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
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
AENY Meeting This Thursday, May 22nd
It’s time for another After Effects New York meeting this Thursday, May 22nd @ 6:30pm at Pratt. Sean Cusson of Qmedia and Dan Opsal, Editor…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Style Frames New York Discount Code
Style Frames NY is coming up! Motionographer fans save 10% off tickets with promo code SFNYmotion.
Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Two Takes on Infinite Zoom with Psyop and Johnny Kelly
Enjoy the infinite zoom technique employed in two different styles — Psyop zooms into lush landscapes overrun with surreal details in Toshiba “Endless Performance” and…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Kim Dulaney on going freelance and mastering her craft
If you’ve worked in the New York motion scene at all, you’ve probably heard of Kim Dulaney. Revered for her naturalistic yet meticulous approach to everything…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Moth Collective: Modern Love
At this point anyone who follows my posts will think I sound like a broken record, but… The Moth Collective does it again! This time…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
“Character Upload,” Mate Steinforth, and Pictoplasma
With Pictoplasma right around the corner, we caught up with the one and only Mate Steinforth on his new trailer for the upcoming festival, the…
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Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
The Interpreter
In this Motionographer showcase, we take a peek at BlinkMyBrain's new work for The New York Times and get a glimpse at why democracy may…
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Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
Welcome to Motionographer 2.0
Welcome to Motionographer’s refreshed look. There’s still plenty of work to be done, but it’s time we went ahead and pushed this baby out. Some…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Exopolis: Xbox “Experience Welcoming Animation”
I play a lot of Xbox. To be more specific, I play a ton of Halo 3. Anyways, today the New Xbox Experience launches giving…
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Brian Gossett • 16 years ago
Happy New End!
French collective Bonzom (Passion Paris) celebrates the impending end of the world in this happy-go-lucky short. Riffing on B-movie posters from the bronze age of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Samsung “New Species”
1st Ave Machine’s latest project for Samsung is a delightful throwback to their early days (by which I mean a few years ago), when co-founder…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Tata Docomo’s Cat
It isn’t often that we see purely graphic animations like these spots for Tata Docomo, part of a new branding effort by Wolff Olins for…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 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
Alexander Chen: “Conductor”
Interactive Designer and Google Creative Lab’s own Alexander Chen reinvented the subway map of New York City into an interactive, real-time instrument at mta.me. By…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Canada: Justice ‘New Lands’
Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA has produced a new music video for the Parisian artist Justice. According to Canada’s Luis Cerveró, “It was all about aesthetics and stylization: the…
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Angelo Collazo • 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…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
MK12 Interview: Making “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance”
For many, MK12 is where it all started. Just as Kyle Cooper’s iconic title sequence for Se7en signaled a renaissance for the craft of opening credits,…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Oddfellows expands with a new office, website, team and body of work
Proving they do much more than tech videos, the San Francisco-based Oddfellows have expanded to Portland and established themselves as a new contender in the…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
UVPHACTORY: Designer Needed
Designer UVPHACTORY New York, NY United States Background UVPHACTORY ( https://www.uvph.com ) is an award-winning NY-based design and production company offering a complete range of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Loyalkaspar updates
Loyalkaspar did some updating recently with a new reel, and a few new pieces of work. Of particular interest is the 60 second spot for…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Impactist: New Work
Impactist (on Hornet’s roster) has recently completed some new work, including a beautiful spot for Peace Corps. The spot has a wonderful texture and pace…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
A New Model: Hooray or Nay?
I got an email recently from The Radar Festival about a new initiative they’ve launched. Here’s the gist of it straight from the horse’s mouth:…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
