Industry
Staying small: Process and industry insight from STATE Design’s Marcel Ziul
"There’s no small project when the studio is small. Every project is an opportunity for us to express ourselves." Marcel Ziul explains what it means… Read more
YES, EQUAL: A database of female creatives
YES, EQUAL is a growing database of female creatives working in a wide range of fields (including animation and motion graphics).
Zulu Alpha Kilo: Spec
This video is making the rounds on social media, and for good reason. It’s funny, smart and spot on. Just in case you’re lost, allow… Read more
Blind: Looking back on 20 years
How do you survive 20 years in a business that reinvents itself every five? We chat with Chris Do, founder of Blind, about what he's… Read more
Motionographer 2015 Hardware Survey
Motionographer wants to know: What's your hardware setup? Take this survey and we'll share the results!
Aardman Nathan Love is born
If you’ve been following the infectious teasers released earlier this month from Nathan Love, you know that they’ve been holding back some news. Today, the news… Read more
Imagining a better After Effects with Sander van Dijk
Sander van Dijk loves After Effects. Which is exactly why he wants to change it.
On The Back Of A Tiger
One effect that I feel many of us can agree on when working in the commercial world is that it can be a bit of… Read more
Survival tips for women in motion design
I’ve been working in the field of motion design for 11 years. As a woman of non-Caucasian ethnicity, I’m definitely a minority in the field.… Read more
Interview: The Lessons Behind We Are Royale’s Manifesto
Surviving eight years as a motion design studio is no easy feat. In addition to riding the unpredictable ebb and flow of service work, motion design… Read more
Creative Parents, Creative Kids
In collaboration with reader Joe Linton, we conducted an informal survey in May asking parents about the role that creativity played in their parenting. We… Read more
Not to Scale relaunch
Not to Scale’s elegant new web presence is brimming with subtle animation and elegant typography befitting their nearly 10 years of existence as an international… Read more
67th Primetime Emmy Awards adds Motion Design category
UPDATE: The deadline for entry in the Motion Design category has been extended to May 15th. See below for more details. The Motion Design category… Read more
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… Read more
Motion Design: 10 Second Survey
Lilian Darmono, Lola Landekic, Victoria Nece and Bran Dougherty-Johnson have put together a quick (10 seconds or less) survey to get a basic sense of… Read more
Off the Record
For her documentary, “Off the Record,” Laura Sans interviewed a wide range of creative professionals — including notable motion folks like Danny Yount and Man… Read more
Bran Dougherty Johnson drops a new reel, signs with FCC
Bran Dougherty-Johnson has long been a watchdog in the motion design community, keeping an eye on misbalances of power and conducting research to help us all work… Read more
Pep Rally is born
PepRally has quietly launched. The studio is part of a growing trend of director/designer/animators creating new opportunities for work that fall outside the normal scope of freelance.… Read more
6 motion design industry predictions for 2015
Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some trance-inducing music and visited the… Read moreNew York in Motion documentary now available on Vimeo VOD
Graham Elliott’s “New York in Motion” is now available for rent or purchase via Vimeo’s Video on Demand service. Director/producer Graham Elliott reached out to… Read more
Motion Conference 2014
Motion Conference is coming up August 15-17. The lineup includes Mark Coleran, Brian Bowman, Vinicius Naldi and nice cross section of others.