experimental

Yule Log 2.015

Your favorite digital holiday tradition is back! For the 3rd season in a row, the Yule Log project has invited artists from around the world… Read more

My New Animation

Japanese director/animator Masanobu Hiraoka’s latest short film, titled simply “My New Animation,” is a hypnotic study of division and collision. Created in a style consistent… Read more

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… Read more

NYC: An Evening with David OReilly at the MoMA

At 7pm on May 11th at the MoMA in New York City, Director David OReilly will discuss the process behind his work and debut his… Read more

Jack and the Giant

Lots of folks have been playing with Ferrofluid, magnets and household cleaners to create sumptuous, organic visuals. But this music video for alovelikepi’s “Jack and the… Read more

Way to Go, a VR-friendly walk through the woods

Shortly after we were musing on the state of storytelling for emerging virtual reality platforms here on Motionographer, the National Film Board of Canada released Way… Read more

Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age story dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education “Bildungsroman” is a 2-minute personal project produced and directed by Barcelona-based art… Read more

Caleb Wood: Dana Willams “One More”

More beauty from Caleb Wood in this music video for Dana Willams’s “One More”. If you’ve been pining for Gerald Scarfe, you now have your… Read more

Onward Internet!

Buck brings us a delightul tale of the internet using a variety of styles and techniques, combined with the always solid sound design by Antfood—love the old… Read more

One Of A Kind

Rok Predin (Trunk) directed this quirky but profound short about identity in a world full of beautiful contradictions. “One of a Kind” features the sonorous… Read more

Anthony Francisco Schepperd: “Heart Like a Rabbit”

Anthony Francisco Schepperd’s painstakingly animated “Heart Like a Rabbit” is a psychedelic nightmare of face melting metamorphosis and endlessly shifting palettes. Music by Cody Alan.… Read more

Jake Fried: Headspace

“Headspace” is a series of incredibly detailed evolving portraits created with with ink, gouache, white-out and coffee by Jake Fried.

Michael Langan: Hundred Waters “Cavity”

Michael Langan’s music video for Hundred Waters’ “Cavity” features the filmmaker’s trademark penchant for playing with multiplicity and repetition. What begins as a deceptively simple… Read more

Liars Need Good Memory

In “Liars Need Good Memory,” Ringling College of Art and Design student James Heredia creates a visual poem about identity, belonging and lying. The collaged… Read more

2veinte: Agile Films

2veinte’s eye-popping palettes and quirky animation titillate the senses in this experimental short created for Agile Films. Credits Done by 2veinte Directed by Pablo Gostanian… Read more

Dvein: We Wander

In Dvein’s latest short, “We Wander,” you won’t find CG fluid sims or virtual Rube Goldbergs of visual oddities. Instead, you’ll find haunting visuals of… Read more

Animation through pottery from Crafts Council

Clever use of the potters’ wheel – and pottery – as a Zoetrope by the Crafts Council

Bot & Dolly: “Box” Interview and Behind the Scenes

As a follow up to our earlier post regarding the debut of Bot & Dolly’s mind-boggling short, “Box,” (above) we’re sharing an interview with the… Read more

Takashi Ohashi: Kou Kou

Takashi Ohashi presents us the brilliant piece: KouKou. A series of abstract images synchronized to Japanese vocal sounds. Check out his other works here.

Cyriak: Bonobo “Cirrus”

Cyriak is no stranger to Motionographer. His experiments in looping animations are the closest thing you can get to a mind-altering experience without ingesting psychedelic… Read more

Adam Powell: Sivu “Better Man Than He”

Adam Powell directs Sivu’s “Better Man Than He,” using MRI-based imagery

Nicholas Ferreira and Dominik Grejc: MOVA Title Sequence

Check out these slick titles for MOVA, a fictitious Motion Design Festival dreamed up by Nicholas Ferrira and Dominik Grejc as part of their final… Read more