Feature Stories

Web animation: Learning by doing, an interview with Rachel Nabors

We dive deep into a project Rachel Nabors created for the Mozilla Foundation, Dev Tools Challenger. The project is one part marine science lesson, one… Read more

An interactive love story: Making Jeff Buckley’s “Just like a Woman”

Coders create an infinite love story machine. Motion designers tackle user experience challenges. These are the times we live in. We dive into the process… Read more

40 Instagram accounts you should be following

Brian Gossett shares 40 of his favorite Instagram accounts — and explains why Instagram matters more than ever for artists and designers.

Blending the physical and the digital in “Building a Rocket”

While the painstaking stop-motion of “Building a Rocket” is charming in itself, it’s the beautiful compositing of digital characters and elements that imbues the spot with a special magic.… Read more

How to make your skin crawl, the story of “Teeth” with Holbrooks

After a successful run in the festival circuit, including a premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and a Special Jury Recognition award from the… Read more

Seductive death machines: Making “The Night Manager” titles with Patrick Clair

"We had to seduce the audience, to make the weapons feel beautiful and rarefied... as the horrible truth of these objects becomes apparent in the… Read more

“Forms in Nature,” in-depth process with Chromosphere and David Kamp

Credits Kevin Dart // Twitter @kevindart // Instagram @kevinzilla2000 Stéphane Coëdel David Kamp // Twitter @kamptweets Nelson Boles // Instagram @nelsonboles Chromosphere  // Twitter @chromosphereLA… Read more

Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat

Learn about the process behind "Malak and the Boat," a powerful CG short about a 7 year-old Syrian refugee. Says the film's director: "We are… Read more

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… Read more

How to change the world (and get paid for it): Making SolarCity “How Energy Gets To You”

Learn how a group of passionate environmentalists used innovative production techniques to tell stories that genuinely matter to them — all while getting paid.

Process: The Feel Good Bakery

weareseventeen's adorable spot for The Feel Good Bakery is a break from the conceptual CG work for which they're known. The spot's director explains why… Read more

Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface

"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew… Read more

2015 Hardware Survey Results

At the end of 2015, we invited you to participate in a casual hardware survey, and 854 of you clicked your way through it. Here are… Read more

11 of the best showreels from 2015

As the creator of the Shit Showreels Say channel, the popular PQ FUI Toys and a portfolio of slick motion design work, Peter Quinn knows… Read more

Tidying up for the muse: Interview with Liz Blazer, author of “Animated Storytelling”

Equal parts inspiring and practical, Liz Blazer's book, "Animated Storytelling" is a step-by-step guide to get readers from idea to final render. In our chat… Read more

Oscar-winning VFX shop talks about the challenges of creating premium VR

Virtual reality is starting to feel less like a bandwagon and more like a freight train. Those with the vision and stamina to climb aboard now are… Read more

How to hustle: From animation to apps, Justin McClure Creative is the new model for small shops

"If your food source is becoming scarce, you need to adapt, migrate or find other means for survival." In an insightful interview with Justin McClure,… Read more

Making cute 1950s-style animations for a cruel, post-apocalyptic world

"The only thing we knew is we wanted to have at least one violent Vault Boy death per episode." We interview the co-owners of Rubber… Read more

Author of “Design for Motion” talks industry, education and the state of design

We interview Austin Shaw, the author of "Design for Motion: Motion Design Techniques and Fundamentals."

Trends with Benefits

What's in a trend? How do they rise (and fall) and what do they mean? Jorge Estrada (aka JR Canest), Sander van Dijk, and Phil… Read more

Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future

The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX work. Our chat with the… Read more

Sehsucht explains how they created a real-time, VR-friendly advent calendar

Sehsucht explains how they created real-time WebGL animations for Google Cardboard with online tools (and a good dose of design and animation mastery).

Making “Blackout,” an interactive VR film that gives you the power of telepathy

Our in-depth interview with emerging tech filmmakers Specular goes into the process behind their upcoming experience, "Blackout," which lets you eavesdrop on the thoughts of… Read more

NYC Gifathon, 30 days of animated GIFs by James Curran

[Interview] NYC Gifathon, 30 days of animated GIFs by James Curran