Commercial work with boundaries: the commissioned work model
Maintaining creative control and keeping clients happy can feel impossible. Here's an approach that can ease the tension.
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Handmade with computers: H&M Conscious Films
At first glance, the H&M Conscious Films directed by photographer Bela Borsodi look like 100% hand-made creations. And they are. Kind of. While everything was shot in…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Crafting graphics for the Oscars: An interview with Henry Hobson
Like people who tune into the Super Bowl just to watch the ads, I turn on the Oscars just to watch the graphics. The opening…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
In Pieces: A rare specimen of CSS-based animation
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) started as a way to conveniently manage the appearance of images and type across an entire website. Since 1996, CSS has…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Mill tackles monstrous VR challenges for Google ATAP
The pioneers of VR continue making progress, despite (or perhaps because of) the incredible technical and creative challenges it poses. One of the latest projects…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
Gretel’s Fox College Football package is all kinds of smart
NY-based Gretel produces some of the most consistently well-designed brand work of any studio in the US. Their latest toolkit for Fox College Football is no exception.…
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Justin Cone • 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
Motionographer Expands Its Reach in Asia Through WeChat with Final Frontier Partnership
Motionographer partners with Final Frontier to debut on China's WeChat, expanding their reach in Asia. This collaboration offers motion designers global exposure through WeChat’s vast…
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Staff • 4 months ago
Happiness Factory 2
Looks like the motion graphics grand masters are at it again. Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and Psyop just released a continuation to their Happiness Factory story for…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
AENY Celebrates One Year
This week’s After Effects NY meeting looks like it’ll fun. To celebrate their first year as a successful user group, AENY is hosting Tronic and…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Hatch Studios for Ford
Check out the roller-coaster ride Hatch Studios has created for the new Ford Focus. The car is rocketed through an awesome array of Japanese-inspired visuals…
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John Cranston • 17 years ago
Happiness Factory 3
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hf3_global-3.mov 680 510] Credits Client: The Coca-Cola Company Project name: Happiness Factory 3 – Yawnbusters Brief: To remind people that Coke lifts the spirits—physically and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Lobo: Amnesty International
Leo Burnett Lisbon and one of my favorite Brazilian studios, Lobo, have teamed up to create this arresting spot for Amnesty International. Based on the…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 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
Questioning the Freelance Dilemma
A recent article at Animation World Network has stirred up many passionate comments from freelance visual effects artists in the industry as well as a…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
WeWereMonkeys : Coheed and Cambria: The Broken
WeWereMonkeys were so struck by the energy of the new Coheed and Cambria song, “The Broken,” that it inspired them to create an epic sci-fi…
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Staff • 15 years ago
Superestudio: “Inactivo”
Inactivo is the latest short film by Lamole, the B side of Argentinian Superestudio. It’s about a woodcutter’s brave journey through a gloomy forest of…
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Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago
Lori Nix, Joe Sabia, & Vincent Peone: The Story of Sushi
I’m a huge fan of photographer and diorama-master Lori Nix, so I was thrilled to see her lend her skills to this piece about sustainable…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Royale for Nike
Royale crafts a stylized spot for Nike’s new shoe that blends between the gaming world and the real world.
Jon Saunders • 12 years ago
Alexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin: Stuck in the Sound “Let’s Go”
This one nearly slipped past our radar. Directed by Alexis Beaumont and Rémi Godin, this music video for Stuck in the Sound’s “Let’s Go” is…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Understanding Perception: How We Experience the Meaning We Create
According to neuroscientist Beau Lotto, our brains don't differentiate between imagined stimuli and real stimuli. And that might be the best path towards world peace.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Fall Is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented
Shilo smashed together live action, hand-drawn typography and cel animation for a raucous redesign of Cartoon Network. What’s nice about this approach is that Shilo…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Elijah Raps for Shilo / Cartoon Network
Shilo recently directed and animated this nice little promo for Cartoon Network. A combination of traditional cel, 2D, 3D animation, together with hand-drawn imagery and…
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James Wignall • 17 years ago