First Looks At Banksy’s ‘Exit Though the Gift Shop’ with Nick Parish
Contagious‘ North American Editor Nick Parish (former Creativity/Ad Age) caught a screening of Banksy’s recent film, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. He’s been kind enough…
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Matt Lambert • 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
PES: The Deep
After posting PES’s latest work, The Deep, in mid December, recently, we were able to catch up with the artist himself. Chatting about everything from…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
F5: First Set of Speakers!
We’re pleased to announce our first set of speakers for F5 2011! Here is the first savory piece of the cake—just enough to want a…
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Staff • 14 years ago
Scott Benson: Rendezvous “The Murf” Interview
Scott Benson can’t seem to stop putting out creative work, whether it’s light-hearted (Opposites, Future Trends in Motion Graphics) or helping himself and others ponder…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Ben Richardson & Daniel Bird: Seed
If you haven’t watched Seed by Daniel Bird and Ben Richardson yet, I recommend setting aside ten minutes to meditate on a surreal superstructure building…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Psyop heads back to the MiO Watering Hole with “Nose Job”
Continuing the MiO Watering Hole campaign, Psyop once again proves their prowess in character sculpture and non-mocap animation with the piece, “Nose Job“. From Psyop:…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
Total Recall UI: In Depth with Ash Thorp
Over the weekend, the highly anticipated remake of Total Recall was released. Several crucial moments in the film involve interactions with technology, and one of…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
WHITEvoid: FLUIDIC – Sculpture in Motion
Between April 9 and 14, 2013 the art installation FLUIDIC – Sculpture In Motion is being displayed in the Temporary Museum for New Design in…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Obscura Digital: Emergence at the Exploratorium
At nightfall on April 17th and 18th, 2013, Obscura Digital transforms San Francisco’s Pier 15 with a projection mapping extravaganza. We’ve seen a lot of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Saschka Unseld & Pixar: The Blue Umbrella Making-Of Holiday Calendar
The highlight of my 2013 advent calendar season was Saschka Unseld‘s The Blue Umbrella Making-Of Holiday Calendar. Now that all twenty-four days have been revealed,…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Dvein: We Wander
In Dvein’s latest short, “We Wander,” you won’t find CG fluid sims or virtual Rube Goldbergs of visual oddities. Instead, you’ll find haunting visuals of…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Miwa Matreyek
Animator/performance artist Miwa Matryek incorporates the silhouette of her own body into projections of her lush animations. Having seen her perform at last year’s Vimeo…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Art&Graft: “Trip” The Virgin Atlantic Safety Film
Long ago, Virgin Airways embraced the simple fact that no one pays attention to the poor flight attendants as they drone on mechanically about oxygen…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Welcome to Motionographer 3.0
It's finally here, the new Motionographer website. And it only took 6 years. Here's why.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Guilherme Marcondes on going it alone
Aspiring directors, listen up! Gui explains the ins and outs of representation in this insightful and honest interview.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Interview: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Vectorpark’s “Metamorphabet”
Those interested in the future of animation often cite interactive as a new horizon. Patrick Smith, better known as Vectorpark, has been fusing his own…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Buck builds a “Factory” of hand-made type for Facebook
Buck’s “Factory” for Facbeook is a masterclass in live action motion design and typography. After cleaning out their local art supply store, the team got…
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Justin Cone • 10 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
NYC: An Evening with David OReilly at the MoMA
At 7pm on May 11th at the MoMA in New York City, Director David OReilly will discuss the process behind his work and debut his…
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Justin Cone • 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…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Ash Thorp teams up with friends to launch Learn Squared
Ash Thorp, Andrew Hawryluk, Maciej Kuciara and Anthony Jones have teamed up to launch Learn Squared, an offering of online courses that (for now) focus…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Explore the desolate and spooky world of “xVOID”
Released in time for Halloween, “xVOID” is a 100% CG short film that begins as an atmospheric exploration of a desolate scene and then takes…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Marcus Eckert releases Squall for AE to iOS workflow
After months of anticipation (and beta testing), Marcus Eckert has quietly released Squall, a "a tool to read vector animations from After Effects and reconstruct…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago