Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul
When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
BDA Focus Group: May 2nd, Hollywood
Normally, I wouldn’t post this kind of stuff, but since I’m going to be speaking at Promax/BDA this summer, I figured I have an obligation…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Inspire 07 Schedule
Inspire 07 is fast approaching, and I’m getting really excited. This thing has really blown up! Our lineup of speakers is awesome, and the Cream…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Anima Istanbul: IF 2009 “Zoetrope”
For Instanbul’s IF 2009 independent film festival, Ayse Unal of Anima Istanbul teamed up with compositor Ilhan Poyraz to reinterpret the experience of watching a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Stereoscopic 3D Production for Everyone: Part 1, The Camera
Editor’s note: The following post is from guest author Kevin McAuliffe, a Senior Editor at MIJO in Toronto. (You may also be familiar with his…
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kevinpmcauliffe • 12 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
Artist Profile: Graham Elliott
Everyone finds their own way into the ever-expanding house of motion design. Side doors, back doors, parachuting onto the roof — it seems any entrance…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
6 challenges facing motion design education
This post is the first in a series exploring the state of motion design education. We’ll look at the issue from multiple angles, asking ourselves and the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Confirmation Bias, Motionographer and You
Is Motionographer just perpetuating trends by posting only a small selection of work? We dive into the numbers and find out. BONUS: We present one…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Newsletter Advertisers
Reach an all-new, motion-savvy audience looking for products and solutions. Promote your product or service to an all-new audience that is actively looking for recommendations.…
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Stuart Groves • 2 years ago
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
The all-star crew behind the reboot of a classic TV series brings something sorely needed in science: art direction.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Res Screening Tuesday, April 18th at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood
Res Screening Tuesday, April 18th at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood
Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Nando Costa and Friends Embrace the Elements for Nike
Nando Costa recently finished three super-clean :20 animations for Nike. Each sports balanced yet dynamic compositions and beautifully fluid movement—two of Nando’s trademarks. I’m super…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Not to Scale Brings the Volvo Vox Popular to Life
"If it was up to me, I’d drop it in the sea." "I can see, like, a superhero driving it as a safe car." "I…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
AE to C4D: A new (more comprehensive) solution
Some of you may be familiar with Paul Tuersley’s excellent scripts allowing for the importation of cameras and other objects from After Effects into Cinema…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Chatting with The Action Cats
“The Experiment” by The Action Cats Storyboards for “The Experiment” Animatic for “The Experiment” Stop-motion experiments and source footage Back in April, when Adobe and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Only Say Yes When It’s Yes
As the President of The Ashy Agency and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Brett Ashy has worked with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Yankeegal : Full film with Q&A
Heads up, boys and girls. The full version of this Supinfocom student film is finally available to us online, after having toured these festivals, and…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
Google’s Chrome Shorts
Google has just launched a YouTube page with 11 short films to promote the launch of their new web browser, Chrome. Similar to BNS’s ‘Feature…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
La Liste by Karim Charlebois-Zariffa
La Liste by Karim Charlebois-Zariffa
Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Yellow Cake
Yellow Cake is a new short film by Nick Cross, an Ottawa-based animator who has worked for everyone from Nickelodeon to Spumco over the course…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago