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Menno Fokma 2012 Reel

Menno Fokma, a Dutch studio based in Utrecht, updates its reel with some super sweetly designed spots and more.

Charlex for HTC

Director Kris Mercado and the talented folks at CHRLX showcase the latest from HTC with a killer graphic look and fantastic animation.

“Home” by Luiz Stockler

The talented Luiz Stockler just finished his new animated short, ‘Home’. A bit NSFW… but awesome regardless!

Plenty take a “Time Out” for AXN LatinAmerica

With a gorgeous visual style, amazing transitions and some old school frame by frame animation, Argentina-based Plenty delivers a visually stunning piece for AXN LatinAmerica.… Read more

Storage Solutions

Storage Solutions by Tal Granot

Traumdeutung by Fellowland

Trippy. Mind blowing. Pro-squirrel. The latest from Fellowland is a must see.

Chris Lenox Smith for Primus

Chris Lenox Smith makes his solo director debut with this awesome take on the Western for Primus’ ‘Lee Van Cleef’ Also make sure to check… Read more

Fresh Paint Studios for Epix

Directors Kevin Robinson and Greg Herman crank out 90 (yes, nine-zero) spots for the launch of  EPIX Drive-In, a new B-Movie network.

“Natural Fight” by Berkanism

Interesting mix of live action and abstract animation in this piece by Berkanism.

Alexander Pettersson: “Legs” & “Cuckoo”

Check out the outstanding sense of animation and great illustrations in Sweden-based Alexander Pettersson‘s work (↬ Bran).

A Conversation with Mate Steinforth

Recently we’ve seen more and more of Sehsucht, and with good reason: they’ve steadily been building steam through the years, and it’s culminating in some… Read more

Buck and Sehsucht for MTV

We wanted to take a moment to highlight two great pieces that Motionographer favorites Buck and Sehsucht have released for MTV. The quality of the… Read more

ALPHABETIC

Made by Ariel Costa (blinkmybrain) and with sound by Marcelo Baldin (combustion) ALPHABETIC is a beautiful romance between type and animation.

Incredibox

Incredibox debuts an interactive, character-based music sequencer.

“Speaking of …” by Animal

Fantastic mix of 2D and 3D in this piece by Animal for the “Speaking of Pittsburgh” series.

Cummulus & Nimbus from We Think Things

A clever minimal character piece from We Think Things.

Frans Schupp for VARA

Incredible series of idents designed by Frans Schupp in 1982 for Dutch public broadcaster VARA.  Schupp’s intern Robin Noorda (now an independent animator) recently restored… Read more

Yaniv Fridman and Daniel Luna: To Do List

To Do List is a sleek personal project from Yaniv Fridman and Daniel Luna. Sound design by WhiteNoiseLab.

Motionographer Holiday Catalog 2011 (Part 2)

In a continuation of last week’s post and Royale’s excellent holiday short, this is the second of Motionographer’s Holiday Catalog three-part series, which reviews some… Read more

Prologue: X-Men

The main sequence for X-Men: First Class, produced by Prologue, has a special retro/2D hand-made feel and serves as a strong example of how a… Read more

The Fundamental Elements of Design

Erica Gorochow explores The Fundamental Elements of Design. (Thanks, Bran!)

Lockwood opener by Cyril Izarn

Killer tricks in these titles for the Lockwood Skateboard Team, by Cyril Izarn.

Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons

POKE & illustrator/animator Tim Ruffle present Firefox add-ons.

“Year of Color” A beautiful piece made by great minds.

You can’t really go wrong when you have the artwork of Chris Silas Neal, the awesome Gareth O’Brien animating and the sound of Antfood, and this piece… Read more