Get Out And Play
This new Nokia N-Gage viral is sizzling through the interw3b. The general idea is at least 50 years old, but Swedish director Hobby and agency…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
When Graphic Plays Beyond Narrative
About a week ago, we posted the trailer for “Logorama” by H5. As it spread across the globe, it’s been gaining steam and hitting the…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Telltale’s “Minecraft: Story Mode:” Changing the Game?
Telltale explains how they blur the lines between gaming and storytelling in "Minecraft: Story Mode," and how they connect with their audiences online and offline.
Caitlin Campbell • 9 years ago
Playgrounds Festival Titles 2014
Again, the Playgrounds Festival was a blast. Solid line-up, nice presentations and a good overall atmosphere. This year, Playgrounds had not one but two title sequences.…
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Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
Play-Doh Passion
The new Bravia spot for Sony by Passion Pictures is online now and is just wonderful. They used 40 stop-motion animators in New York City…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Light play with UVA
United Visual Artists have some new work to show off. First up: the visuals they created for the Chemical Bothers concert in Trafalgar Square. These…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
The Making of “Get the Glass”
This post is kinda more of a super-Quickie. My friend Matt Ross sent me this making-of page for the Get the Glass online game I…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Gnarles Barkley Run
Gnarles Barkley is one of those groups that allow us designers and animators to open up our vault of tricks and let them play and…
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Jon Saunders • 17 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 • 16 years ago
Colors And The Kids play with minerals
Berlin based Colors And The Kids have some interesting work, among it an installation based piece for a beautiful exhibition about minerals.
Mate Steinforth • 16 years ago
Use telnet to connect in and play Star Wars Episode IV in its ASCII glory
ATTN :: Open Terminal from your utilities folder in OS X (or any comparable command line utility) and paste in this code: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl We…
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Staff • 16 years ago
Guillermo García Carsí & El Señor Studio: Doomed: a biological cartoon!
Finally online in all its full-length glory, Doomed: a biological cartoon! by Guillermo García Carsí and El Señor Studio introduce us to endearingly bizarre animals…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Cassiano Prado for ZeroUm
Cassiano Prado has released another project in his minimalist series of works for music group ZeroUm. As with the live visuals he created for the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Eric Lerner Goes Global for Coke
NOTE: If the above link is slow, try our mirrored version here. Following up on the success of his Mr. City Men series, Partizan’s Eric…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Oh, Hello for SIFF
Seattle based studio Oh, Hello bring their signature style of cel animation to the Seattle International Film Fest. Like their previous work for the Pacific…
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Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago
PepperMellon for The Guardian and The Observer “World Cup”
As an appetizer to the hotly anticipated World Cup, Argentinean studio, PepperMellon, has jockeyed their way to front-lines and served up a playful treat to…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Work/Life: PandaPanther on parenting, work and creating amazing spit
We’ve come to know NYC-based PandaPanther for their playful, character-driven work. Since 2006, Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura have directed casts of colorful creatures on…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Evelyn Evelyn “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn”
This playful promo for Evelyn Evelyn’s “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn” directed by Hoku Uchiyama is a great way to kick off (or cap…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Tronic Goes Big for GE
Tronic recently completed two spots for GE’s new Go Big campaign. The spots played on a 30-foot long media wall (also designed by Tronic) at…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Golden Touch
Sometimes it’s the simplest concepts that produce the most surprising results. Logan director Kenji Yamashita teamed up with Masashi Kawamura from creative lab PARTY to create a whimsical…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
New Feature: Freestyle Collective Interview
About a month ago, long-time Cream O’ the Croppers Freestyle Collective proposed that we have a little discussion about the role trends play in the…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago