build a portfolio with Fabrik, enter to win a membership for life

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Your Art is Shit

What better way to kick off a new year than by hearing some harsh words directed at you? Yes, you.

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Ickerman: Sci-fi nostalgia for the current day (with bad ass vehicles)

I'll be honest: What initially attracted me to the teaser for Ickerman was the cars — specifically the lane-hogging, glass-encased driverless cars full of partygoers.

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

How to change the world (and get paid for it): Making SolarCity “How Energy Gets To You”

Learn how a group of passionate environmentalists used innovative production techniques to tell stories that genuinely matter to them — all while getting paid.

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Making “Party Pooper,” a browser-based game from Animade

"For anyone trying to make a game as a small project, I’d recommend scaling it back to make it manageable — focus on the core… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Katy Wang, out of this world! A Motion Award well deserved.

Is your project out of this world? Submit to The 2020 Motion Awards!

Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago

7 Ways to Mix Frame-By-Frame and Rigged Animation

London-based animator and director Chris Cray explains how mixing both methods combines unruly freedom and rigid efficiency.

Chris Cray • 2 years ago

Splice

I’ve been a fan of Creative Commons for a while, but I’ve often found it hard to translate its philosophy into practical application. Great video… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

EVB: New Site

One of my favorite hard-to-classify studio-agency-type-things has relaunched their site. As before, EVB puts their work right up front. Given the outstanding quality and boundary-pushing… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Book Review: Uncredited

As soon as I heard about Uncredited, a new book on the history and current state of film title design, I bought it. It came… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

The People of Burma (Updated with Q&A)

QuickTime version I think this new :90 PSA for the people of Burma is my favorite Shilo piece to date. This collaborative effort was conceived… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Interview: Psyop for T. Rowe Price

The following is an interview with Mate Steinforth and Gerald Ding and myself, Lauren Indovina regarding Psyop’s “Ink” and “Rice” spots for JWT and T.… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Cisma: Adobe “Le Sens Propre”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/adobe_longversion_050809-2.mov 640 480] Q&A with Cisma What was the brief on this project? Was it wide open, in terms of script/concept? Basically it was a… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Ben & Julia: Dove Nets

Updated with Q&A A couple of weeks ago I posted a music video by Ben & Julia for The Main Drag‘s song ‘Dove Nets’. Ben… Read more

Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago

Review: Gangpol & Mit “Faits Divers”

My first introduction to French duo Gangpol & Mit (Guillaume Castagne and Sylvain Quément) was through their music. It wasn’t until recently that I learned… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

David OReilly: The External World

This Irish born, Berlin-based animator has accumulated a lot of fans over the years with his work such as 2009’s award winning “Please Say Something”,… Read more

David Wilson • 14 years ago

Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Mirada, North Kingdom, Google: 3 Dreams of Black

Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin, who brought you The Johnny Cash Project and The Wilderness Downtown, are back with a lovely new dynamic music video… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago