Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat
Learn about the process behind "Malak and the Boat," a powerful CG short about a 7 year-old Syrian refugee. Says the film's director: "We are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Daniel Oeffinger, finger puppets & Buck’s special POV
Daniel Oeffinger and Buck NY dive head — well, in this case, hand first into the world of finger puppets to create this brilliantly fun new series…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Here are The Motion Awards 2023 Nominees!
It's unthinkable for us to conclude the year without stirring up enthusiasm for the nominees of The Motion Awards 2023!
Carlos El Asmar • 11 months ago
Seeing Double
I seem to have a thing for posting in pairs lately. Weird. Jake Portman & Bill Sneed: The Forest in Winter There might be something…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Shilo: Redesign + New Work
Shilo has refreshed their web presence and posted some excellent new work, including a new reel. The reel is edited in such a clever way,…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Two More Envelope-Pushers
If you’ve been reading this site (or Tween) for any time at all, you know I love to talk about the convergence of web and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Eye of the Storm
Well, classes are over and my finals are all turned in. I’m pretty pleased with my progress this quarter, but I’ve got a loooong way…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Motion Theory: Modest Mouse “Dashboard”
I’m not a huge fan of music videos. I know, I know—what kind of motion graphics fiend doesn’t enjoy music videos? It’s just rare that…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Brian Cain: Wedding Crashers “The Perfect Girl”
Brian Cain is finishing up his time at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and he decided to throw an intonation project* into his portfolio. Working…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Nervo for Zune
God bless Microsoft. They just won’t give up on promoting the Zune, and as long as they keep funding work like this latest series of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Nathan Love’s Suicidal Cabbage
Director: Nathan Love Executive Producer: Mike Harry Producer: Derrick Huang Creative Directors: Joe & Kate Burrascano Character Design / Storyboards: Morgan Schweitzer Animatic: Chase Massingill…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Surface to Air: Favorite Color and Varathit Uthaisri Working Together
A while back, we made a post about the Bonaroo line-up animation, the basic concept of which was taken from Javan Ivey’s My Paper Mind.…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Crush: Hellmann’s “It’s Time for Real”
Nice mix of metaphor and infographics in this visual essay from Crush and Sons and Daughters’ Steve Gordan urging Canadians to eat local
Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Mainframe: Ministry of Sound/MSHK “Tomas” (NSFW)
Warning: These films are not safe for work (NSFW). We got the scoop on these deliciously macabre promos from Mainframe last week, but we’ve been…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Psyop: In-Depth with Tony Barbieri
This interview with Technical Director and Project Lead Tony Barbieri is part of a three-part series that goes deep behind the scenes with Psyop regarding their…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
HunterGatherer’s Signature Series for Fuel
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HunterGatherer_960_30.mov 960 540] Q&A with Todd St. John, HunterGatherer: 1. The Fuel Signature Series is pretty wide-open, allowing artists a blank canvas to express themselves…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Mill NY: OFFF Opening Titles
Click here to play the OFFF Opening Titles. Splicing up biological elements and reforming them to create brand new species to illustrate the beauty that…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
Music Video Round-Up (Creature Edition)
Here’s three four pieces of odd, “creature-driven” music (yes they’re still relevant) video work from some of our favorites to get your Wednesday going. First…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
DANIELS: My Best Friend’s Wedding/My Best Friend’s Sweating
A new short short from DANIELS to make you smile on hump day. (Thanks, Jason)
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Josh Raskin for Google
Many Motionographer readers will no doubt recognise Josh Raskin as director of the Oscar nominated short ‘I met the Walrus’. Personally I’d been wondering what…
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Simon Robson • 12 years ago
Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins
Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Jenny LeClue: A Handmade Adventure Game
From motion design to game development, Joe Russ is constantly challenging himself to learn more
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
OFFF Cincinnati 2014 Main Titles
It’s getting hard to stay afloat in the sea of title sequences being produced each year. The dominant trend has been to create increasingly epic…
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Staff • 10 years ago