Leonardo da Vinci Was a Loser
Success is a slippery term. How do you define success for yourself?
Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Bitfilm Festival Deadline Extended to August 8th
I was going to post a Quickie about this, but I figured it’d be better to post the full poop here: The 7th International Bitfilm…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Stepping Back
[Warning: There are no links to exciting new projects in the following post.] As usual, when I’m between quarters (or between massive projects), I get…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
David O’Reilly Interview: Please Say Something
The following is an interview with David O’Reilly and Motionographer regarding his short film, Please Say Something. Where did the idea and story behind Please…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Thank You
It’s been a week since F5, and our heads are still spinning. By all accounts, it was a smashing success. It’s hard for us to…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Google Voice Q&A with JR Canest and Kasey Lum
Work-In-Progress images from JR Canest What were your plans after graduation? Jorge: First thing I wanted to do was to spend some time with my…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Max Hattler’s 1923 & 1925: Q&A
Questions: How were you introduced to the Animation Workshop, and how did this collaboration come about? Norwegian animation theorist Joakim Pedersen – who I used…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Carine Khalifé: Young Galaxy — Blown Minded
I’m so happy to be able to post this up on Motionographer. Finding an artistic collaboration of such beautiful execution that’s off the beaten track…
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David Wilson • 13 years ago
Airside London 1998-2012
It’s a sad day when one of your favourite studios decides to call it a day. When I was studying my degree, Airside were one…
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James Wignall • 13 years ago
Playgrounds Fest 2012
Designed by Jordi Pages with MRK and Gabor Ekes, this beautiful title sequence for the 2012 Playgrounds Festival is nothing short of exquisite. From the…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
One Day on Earth / 12.12.12
By the time this post goes live, One Day on Earth’s third installment will have begun somewhere on this crazy planet of ours. On December…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Playgrounds International Arts Fest 2014
Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art in the Netherlands. During the four-day festival in Amsterdam and Tilburg…
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Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
Journey through the layers of the mind
In case you missed it, a couple weeks ago, Research at Google posted a fascinating blog post entitled, “Inceptionism: Going Deeper into Neural Networks.” The team…
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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 • 7 years ago
4stroke Magic
4stroke has created a series of short animations to introduce some of the work in their demo reel. I took a shine to a couple…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
ESPN Taps The SYNDICATE to launch MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Santa Monica, CA September 11, 2006 ÂÂAfter ESPN scored the NFL’s Monday Night Football franchise, TV’s largest sports broadcast package, the cable network sought an…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
INTERspectacular Shows Us the Unscientific World
INTERspectacular wrote and directed a series of chuckle-worthy spots for the Science Channel, a new arm of the Discovery Channel. I love it when design…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Master Plan: How Google is Going to Dominate the Entire Universe
Carole Guevin over at netdiver.net brought Master Plan to my attention, a visual essay/conspiracy theory about how Google might be evil after all. Maybe I’m…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Paris is burning
Paris is on fire again (the city, not the socialite whore). Every time I turn around there’s another hot track or remix or…. girl and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Getting Turned On at Offf Barcelona
So I just got back from an amazing experience: my first Offf conference in Barcelona. Offf’s founder and captain, Hector Ayuso Ros, has been bringing…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Smith & Foulkes for PLATFORM
One of my favorite animation/direction duos, Smith & Foulkes (of Nexus Productions), has decided to jump on the stop-motion bandwagon in this title sequence for…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Mac Guff Makes the World Smile
I’m probably going to regret this later, but I’m a couple beers into the night, so what the hell. I’m going to use the word…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Takashi Murakami
If you’re in the LA area any time between now and February 11th, you might want to check out the Takashi Murakami show. Murakami is…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Leroy and Clarkson for Bio
I’ve noticed that, by and large, motion graphics students don’t “get” network packaging. Yeah, they love flashy promos all blinged out to catch viewers’ eyeballs…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago