interview

The other half with Antfood

Behind every great animation is great sound. The Other Half is a new series where we hope to focus on many of the amazing companies… Read more

To boldly go…

Step into the wild and weird world of Buck as they dive head first into the new frontier of mixed-reality.

Featured Freebie with Jorge Canedo Estrada

Motionographer and Holdframe are teaming up to bring you the Featured Freebie series, short and sweet interviews and project files from some of the top… Read more

Who is Jonathan Djob Nkondo?

From "worst in his class" at Gobelins to a career making mind-bending work, it's not always been an easy ride for Jonathan Djob Nkondo. Our… Read more

Web Animation for Motion Designers

Animators and motion designers are increasingly working on the web. But how can you make the transition? Do you have the skills you need? How… Read more

SPECTRUM: Eliza Jappinen

Entrepreneur, animator, musician. Eliza Jappinen does it all with inspiring ferocity. In this issue of Spectrum, we learn how the Helsinki-based artist forged her own… Read more

SPECTRUM: Algernon Quashie

In this issue of SPECTRUM, Lilian Darmono chats with Algernon Quashie about challenging the status quo and drawing on music as a creative advantage

SPECTRUM: Anne Saint-Louis

For this issue of SPECTRUM, Lilian Darmono spoke with Anne Saint-Louis: designer, wife and mother. Based in Vancouver, Canada, she's also an assistant teacher at… Read more

SPECTRUM: Yussef Cole

For this month's SPECTRUM profile, we talked with Bronx-based motion designer Yussef Cole about experimentation, critical thinking and questioning meritocracy.

SPECTRUM: Tynesha Foreman

For our inaugural issue of Spectrum, we talked to Tynesha Foreman about being a black female animator and defining your own version of success.

Making mixed reality: Behind the scenes of the “Viacom: Past, Present & Future” installation

"History of Viacom" is a superb case study for creating effective mixed reality experiences. As users explore an interactive timeline of Viacom's history, they uncover… Read more

Protecting your work and dealing with rip-offs, a chat with Katie Lane

Has your work been ripped off? As an individual or a studio, what can you do to protect your original works? To what extent does… Read more

Seasons of a creative: Joel Pilger on navigating our changing industry

In the motion design industry, competition is fierce, the landscape is vast and carving out a strategy for success can be an intimidating challenge. We… Read more

Ash Thorp shares process behind “NONE,” his latest personal project

Ash Thorp talks process, work-life (im)balance and spending the currency of time in this interview about his new short film.

Hilarious #TRUMPFACTS turn the Donald’s own language against him

Using Donald Trump soundbites as source material, London-based Cub Studio launched an ongoing series of snappy animations lampooning the Republican candidate.

Beyond title design: Filipe Carvalho on moonlighting and collaboration

Filipe Carvalho has collaborated with a number of leading studios and networks over the years, including Digital Kitchen, Sarofsky, Blur, HBO and FX, working on… Read more

Making “Shell,” a disturbing personification of cancer [NSFW]

CG artist Daniel Ahrens created his short film, “Shell,” as a means of coping with the emotional fallout from his father’s struggle with cancer. Our… Read more

Flip the Script: The Underwear Perception

aescripts+aeplugins is an essential marketplace for the contemporary motion designer. But how did it come to be? Who's the man behind it all? And, perhaps… Read more

Making “Party Pooper,” a browser-based game from Animade

"For anyone trying to make a game as a small project, I’d recommend scaling it back to make it manageable — focus on the core… Read more