When creators turn evil, fun ensues
Animade recently released Milo Targett’s “Lido Sim,” a cute, post-modern take on the long tradition of animators toying with their animated creations. The short’s protagonist attempts to…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar
Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Grab Bag
There’s a lot of stuff I want to talk about, and I’m not sure if I should put it all in one massive post, or…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Asif Mian joins 1st Ave Machine
1st Ave Machine has expanded their happy family by adding Asif Mian to the mix. After Matt Lambert, who joined 1st Ave a few months…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Mass Animation: A Guest Rebuttal
Back in July, I scribbled out a diatribe against Mass Animation, a Facebook-supported competition to create a CG short film by crowd-sourcing the animation to…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
89th Annual ADC Awards
The 89th Annual ADC Awards have just come to a successful close. Held at SVA’s theater in NYC, it was hosted some of the industry…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Truffle Pig, an other-worldly virtual reality experience from Gentleman Scholar
LA-based Gentleman Scholar have joined the growing number of animation studios seduced by the creative possibilities (and technical challenges) of virtual reality as a storytelling…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
Neil Blomkamp: Tempbot
South African director Neil Blomkamp (Spy Entertainment) has made his latest film, “Tempbot,” available online. It’s an entertaining short about life as a robotic temp…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
National Television: Hyundai “Imagine”
I’m not sure how old this Hyundai spot is, but I just stumbled onto it yesterday. Agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners worked with studio National…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop: Stella Artois “Dove”
Just in time for the holidays, Lowe Roche Toronto and Psyop introduces us to a gentle old man, toiling away late at night in his…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 16 years ago
One Day on Earth: 10/10/10 Approaches…
Since posting a few months ago, the growth of One Day on Earth has been nothing but impressive. This online community has been joined by…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward
Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can find…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Get Your Shit Together
I’ll admit it. I’m a voyeur: Every chance I get, I ogle other people’s After Effects project files. What I find just as fascinating as the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Peter Saville: Optical Illusions
This Transport for London PSA proves that simplicity can create a serious impact (pardon the pun). There are two levels of contrast working in favor…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Larry Cuba: Star Wars Computer Animation
This making-of video from Larry Cuba explains how he created the computer animation sequence used during the Death Star briefing scene in Star Wars Episode…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Fox Sports Design: NASCAR “Engine City”
Fox Sports Design has a long history of raising the bar for broadcast promos. I’m not sure how this one slipped past our radar, but…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Chicken or Egg?
Noted without comment. John Lewis v. Calzedonia John Lewis by Adam & Eve, London 2010 Calzedonia by ??? 2006 Pedigree vs. Birds Pedigree by TBWA…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Buck for Google eBooks
After much speculations and rumours, Google launches its own eBookstore today. Lots of talk about its pros and cons, as well as discussions about whether…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Mirada, North Kingdom, Google: 3 Dreams of Black
Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin, who brought you The Johnny Cash Project and The Wilderness Downtown, are back with a lovely new dynamic music video…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Step by Step: Jake Armstrong
With the boom of hand-drawn animation in the world of motion design, it's a no-brainer that we do a Step by Step profile on the…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Step by Step: Freddy Arenas
In this Step by Step profile, look over the shoulder of one of our industry's best. Here, Freddy Arenas dives deeper into his recent exploration…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
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Staff • 4 years ago