Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War
The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Action packed cinematic for the new Sonic Unleased
Action packed cinematic for Sonic Unleased
Tyquane Wright • 16 years ago
Motion Theory : NFL
So Super Bowl XLIII has come and gone. That doesn’t mean we should overlook one of the few commercials that premiered during the big game…
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Brian Gossett • 16 years ago
Framestore: “DJ Hero” Cinematic
In the latter-day tradition of epic video-game cinematics, we present DJ Hero. Reared with love by Framestore and directed by Marco Puig, DJ Hero is…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Prologue: The Game is Afoot
If you were one of the millions of people who caught Sherlock Holmes over the holidays, you probably found it to be a rollicking good…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Motion Theory: NCAA Under Construction
Motion Theory continues their decade-long run in the sports spot game with NCAA “Under Construction” from director Grady Hall. Hall’s background as a writer always…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Mothership: Tron Evolution Game Teaser
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Ralph Lauren Gets in the Projection Game
Architecture, fashion and CG collide in this projection on Ralph Lauren’s London flagship store.
Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles
If you haven’t seen Blur’s opening titles for David Fincher’s rendition of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now would be a good time to climb…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Nike Football: The Last Game
Jon Saunders (formerly of Psyop, now at Passion Pictures) directs this action-packed 5-minute short for Nike, featuring the likenesses of Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Zlatan…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface
"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | OREO x GOT / Elastic
The ultimate mashup between two fan favorites, OREOxGOT was concepted to be an homage to the original Game of Thrones main title. The primary creative…
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Staff • 2 weeks ago
An homage to the games
Beginners and experts alike can learn from the elegance and superb sense of weight in "OLYMPIA."
Daniel Coutinho • 8 years ago
Buck: Fuel TV IDs
Buck and Fuel TV: two great tastes that taste great together. Continuing its long and distinguished tradition of patronizing the best designers and animators in…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
A New Model: Hooray or Nay?
I got an email recently from The Radar Festival about a new initiative they’ve launched. Here’s the gist of it straight from the horse’s mouth:…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Marco Iozzi: Look Development Portfolio
Marco Iozzi updates his portfolio with some major goodies. Marco is an awesome CG artist and look development specialist that has worked with many top…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
Our Top Ten Most Viewed Quickies of 2020
The year’s almost over but there’s still time for a Quickie or two. Below is a rundown of our best performing Quickies on Motionographer for…
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Staff • 4 years ago
The coke taste of machinima
I’m sure by now we all are familiar with what machinima is, or at least have seen it’s most popular representative, red vs. blue. If…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Joseph Kosinski brings the radness with Halo 3: “Starry Night”
Wowee-wee-wow, Joseph Kosinski acted as director on an all-star team of companies to create this piece for Microsoft Xbox. Visually it is stunning, and the…
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John Cranston • 18 years ago
Get the Glass
Excellent design, animation, interactivity and yes, motion graphics, come together in Get the Glass, an interactive board game from Swedish-based web studio North Kingdom (for…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Don’t Walk Alone by Santamaria
This piece by a duo called Santamaria for Sony is blowing my mind. I’d like to say RAD, but I don’t think we can anymore.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
The Making of “Get the Glass”
This post is kinda more of a super-Quickie. My friend Matt Ross sent me this making-of page for the Get the Glass online game I…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Transistor Studios: Two for Cranium
Transistor Studios’ two spots for Cranium star cute characters inspired by elements of the Cranium board game design. Watch “Launch” | Watch “Treats” The writing’s…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
JibJab “In 2007”
JibJab’s pop-culture pugilism needs no introduction. They were one of the early pioneers of internet virals, and after years in the game they’ve remained true…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago