Which came first, the algorithm or the artwork?
Habito is a seemingly simple animation about a mortgage algorithm. Our interview with director and graphic artist Nicolas Menard reveals there’s a lot more under…
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Salih Abdul-Karim • 7 years ago
D&AD “Next Awards”
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Client – Ad Dynamics
Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
A Spring Fling Between Pepsi x Peeps and Versus
Given less than four weeks to deliver eight 10-15 second animations, the Versus team braced for their latest challenge.
Staff • 1 year 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
The Mothership Has Landed
If you saw our post yesterday, then you already know a little something about the mysterious entity known as Mothership. Today we got the full…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Psyop: Fage “Plain”
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Psyop_Fage_Plain.mov 848 480] What was CG and what was live action? Early in the project, we learned we only had two weeks for post…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”
Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
ILOVEDUST Launches
News of a Motion Design studio launch are always exciting, more so when the studio has already possessed a considerable repertoire and strong reputation in…
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Boca Ceravolo • 14 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
D&AD New Blood
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Newsletter Advertisers
Reach an all-new, motion-savvy audience looking for products and solutions. Promote your product or service to an all-new audience that is actively looking for recommendations.…
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Stuart Groves • 1 year ago
Nickelodeon Global Rebrand | Project Breakdown
Give us a brief introduction to yourself and the studio. My name is Braden Wheeler and I’m an on-the-box creative director (with a general focus…
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Staff • 3 months ago
Tintori and NABIL: Breaking your internets
It’s happened to you at least once — a color explosion on your screen created by an ill-fated download or a codec mismatch. A compression…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 15 years ago
Motion design in games with Ubisoft’s Wylie Robinson
Motion design in games? It's more important than you think. Our interview with Wylie explains why.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch
What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar
Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
✌️Farewell Motionographer✌️
"Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past…
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Joe Donaldson • 4 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
The (In)famous Craigslist Post
The text below was originally posted on Craigslist (and quickly removed by admins) in response to the ridiculous job offers there soliciting creative services for…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Nagi Noda
Born in Tokyo, Nagi Noda is a remarkably talented director/art director. Her unique vision and craft make each of her projects wonderful art pieces to…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Mac Guff Makes the World Smile
I’m probably going to regret this later, but I’m a couple beers into the night, so what the hell. I’m going to use the word…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago