See No Evil: 1 Year Anniversary
See No Evil, the London event that is run by Thiago Maia and our own James Wignall will celebrate its 1 year anniversary next week…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
TRON Legacy In-Depth with David Lewandowski
Editor’s note: The following is a guest contribution from writer Meleah Maynard. What would the DNA of a one-of-a-kind being look like if it could be…
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Staff • 13 years ago
How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch
What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Lessons learned: Daniel Coutinho’s journey from Brazil to Buck
In 2011, Daniel Coutinho left his family, his home and his girlfriend in pursuit of a dream. Now, as a staff animator at Buck —…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Smithson v. Oeffinger Layer Tennis Recap Q&A:
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SMITHSON_VS_OEFFINGER2_smx.mov 788 245] Questions: Did you enjoy the match or was it stressful? Daniel Oeffinger: I enjoyed getting to work on something in a completely…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
THERE’S MORE
The response to the full line-up of Happy F5 has been phenomenal. You – the creative community – are so psyched to just get…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Playgrounds 2012
This is only the second time that the annual Playgrounds Digital Arts Festival in The Netherlands teams up with Submarine Channel to host a “warming…
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Harm van Zon • 11 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…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Blackheart Gang: Tale of How
Tale of How Epic. Beautiful. Weird. The Blackheart Gang’s “Tale of How” is a voyage through a surreal landscape (which the Gang calls “the Household”)…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Combo Post
Apologies for my near absence from Motionographer over the past week. I’ve been working like mad on a couple projects for school, and I haven’t…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Eye of the Storm
Well, classes are over and my finals are all turned in. I’m pretty pleased with my progress this quarter, but I’ve got a loooong way…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
A Doggy Bag from Supinfocom
[flv:http://motionographermedia.com/supinfocom/doggybag.flv 468 374] Three students from France’s Supinfocom school—Guillaume Cassuto, Thomas Moine and Sylvain Perlot—have produced another fine CG short in their school’s tradition of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop/MassMarket Dissect Absolut
The PR-supplied Q&A with Psyop and sister company MassMarket sheds a little light on “Dissection,” their new advert for Absolut: What was the creative brief…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
STUDIOaka: VARMINTS Trailer & New Site
Studio AKA, the London-based masters of the quirky character, have finally launched a new site and also posted this trailer for their newest short film…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Freelancing 101: Understanding Holds
In this first installment of Freelancing 101, David Schwarz of Brooklyn-based Hush (Motionographer posts) explains how “holds” work: A “hold” means an employer has the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Maxon Announces Cinema 4D R11
Maxon announced features of its upcoming Cinema 4D R11 release at SIGGRAPH yesterday. Here are some juicy bits from the press release: CINEMA 4D R11…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The World of Harajuku Lovers
Friends With You designed and directed “The World of Harajuku Lovers,” a :45 opus of cuteness premiering on the web presence of Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Meteor Studios’ Unpaid Artists UPDATE
UPDATE: Sept 22, 2009 According to Dave Rand, the case is now closed. The Canadian Labor Board has now negotiated payment of 70% of what…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Hardy & Nutini’s Pencils Are Full of Lead
With Corin Hardy‘s recent jump and jive piece for Paolo Nutini, it appears he has taken a turn toward the lighter side. A comical, life-sized…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
GEL 2010 T&F Q&A
The original styleframe board which T&F presented. What was the brief for this piece, and how did you approach coming up with the concept? The…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
One Day On Earth
I’ve been watching this project evolve over the past few months and it’s scope and depth has grown to something worth noticing. As part of…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
OK Go “End Love” – Masters of the One Take Music Video, by Gunther and Lieberman
I think at this point, it’s fair to say that OK Go has yet to disappoint us with their videos. The last one for “This…
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Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago
One Day on Earth: 10/10/10 Approaches…
Since posting a few months ago, the growth of One Day on Earth has been nothing but impressive. This online community has been joined by…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago