Process: Making the F5 Opening Titles with Block & Tackle
Over the last several years, conference openers have joined music videos, film titles and visual essays as ideal showcases for ambitious motion designers and visual…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul
When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Behind the Scenes: “Donning the Digital Mask: Anonymous”
The infamous group of hackers that identify themselves as “Anonymous” are, as their name suggests, incredibly hard to pin down. They’ve targeted racists, terrorists and pedophiles. They’ve brought…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Chatting with The Action Cats
“The Experiment” by The Action Cats Storyboards for “The Experiment” Animatic for “The Experiment” Stop-motion experiments and source footage Back in April, when Adobe and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Fx & Mat: Coke “Siege”
Artistically, what was the inspiration behind Coke Siege? Our intention was to make an epic film using the codes of the fantasy world. As illustrators…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
David Bolinsky on Truth and Beauty
This presentation delivered by medical illustrator and animator David Bolinsky is by no means new (it was posted on the TED site back in July),…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop’s Reverse Merger with Fortissimo
Okay okay, enough already. We’ve known about the Psyop “buyout” now for almost two weeks, but we didn’t report it because it’s industry news and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
AICE Announces Membership Expansion to Include Design, Motion Graphics and Visual Effect Companies and Artists
AICE, the Association of Independent Creative Editors has updated its membership eligibility requirements to now include Design, Motion Graphic and Visual Effects Companies. See here…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Aardman Nathan Love is born
If you’ve been following the infectious teasers released earlier this month from Nathan Love, you know that they’ve been holding back some news. Today, the news…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Review: Division05’s “Snapdragon”
We review the latest educational offering from Division05, "Snapdragon," a comprehensive dissection of a real-world motion graphics project for Qualcomm.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Understanding Patrick Clair
Ever wonder what makes Patrick Clair’s work so darn good? Nol Honig sits down with the Emmy Award-winning title designer to find out. Hint: it’s…
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Nol Honig • 6 years ago
Jonathan Jarvis and The New Mediators
Building on the success of his incredibly lucid and educational animation, “The Crisis of Credit Visualized,” designer/animator Jonathan Jarvis announced an interesting new venture, The…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
yU+co: Cirque du Freak Titles
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cirque-du-freak.mov 720 405] Interview with Motionographer’s Brandon Lori: How hands-on was Paul Weitz, director of Cirque du Freak, in the creation of the main title,…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
“Marvel” by BlackMeal
Paris-based Blackmeal loves Marvel so much, they decided to make an homage to the company’s 74-year history of creating inspiring characters and telling thrilling stories.…
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Justin Cone • 11 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
From motion design to game design: In-depth process behind Specimen
“I wanted to be a beginner again and feel like I was growing.” Those words from designer/director Erica Gorochow encapsulate the primary motivation behind deciding…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Unsung Art of Screenwashes
About a month before Inspire, we realized we needed something on the screens between presentations and during introductions. “Yeah, like one of those looped animation…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Lexus Pop Up
Just when you thought pop up ads could not be done again, agency Team One along with Stylewar as director came up with a whole…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Knife Party & Sixty40. F#*K!
Knife Party (Motionographers own Simon Robson) & Sydney crew Sixty40 collaborated on this 40 second promo for a new show on the UK’s Channel 4,…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago
Saving the World, One Animation at Time
I was reading through the latest issue of Discover magazine, when I came across an interesting interview conducted by Jennifer Barone. She was chatting with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Phillip Van and Method Studios: “And She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost”
I don’t often get tingles from the work posted here, but this new short film directed by Phillip Van had my entire body covered in…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
