Interview: Freestyle Collective
Stills from the MTVK launch series From the opener for Fly, a DVD magazine Still from a FUEL ID entitled “Chemistry” From the show package…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Only Say Yes When It’s Yes
As the President of The Ashy Agency and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Brett Ashy has worked with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Marco Iozzi: Look Development Portfolio
Marco Iozzi updates his portfolio with some major goodies. Marco is an awesome CG artist and look development specialist that has worked with many top…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
Alaska Nanooks 2010 Hockey Intro
Mike Martinez’s Alaska Nanooks’ Intro of 07-08 was a truly over-the-top pastiche of lo-fi animation with hockey, explosions, a huge Polar Bear and 80s music.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Shape Shifter
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/chrlx_shapeshifter.mov 960 540] Interview with Director Alex Weil First of all, would you talk a little bit about yourself, your background and your current position…
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Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago
Lauren Indovina: 10,000 Arrows to the Heart
Aside from being a Creative Director and Designer at Psyop since 2008 and collecting a number of top honors (Clios, ADC, BDA, AICP and the…
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Staff • 11 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
Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface
"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
An interactive love story: Making Jeff Buckley’s “Just like a Woman”
Coders create an infinite love story machine. Motion designers tackle user experience challenges. These are the times we live in. We dive into the process…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Motion Theory Grows for VAIO
Motion Theory (dir. Grady Hall) continues to refine their sophisticated sensibilities with “Vines“, “Fly Trap” and “Breeze” for Sony VAIO. The simple concept from 180LA,…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Keith Loutit’s “Metal Heart”
Keith Loutit’s “Metal Heart”. Masterful tilt-shift/ time lapse technique with monster trucks. If you were ever 8, played with toys, or love photography, this will make…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Keith Loutit for All State
Whitehouse’s Marc Langley and Partizan director Keith Loutit bring his signature tilt-shift/ time-lapse technique mainstream in All State’s ad, “Multiples”. Kudos to director and client for…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
GE + the barbarian group: Paths of Flight
Inspired by Aaron Koblin’s visualization of aircraft flight paths, the barbarian group made a video featuring time-lapse photography of take-offs and landings at different airports.…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Sometimes The Stars: Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment
Ari Gibson and Jason Pamment (Director and Art Director of The Cat Piano–read also our post on that award-winning film here.) teamed up again, this…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Work/Life: PandaPanther on parenting, work and creating amazing spit
We’ve come to know NYC-based PandaPanther for their playful, character-driven work. Since 2006, Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura have directed casts of colorful creatures on…
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Justin Cone • 13 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
Welcome to Motionographer 3.0
It's finally here, the new Motionographer website. And it only took 6 years. Here's why.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Beautiful Chemical Reactions
Beautiful Chemistry presents 8 types of chemical reactions, magnified and time-lapsed for your viewing pleasure. Credits Video & Editing Yan Liang Chemical Reaction Design Xiangang…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Dubai Flow Motion by Rob Whitworth
Rob Whitworth’s “Dubai Flow Motion” is a mind-bendingly complex portrait of one of the world’s most extravagant cities. Combining time-lapse, camera-stabilization and boat loads of 4K footage,…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Interactive experiences at the human scale: Making CenterStage with Andrew Bell and Lutz Vogel
It’s rare that a single project can sum up the possibilities for the convergence of motion design and interactive experiences the way that CenterStage does. Created…
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Justin Cone • 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
AI for Good | “Life Is Plastic”
A baby consists of 75% water and 0.0001% plastic’.The awful fact that nanoplastics are already found in foetuses inside the womb.
Staff • 6 months ago
Apple TV+ The Dark Matter Title Sequence: How We Created It Three Times
Dark Matter. Based on the novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, this sci-fi series promises to take viewers on a thrilling journey through…
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Staff • 4 months ago
Interview with Hasmik Mkhchyan: A journey through time and technology
Hasmik’s journey from traditional art to AI-driven motion design blends the old with the new. Trained in hand-drawn techniques at the Armenian Academy of Fine…
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Natalia Gonzalez • 2 weeks ago