GoldRunner, Vivian Rosenthal and Augmented Reality

I cut my teeth on motion design at turn of the 21st century, when the desktop computer revolution was in full swing. A handful of… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Fairness For Visual Effects Artists: Q&A

Q&A: Your letter to James Cameron this week has stirred up a lot of discussion in the Motion Design and Visual Effects fields about the… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago

Call for Proposals: MODE 2015

MODE 2015 is accepting entries for the following topics: Academic Papers and Presentations Curriculum Case Studies Professional and Creative Work Case Studies Conference themes The… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

One Year of 9 Squares

Encompassing 28 rounds and 186 contributors, 9 Square's 1 year retrospective is motion for motion's sake — no deep ideas or earth-shattering innovations. Just beautiful… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Richard Fenwick Joins Passion Pictures [Press Release]

Independent film maker and director Richard Fenwick has joined Passion Pictures for commercial representation.   Fenwick is well known for the versatility of his work which… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Patrick Boivin

Patrick Boivin’s latest stop-motion short—a comedic battle between Iron Man and Bruce Lee—burned up the interw3b as soon as it was released a few days… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Making Of: Seattle International Film Festival 2009

Our previous post about Digital Kitchen’s work for the Seattle International Film Festival tickled my curiosity: How exactly were the animation rigs set up? How… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

F5 RE:PLAY Film Festival: Batch One

I’m very pleased to get the first batch of F5 RE:PLAY films online. We debated about how best to share these films. While sharing them… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Oh, Hello for SIFF

Seattle based studio Oh, Hello bring their signature style of cel animation to the Seattle International Film Fest. Like their previous work for the Pacific… Read more

Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago

PES: The Deep

How did Showtime and PES come together for “The Deep”? One day I woke up and had an invitation via email to be part of… Read more

Brandon Lori • 13 years ago

Adrian Dexter: Vaesen

Adrian Dexter and a very talented team of fellow students have just completed Vaesen, their 2012 Bachelor film project for The Animation Workshop. Vaesen is… Read more

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

The long journey to “Lostopolis,” an interview with PandaPanther

While many commercial animation shops dream of developing feature length films — and building valuable intellectual property in the process — very few actually get… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Interview with Johnny Kelly: Dropbox “Creative Freedom”

Johnny Kelly’s approach can best be described using the principle of Occam’s Razor. In short, if all things are considered equal, the simplest solution is… Read more

Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago

An Interview with nailgun*

MOV nailgun*’s latest reel JPG Pitch boards for the Academy Awards PDF The process behind the Benjamin Franklin spot for Spike TV’s Men of Action… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Motion Graphic Design Census Results

When we invited people to take part in the first ever Motion Graphic Design Census last year (okay, technically it was in 2009), we were… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

School Profile: Savannah College of Art & Design

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of school profiles we’ll be sharing on Motionographer. The following profile was compiled in August, 2015. Since… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Making waves with Punanimation

Meet Punanimation, the new directory of women, trans and non-binary people working with animation and motion graphics.

Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago

The Motion Awards 2023 Winners!

Motion Awards is not just a celebration; it’s a grand spectacle of creativity in the Motion Design community! Picking a winner from a sea of… Read more

Gerardo Tejo • 4 months 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

DK Serves Up A Diverse Sampling for the Webbys

After a couple hardcore months of production, Digital Kitchen has just delivered a hefty and diverse package of content for this year’s Webby Awards Gala… Read more

Matt Lambert • 16 years ago

Grzegorz Jonkajtys: Ark

Way back in June of 2006, we posted a Quickie about Grzegorz Jonkajtys’ short film, Ark. He recently sent word that the film’s site has… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Arev Manoukian: Nuit Blanche

A couple years ago, it seemed everyone and their mother was shooting with a Phantom camera, capturing life’s minutiae in ultra slow-motion. While the results… Read more

Justin Cone • 14 years ago

Clemens Kogler’s Phonovideo

Austrian student Clemens Kogler just released a new film called Phonovideo which is an intriguing mix of cel-animation that was shot and edited in a… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago