The Art of Pulling References

Elliott Chaffer, Executive Creative Director at Trollbäck+Company, gives his thoughts on the power of great ref. He shares his personal process and tips and tricks… Read more

Ask Between the Keyframes VI

Ask Between the Keyframes answers your most troubling Motion Design questions. What are the most sought-after skills by producers?

Just Start Writing

Staring at a blank screen can be intimidating, overwhelming, and sometimes boil over from simmering frustration to explosive rage.

The Motion Awards 2023

It’s that time again to honor the shining lights of our craft and share your incredible work with the community.

A Reunion with America’s Racial History

In an era where storytelling transcends traditional boundaries, Reunion Studio merges artistry and A.i. technology to shed light on America's profound legacy of racial injustice.… Read more

Welcome to Motionographer

Welcome to Motionographer, the slightly bigger, slightly better successor of Tween. For the full poop on Motionographer, read the About page or Meet Motionographer. You… Read more

Robert Hodgin/Flight404

I first happened upon Ben Fry and Casey Reas’ a/v-oriented programming language, Processing, when I attended FITC back in 2005. (I even did a little… Read more

Diesel Style Lounge

There’s some beautiful eye candy in the Diesel Style Lounge. (Make sure you choose the high bandwidth version, and then be patient while it loads.)… Read more

RE:PLAY Film Festival: Last Batch

Rounding out the F5 RE:PLAY FIlm Festival are three treats from Nanospore, La Flama and a co-directed short from Ryan Rothermel and Sean Pecknold. Diverse,… Read more

Philippe Grammaticopoulos

Allow me to introduce the work of Philippe Grammaticopoulos, a French director working with the somewhat mysterious production company Mr. Hyde in Paris. Philippe has… Read more

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… Read more

Le Soupe: Europe 2 TV

Some of the work in Le Soupe’s montage of IDs for Europe 2 TV really gets under my skin. Sorry. Bad joke. But hey, the… Read more

Elliot Blanchard

Elliot Blanchard is another unsung hero of the New York scene. He is a freelance animator/designer with an impressive collection of work. He has been… Read more

Shilo’s Scion Deviants

Shilo continues its blitz of new motion work with this spot done for ATTIK’s brand new campaign for Scion entitled “Little Deviant”. A very dark… Read more

Cassiano Prado ‘in Berlin’

New director Cassiano Prado has directed this stunning video for the band Electralane, for their track ‘In Berlin’. The promo is an emotional tour de… Read more

Korb – I’ll be gone

I’ve always been a sucker for a simple idea well executed. And right now I can’t think of a piece that achieves it better than… Read more