Celyn Brazier for Wagon Christ

Celyn Brazier, one of my favorite illustrators, pays homage to the Thaumatrope in his latest for Wagon Christ.

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

Stereoscopic 3D Production for Everyone: Part 1, The Camera

Editor’s note: The following post is from guest author Kevin McAuliffe, a Senior Editor at MIJO in Toronto. (You may also be familiar with his… Read more

kevinpmcauliffe • 12 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Alexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin: Stuck in the Sound “Let’s Go”

This one nearly slipped past our radar. Directed by Alexis Beaumont and Rémi Godin, this music video for Stuck in the Sound’s “Let’s Go” is… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Kijek/Adamski: Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi”

Directors Kijek/Adamski created this lovely, lighthearted video using approximately 2,000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter. I love the balance between popping… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago

“Black Gold” by PES

PES doesn’t release new work very often, so when he does, we tend to get excited. His latest, “Black Gold,” was commissioned to accompany the… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Playgrounds International Arts Fest 2014

Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art in the Netherlands. During the four-day festival in Amsterdam and Tilburg… Read more

Harm van Zon • 10 years ago

Animator vs Animation IV

Back in 2006, Alan Becker created a Flash animation of a stick figure coming to life and attempting to destroy his maker, an unseen animator.… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

6 motion design industry predictions for 2015

Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some trance-inducing music and visited the… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Interactive experiences at the human scale: Making CenterStage with Andrew Bell and Lutz Vogel

It’s rare that a single project can sum up the possibilities for the convergence of motion design and interactive experiences the way that CenterStage does. Created… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Code and motion, exploring new frontiers with Marcus Eckert

The video above is an iPhone screen capture taken from Reuters TV, an on-demand news app created by one of the largest news agencies in… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Q&A: Gergely Wootsch demystifies the Magna Carta

For the British Library’s “Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy” exhibition, director Gergely Wootsch explains the history and importance of the document with his trademark wit and style.… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Graph Editor

Editor’s note: As part of our ongoing education series, we present a guest post from Nol Honig, co-founder of The Drawing Room and part-time professor… Read more

Nol Honig • 9 years ago

The Mill tackles monstrous VR challenges for Google ATAP

The pioneers of VR continue making progress, despite (or perhaps because of) the incredible technical and creative challenges it poses.  One of the latest projects… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Behind the Scenes: “Donning the Digital Mask: Anonymous”

The infamous group of hackers that identify themselves as “Anonymous” are, as their name suggests, incredibly hard to pin down. They’ve targeted racists, terrorists and pedophiles. They’ve brought… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Virtual reality is not filmmaking

Let’s agree on something: 360-degree video presented inside a virtual reality headset isn’t really virtual reality. It’s a novel, sometimes powerful experience, but it’s not what makes VR arguably the most… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Watching Glean Keane draw in virtual reality is amazing

Legendary animator Glen Keane is famous for his work on Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. Despite his notoriety as a traditional… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Magic Leap… no, for real this time

Augmented reality startup Magic Leap made headlines last year when it raised over $540 million dollars in funding while still managing to hide its plans from… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Zulu Alpha Kilo: Spec

This video is making the rounds on social media, and for good reason. It’s funny, smart and spot on. Just in case you’re lost, allow… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 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 • 8 years ago

Gentleman Scholar animates with techniques from A to Z for Bleacher Report

For the Bleacher Report, not only did Blackalicious rewrite “Alphabet Aerobics” as “Sports Alphabet” — but then Gentleman Scholar went and animated the whole damn thing.… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

A wild, animated ride through Portland’s food, drink and culture

CRCR's "Travel Portland" spots are swirling masterpieces of typography, cel animation and mixed media filmmaking.

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

The key to Facebook Reactions? Animation (of course).

"Early versions were static and we knew animation would be key in making them more expressive. "

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

A mobile game made entirely out of clay?

The visuals for Tiny Passengers, a new mobile puzzle game from Shape Minds launching in iTunes today, were created almost entirely in clay. Check out… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago