84000 “Words of the Buddha”

Giant Ant creates “Words of the Buddha,” an elegant 2D promo for non-profit 84,000. The non-profit, 84000, has an enormous task ahead of them: tackling… Read more

Wild & Woolly

2veinte creates what is possibly the most interesting walk cycle ever in “Wild & Woolly.” Lots of traditionally animated love went into this one. UPDATE:… Read more

A Horse’s Ass Can Ruin Everything

Felipe Vellasco and Pedro Gravena created this whimsical stop-motion piece for Brazilian logistics company Luft to explain how one design decision can create a design… Read more

Supinfocom: Musicotherapie

A small band of crazily talented Supinfocom students has created an excellent new short, “Musicotherapie,” maintaining their school’s reputation as one of the best places… Read more

Adobe Cards

As you scrub through this little gem from Mike Kellog for Adobe, make sure to hang out at some of the “keyframe” points along the… Read more

Shilo: Mercenaries 2 “Ca$h”

UPDATE: A directors cut with an alternate soundtrack can be found on Shilo’s site. Click on “Directors Cut” next to “Broadcast.” Working with San Francisco… Read more

PSST! Pass it on…for Over the Rhine

Democratic moving image project “PSST! Pass it on” have just created their first music promo for the Cincinnati, Ohio-based band, Over The Rhine. The “PSST!”… Read more

Psyop: Coke “Heist”

For this weekend’s Super Bowl ad-o-rama, Psyop and Weiden+Kennedy Portland teamed up create another epic tale of longing for Coke. Like the 2007 “Happiness Factory,”… Read more

Made for Each Other

As part of Frito Lay’s “Made for Each Other” campaign, two Motionographer favorites have created two decidedly adorable mini-shorts about finding true love. Although they’re… Read more

Lobo: Amnesty International

Leo Burnett Lisbon and one of my favorite Brazilian studios, Lobo, have teamed up to create this arresting spot for Amnesty International. Based on the… Read more

What’s In the Box?

“What in the Box?” is the extremely ambitious “test film” created by a Dutch students Tim Smit and Thibaut Niels that’s been heating up YouTube—and… Read more

ABC Yo-Yo

Marianna Ludensky and Justin Weber created a kinetic font created entirely out of yo-yos in motion. (Updated to full version.)

Emilio Gomariz: Folder Type

Emilio Gomariz, a Madrid-based art director, created and colored 22,655 empty folders in OS X to create an engaging type-based animation. This video adds to… Read more

Stimulant: LoopLoop

Stimulant has created LoopLoop, a visual musical sequencer that runs on the Sifteo cubes. LoopLoop uses an animated visual language as well as touch, motion,… Read more

Desmond Leung

Yes, yes, ink transitions are all very 2005, but Desmond Leung’s work reminds me of how beautiful natural patterns can be. Working with particle simulators… Read more

Buck: IBM Datagrams Showcase

Lovely collection of “datagrams” created for IBM and the US Open. Created by Buck. Audio by Cypher Audio.

Plasticine Rhythm

Animator, illustrator and musician Andy Martin took a series of stop-motion animations he created for Vine and used them as a launchpad for “Plasticine Rhythm.”… Read more