Scott Benson: Rendezvous “The Murf” Interview
[…] inspired by really synthetic but primitive-looking monochrome patterns you used to see in old Paint programs on black and white computers. I remember I…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Total Recall UI: In Depth with Ash Thorp
[…] do you use to design this stuff? As for hardware tools, I use a Wacom Intuos 4, a Wacom Cintiq 21UX, a 30″ Apple…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Moniker: Do Not Touch
[…] world going through the same three minute experience you’re participating in at this very moment. If you look closely you will see four different…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
“The Bear and The Hare” for John Lewis
[…] Humiston Darko Cesar Head of Clean-up 2D Animation Janelle Bell-Martin 2D Clean-up Artists Mi Yul Lee Teresa Quezada-Geer Jacque Pierro Chad Thompson Jason Peltz…
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Lilian Darmono • 11 years ago
Jenny LeClue: A Handmade Adventure Game
[…] around in a few years, and it makes porting to other platforms and consoles much easier. What platforms are you launching on? Currently we…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Design I/O: Connected Worlds
[…] handle the migration of creatures from one environment to another, Design I/O needed to craft a network solution that could handle real-time water and creature…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
PopUp F5
[…] now? An evolution in technology always ushers in a revolution of creativity. They are opposite sides of the same coin. The birth of desktop…
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Staff • 6 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 • 17 years ago
Caviar & Nicographics for Towa Tei’s ‘Mind Wall’
The Japanese did it again! Been a while since I watched a music video that ticks all the right boxes. Is well-paced, not draggy. Has…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
Motionographer Team
For the love of the work Motionographer is an all-volunteer organization run by professional artists, designers and directors in our spare time. We don’t make any…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique
What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
LAIKA: Tostitos “The Amazing Flamenco Chef” (Updated with Q&A)
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/laika_tostitos.mov 640 360] Interview The following is an interview with Laika House’s Nicholas Weigel, director of “The Amazing Flamenco Dancer” and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina. Lauren…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
2010 AICP Results
Fresh from the 2010 AICP Awards at MoMA in NYC, we’ve got the results to share. Top production companies are MJZ (12 honors), Biscuit (5),…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
State of Design 2011 Playlist
This is the playlist of videos from Justin Cone’s PromaxBDA State of Design 2011 presentation. In most cases, credits are on the linked pages. Thanks…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Out of Sight
Out of Sight on Vimeo. So this is a year old, but it’s still wonderful, and I can’t believe it’s slipped through my posting schedule.…
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Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth
Recently we’ve seen more and more of Sehsucht, and with good reason: they’ve steadily been building steam through the years, and it’s culminating in some…
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Ivan Cruz • 13 years ago
Lagoa Launches, Blows Minds
I was invited to the beta of Lagoa.com (then called TeamUp) several months ago, and even in that early stage it blew my mind. As…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
How Pixar, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm and others kept wages artificially low
Wage-suppression conspiracy involved some of the world's most admired tech companies... and animation studios.
Staff • 10 years ago
What it takes to be “Original”
What is originality? Does it even exist? If so, how can we be original? Those are the questions that haunted Toronto-based designer Andrew Vucko as…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Jay Quercia
Brooklyn-based freelance illustrator and animator Jay Quercia updates with a slick new site and a boatload of new projects. I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Jay, and time and…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Tendril, relaunching and repositioning in a shifting landscape
Toronto-based Tendril relaunched their web presence today, joining the growing number of nimble, mid-sized shops repositioning themselves in response to the hand-writing on the wall: …
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Motion design education: MoGraph Mentor
My recent op-ed post, “6 Problems with Motion Design Education,” looked at challenges facing students and educators through the lens of brick-and-mortar design schools. But over the last 20…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Kenesha Sneed updates
Lovely illustrations by Kenesha Sneed.
Igor Sordokhonov • 9 years ago
Adam Plouff: Building Tools for Animators
“If I’m known for anything, it’s the utilization of some of the more obscure features in After Effects and a weirdo obsession with mathematical phenomena,”…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago