Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface
"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | OREO x GOT / Elastic
The ultimate mashup between two fan favorites, OREOxGOT was concepted to be an homage to the original Game of Thrones main title. The primary creative…
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Staff • 3 weeks ago
An homage to the games
Beginners and experts alike can learn from the elegance and superb sense of weight in "OLYMPIA."
Daniel Coutinho • 8 years ago
Buck: Fuel TV IDs
Buck and Fuel TV: two great tastes that taste great together. Continuing its long and distinguished tradition of patronizing the best designers and animators in…
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Justin Cone • 17 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
Marco Iozzi: Look Development Portfolio
Marco Iozzi updates his portfolio with some major goodies. Marco is an awesome CG artist and look development specialist that has worked with many top…
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Tyquane Wright • 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
Our Top Ten Most Viewed Quickies of 2020
The year’s almost over but there’s still time for a Quickie or two. Below is a rundown of our best performing Quickies on Motionographer for…
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Staff • 4 years ago
Against All Odds: Vodafone Handset
Stochholm, Sweden-based studio, Against All Odds, has just completed it’s bee-autiful sixth film in a series of spots for Vodafone U.K. Enjoy!
Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
The coke taste of machinima
I’m sure by now we all are familiar with what machinima is, or at least have seen it’s most popular representative, red vs. blue. If…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Joseph Kosinski brings the radness with Halo 3: “Starry Night”
Wowee-wee-wow, Joseph Kosinski acted as director on an all-star team of companies to create this piece for Microsoft Xbox. Visually it is stunning, and the…
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John Cranston • 18 years ago
Get the Glass
Excellent design, animation, interactivity and yes, motion graphics, come together in Get the Glass, an interactive board game from Swedish-based web studio North Kingdom (for…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Don’t Walk Alone by Santamaria
This piece by a duo called Santamaria for Sony is blowing my mind. I’d like to say RAD, but I don’t think we can anymore.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
The Making of “Get the Glass”
This post is kinda more of a super-Quickie. My friend Matt Ross sent me this making-of page for the Get the Glass online game I…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Transistor Studios: Two for Cranium
Transistor Studios’ two spots for Cranium star cute characters inspired by elements of the Cranium board game design. Watch “Launch” | Watch “Treats” The writing’s…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
JibJab “In 2007”
JibJab’s pop-culture pugilism needs no introduction. They were one of the early pioneers of internet virals, and after years in the game they’ve remained true…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Maxim Zhestkov
Maxim Zhestkov has recently created a new website and video installation. Here are Maxim’s thoughts on his work: “This time I wanted to make something…
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Igor Sordokhonov • 17 years ago
Lacoste: Past, Present and Future
To celebrate Lacoste’s 75th birthday, the company created “Future,” an advert and website that imagines how the game of tennis might be played 75 years…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
League of Clutch
So I am a big sports fan and have been adamantly watching the Celtics this post season (that’s basketball for those of you out there…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
LOGAN for Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4 video game intro written, produced & directed by Logan.
Igor Sordokhonov • 16 years ago
Sixty40 look Smart for Kmart
A couple of weeks ago, back in the dark days of Motionographer 1.0 we posted Sydney based Sixty40’s showreel as a quickie. In amongst their…
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Simon Robson • 16 years ago
AixSponza: Red Bull F1 Singapore
To promote Red Bull’s upcoming F1 race in Singapore, Munich-based AixSponza recreated part of the island nation’s pristine downtown area and staged a virtual high-speed…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Rex Box – Grip Wrench
I’ve been waiting for this ever since I saw early artwork on the Rex Box (Rex Crowle) blog, Hairyteeth (By the way, you may know more of Rex’s…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago
National’s home run
The over-energized, cheesified sports promo is no more. National Television takes America back to it’s roots with a soulfully styled world and tale of game nostalgia in…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago