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

Space Channel Refresh

For a Space Channel refresh, Toronto-based studio Tendril crafted immaculately detailed IDs that blend the mystery of science fiction with the delight of discovery. While the two… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Gretel’s Fox College Football package is all kinds of smart

NY-based Gretel produces some of the most consistently well-designed brand work of any studio in the US. Their latest toolkit for Fox College Football is no exception.… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Apple TV+ The Dark Matter Title Sequence: How We Created It Three Times

Dark Matter. Based on the novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, this sci-fi series promises to take viewers on a thrilling journey through… Read more

Staff • 4 months ago

Audi “Emotions”

Here’s a cleverly concepted, deftly executed car commercial that doesn’t show one single image of the car. It’s a nice respite from all the zooming,… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Motionographer Podcast 01: This Way Up

The highly decorated animation direction duo Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Productions have recently unveiled their new animated short “This Way Up.” Created for Mike… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Motionographer Podcast 02: Crush

In our second installment of the Motionographer Podcast, we chat with Gary Thomas, founder and creative director at Crush in Toronto. Some of the topics… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

AICP Digital: Going Deeper

Photo by Mark Sebastian When the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) announced the formation of a new chapter, AICP Digital, we wondered what impact… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Friday Mix: Alex Moulton “Time Traveler”

It’s Friday. Your aching brain machinery needs a little lubrication, some sonic petroleum to rejuvenate your synapses. We’ve got just the thing. Lovingly mixed for… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Eli Guerron is Osito

Eli Guerron’s montage is more technical than most of the work we post on Motionographer, but it’s wicked polished and infused with a solid design… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Le Cadeau du Temps

Yes Virginia, it’s another awesome Zune film. This time it’s by Cory Godbey whose unique method of frame-by-frame animation lends a particular charm to the… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago

David O’Reilly Interview: Please Say Something

The following is an interview with David O’Reilly and Motionographer regarding his short film, Please Say Something. Where did the idea and story behind Please… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique

What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this… Read more

Matt Lambert • 15 years ago

Work/Life: The 40 Hour Work Week

Photo by adesigna The headline for this post probably strikes most of you as a joke — at least those of you working in motion… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

HALO 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Title Sequence + Q&A – Polynoid

In December of last year Halo 4 came out and the world rejoiced. Along with it came a web series called Forward Unto Dawn which… Read more

Andres Weber • 12 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

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

MK12 Interview: Making “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance”

For many, MK12 is where it all started. Just as Kyle Cooper’s iconic title sequence for Se7en signaled a renaissance for the craft of opening credits,… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Digital Domain for Mazda

Digital Domain’s full gamut of skills are on display in their latest work for Mazda. The advert is nearly 100% CG, from the cityscape to… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 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 • 12 years ago

Glen Keane: Duet

Disney animator Glen Keane creates a moving short film for Google's Spotlight Stories project.

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape

Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to the hand-writing on the wall: … Read more

Justin Cone • 10 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

Hunter Gatherer: “REDU”

With a portfolio built on scavenged items and handmade craft, Hunter Gatherer has created what is the closest they may ever come to a public… Read more

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago