Author of “Design for Motion” talks industry, education and the state of design
We interview Austin Shaw, the author of "Design for Motion: Motion Design Techniques and Fundamentals."
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up
As we all recover from the Boards Summit, here’s a recap of some notable items from Day 2. The morning session, Business as Unusual, was…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins
Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Inside SIGGRAPH 2006
Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of…
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Justin Cone • 18 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…
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Justin Cone • 18 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…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Monument Valley creators to release VR game, Land’s End
Can the makers of Monument Valley repeat their success — in virtual reality?
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Confirmation Bias, Motionographer and You
Is Motionographer just perpetuating trends by posting only a small selection of work? We dive into the numbers and find out. BONUS: We present one…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
PopUp F5
We're thrilled to announce PopUp F5, a four-hour action packed event made in partnership with PromaxBDA!
Staff • 6 years ago
The Epic Doc Interview
THE EPIC DOC INTERVIEW The following is an interview with Varathit Uthaisri, (“Tu”), the Director of Google’s “The Epic Docs” animation, a DemoSlam campaign project,…
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Lauren Indovina • 14 years ago
Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War
The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Elastic: MTV Video Music Awards 2014 (case study + interview)
Brandon Lori dives deep into the elegant package for MTV's signature event.
Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
School Profile: Ringling College of Art & Design
Our second school profile looks at Ringling College of Art & Design's Motion Design program
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space
Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
push.conference
push.conference unites creative coding and user experience design, by offering a platform for designers, developers and UX professionals. A great thing about the conference are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
AESeattle January: Virtual Reality Night!
Hey everyone! Join us for a night of exploring the creation of virtual reality worlds within After Effects and learning more about the way the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The New Lingua Franca
Fallon: Travelers Reader and informant Yotam Hadar brought an interesting site to our attention recently. Built by Fallon, the Travelers “In Synch Challenge” site is…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Two More Envelope-Pushers
If you’ve been reading this site (or Tween) for any time at all, you know I love to talk about the convergence of web and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That…
It’s been a while since I’ve made a combo post, but I’m feeling schizophrenic tonight, so I figured what the hell. What follows is an…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Transistor’s James Price Makes Me Believe That AOL Might Actually Be A Nice Experience
Transistor Studios’ James Price did something impossible: He made AOL appear to be elegant and well-designed. Okay okay, maybe AOL’s not that bad anymore; the…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
An Interview with nailgun*
MOV nailgun*’s latest reel JPG Pitch boards for the Academy Awards PDF The process behind the Benjamin Franklin spot for Spike TV’s Men of Action…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Trollback+Company does TV Land (Again)
TV Land has been in need of a refresh for some time now. They commissioned Buck to do some brilliant IDs a few months back,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
PostPanic Goes Mysterious for McDonald’s
Watch The Lost Ring Trailer 1 | Trailer 2 | Trailer 3 Okay, wait. It’s not what you think. I promise you won’t see a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Umeric busts out a new site
One of our favorite studios, Umeric, has just released a new site showcasing some new work alongside some golden oldies. Usually I am against any…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago