Passion Pictures: Red Bull Music Academy World Tour

If you’ve got a month-long tour of events spanning from Berlin to Toronto, from Melbourne to Detroit, how do you visually convey the magnitude of… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

Evelyn Evelyn “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn”

This playful promo for Evelyn Evelyn’s “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn” directed by Hoku Uchiyama is a great way to kick off (or cap… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago

The Last Train

Students, staff and pros of Ireland’s Animation Hub board together on The Last Train.

Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago

Lonely Little Teacup

Lonely Little Teacup by Linnea Sterte.

Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago

Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles

If you haven’t seen Blur’s opening titles for David Fincher’s rendition of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now would be a good time to climb… Read more

Staff • 13 years ago

Buck and Sehsucht for MTV

We wanted to take a moment to highlight two great pieces that Motionographer favorites Buck and Sehsucht have released for MTV. The quality of the… Read more

Elliot Blanchard • 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… Read more

Ivan Cruz • 12 years ago

Mikey Please: The Eagleman Stag

Mikey Please’s paper-craft short film about a man obsessed with time, The Eagleman Stag, finally makes its online debut after a very successful festival run.… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

Benjamin Ducroz: Points in Space

Benjamin Ducroz mixes materials like plywood, thread, nails, printouts, and watercolor with his 3D animations to create film such as Phosphene and Press+. His most… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 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

Artist Profile: Fletcher Moules

Everyone blazes their own path into this crazy industry of ours. A few chosen ones march in a straight line from birth to a beautifully… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Artist Profile: Graham Elliott

Everyone finds their own way into the ever-expanding house of motion design. Side doors, back doors, parachuting onto the roof — it seems any entrance… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 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

My New Animation

Japanese director/animator Masanobu Hiraoka’s latest short film, titled simply “My New Animation,” is a hypnotic study of division and collision. Created in a style consistent… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”

For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project.  What began as… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Poland rising: Juice studio explains why we’ll be seeing more Polish talent soon

Poland is bristling with CG talent, and our interview with Juice studio explains why. We also dig into the technical details behind the promotional short,… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

NYC Gifathon, 30 days of animated GIFs by James Curran

[Interview] NYC Gifathon, 30 days of animated GIFs by James Curran

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

40 Instagram accounts you should be following

Brian Gossett shares 40 of his favorite Instagram accounts — and explains why Instagram matters more than ever for artists and designers.

Brian Gossett • 9 years ago

Scale, Light, and Form: Finding Creative Inspiration in Architecture

By Vikkal Parikh, Founder and Creative Director, Ataboy Studios The practice of motion design is, as its title suggests, a thing that is constantly changing… Read more

OOY • 3 years ago

Studio Stories: 12 Years of Ataboy

The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders. By Vikkal Parikh, founder of Ataboy.   Editor’s Note: In this series, we’ll hear… Read more

Staff • 11 months ago

[Interview] Buck: Good Books “Metamorphosis”

From Buck’s website: “The Buck team dug deep, channeling our inner gonzo, to direct and produce this homage promoting Good Books, the online bookseller that passes… Read more

Angelo Collazo • 13 years ago

Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War

The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up

As we all recover from the Boards Summit, here’s a recap of some notable items from Day 2. The morning session, Business as Unusual, was… Read more

Matt Lambert • 15 years ago