Mass Animation = Mass Exploitation?
When Mass Animation announced their goal of creating a CG short film by “crowd-sourcing” the animation to a global community of thousands of animators, I…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
5’th Annual Typophile Film Festival: Opening Title
If you love typography, look no further. Handmade by students and faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU), the opening-title for the 5’th annual Typophile Film…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Previsualization Society Launches
The Previsualization Society is a new organization, formed in September 2009 that is “dedicated to advancing previsualization (“previs”) in feature film, games, commercials and architecture.”…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Ned Wenlock: “Apache” for Danger Beach
What was the concept behind the spinning environment in the piece? I had a rough, hazy idea for what happens in the video based on…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
TRON Legacy In-Depth with David Lewandowski
Editor’s note: The following is a guest contribution from writer Meleah Maynard. What would the DNA of a one-of-a-kind being look like if it could be…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Happycamper for China Mobile: “Wireless City”
Happycamper spent the fall of 2011 working alongside China Mobile to create an ambitious mixed-media piece in Wireless City. Using a combination of traditional model-making…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Celyn Brazier for Wagon Christ
Celyn Brazier, one of my favorite illustrators, pays homage to the Thaumatrope in his latest for Wagon Christ.
Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
Alexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin: Stuck in the Sound “Let’s Go”
This one nearly slipped past our radar. Directed by Alexis Beaumont and Rémi Godin, this music video for Stuck in the Sound’s “Let’s Go” is…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Kijek/Adamski: Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi”
Directors Kijek/Adamski created this lovely, lighthearted video using approximately 2,000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter. I love the balance between popping…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
“Black Gold” by PES
PES doesn’t release new work very often, so when he does, we tend to get excited. His latest, “Black Gold,” was commissioned to accompany the…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Playgrounds International Arts Fest 2014
Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art in the Netherlands. During the four-day festival in Amsterdam and Tilburg…
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Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
Animator vs Animation IV
Back in 2006, Alan Becker created a Flash animation of a stick figure coming to life and attempting to destroy his maker, an unseen animator.…
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Justin Cone • 10 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
Watching Glean Keane draw in virtual reality is amazing
Legendary animator Glen Keane is famous for his work on Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. Despite his notoriety as a traditional…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Magic Leap… no, for real this time
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap made headlines last year when it raised over $540 million dollars in funding while still managing to hide its plans from…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Gentleman Scholar animates with techniques from A to Z for Bleacher Report
For the Bleacher Report, not only did Blackalicious rewrite “Alphabet Aerobics” as “Sports Alphabet” — but then Gentleman Scholar went and animated the whole damn thing.…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
A wild, animated ride through Portland’s food, drink and culture
CRCR's "Travel Portland" spots are swirling masterpieces of typography, cel animation and mixed media filmmaking.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
A mobile game made entirely out of clay?
The visuals for Tiny Passengers, a new mobile puzzle game from Shape Minds launching in iTunes today, were created almost entirely in clay. Check out…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
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Staff • 5 months ago
Webby-in-Motion Contest
Webby-in-Motion is a special collaborative contest presented by Adobe and The Webby Awards where we ask motion designers, illustrators, animators and other talented creative minds…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Crowdfunding Policy
We get countless requests to share projects on crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. We applaud the efforts of creative people using these funding mechanisms to…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Open Call: DIGITAL CANVAS ikonoTV’s on-air exhibition on Digital Art
Broadcast on the ikonoTV’s live stream and shown in selected venues worldwide, the on-air exhibition Digital Canvas (May 2016) will present a curated selection of…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
AESeattle January: Virtual Reality Night!
Hey everyone! Join us for a night of exploring the creation of virtual reality worlds within After Effects and learning more about the way the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
push.conference
push.conference unites creative coding and user experience design, by offering a platform for designers, developers and UX professionals. A great thing about the conference are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
