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BMW: Pursuit Across Europe

I’m posting BMW’s Pursuit Across Europe mainly for the stylized 3D cutscenes by Electric Umbrella, but honestly I dig the gameplay, too. I’m amazed at… Read more

Tronic for Target

Tronic has recently released some stylish new projects for Target. The first three are minimalist semi-narratives (1 | 2 | 3) following marbles through abstractions… Read more

Get the Glass

Excellent design, animation, interactivity and yes, motion graphics, come together in Get the Glass, an interactive board game from Swedish-based web studio North Kingdom (for… Read more

Vitamin: Smilefaucet AIR

Recently posted Vitamin did a wonderful job on the title sequence for Smilefaucet’s new AIR DVD. Director Ryan Dunn and his team combined a sparsely… Read more

Andy Huang “Doll Face”

I first saw Andy Huang’s “Doll Face” about a month ago, and thanks to an email from Danny Yount, I was reminded of it recently.… Read more

Now Look What You Did.

MAKE in Minneapolis, creates two new CG environmental PSA spec commercials, all for shits and giggles… and a good cause. Respect yourself. Respect your environment.… Read more

Mark Coleran and the Art of Screen Graphics

Reader Michael Kislovsky came across the work of Mark Coleran on mograph.net and passed the link our way. Mark’s reel shows off an aspect of… Read more

Erik Lauritzen: Last Best Hope

Erik Lauritzen created an engaging photo montage for a World World II documentary entitled “Last Best Hope.” The 2.5D technique isn’t new, but Erik’s execution… Read more

Mandarine24

We’ve posted Mandarine24 before, and it appears they have a new site with some new work. I was a little slow to post this one,… Read more

Vitamin: New Reel

Vitamin has posted a fantastic new reel. As noteworthy as the work is the clever interplay between the audio and the visuals. It makes for… Read more

To Comment or Not to Comment

So most of you noticed that I turned off comments. Some of you thought this was a good idea; some of you didn’t. I agreed… Read more

A52: Nike “See Square”

This one almost slipped past me. It’s elegant, subtle, full of beautiful compositions and smirking with clever details. (Square ripples. Rad.) With vfx by A52,… Read more

BNS Jeep, Part Two

Check out the second piece in Brand New School’s campaign for Jeep. A lot of times a project this large is tough to keep consistent… Read more

Universal Everything: Audi

Last week I posted Flight404, the work of Robert Hodgin, who uses Processing to create particle systems that respond to music. This week, I’m posting… Read more

Pierre Michel: AVP and Polar 2007

Pierre Michel has recently posted two intense spots, one for AVP and one called Polar 2007. Each uses vfx-powered visuals and water-based tableaux to create… Read more

Winners of the Wallpaper Contest

We had a great turnout for the Wallpaper for Vector Packs contest, with over 160 entries from all over the globe in a wide variety… Read more

Paris is burning

Paris is on fire again (the city, not the socialite whore). Every time I turn around there’s another hot track or remix or…. girl and… Read more

Pleix does it again

Unlike Justin, I’m a huge fan of music videos. I think it’s a perfect opportunity for experimentation and a good vehicle for a short story.… Read more

Motion Theory: Modest Mouse “Dashboard”

I’m not a huge fan of music videos. I know, I know—what kind of motion graphics fiend doesn’t enjoy music videos? It’s just rare that… Read more

Indivi abound

Here’s a slew of individuals and their sites that that seem to be doing things right. Doug Purver has apparently recently left Stardust to venture… Read more

Brand New School: Footjoy

Brand New School rocks some silky-smooth 3D work in a new spot for Footjoy. I love the live action integration after the product shot. It’s… Read more

PSST! 2

The PSST! 2 films are now online. There are nine films, made over a 4 month stretch by 27 different teams with over 70 people… Read more

Robert Hodgin/Flight404

I first happened upon Ben Fry and Casey Reas’ a/v-oriented programming language, Processing, when I attended FITC back in 2005. (I even did a little… Read more

Will Campbell and Anh Vu: The Lemon Tree

Will Campbell and Anh Vu, two SCAD students graduating from the Broadcast Design and Motion Graphics program this spring, were given Student of the Year… Read more