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“An insulting pitch,” email from MK12 co-founder Ben Radatz

Recently, MK12 was asked to pitch just to be considered to pitch "for real' on a job for a large, multi-national company. This did not… Read more

Beck “Wow”

The music video for Beck's latest single, "Wow," is a psychedelic mashup of digital and analogue collage techniques that artfully echoes the song's eclectic soundscape.

Motion Sickness podcast launches

Brian Gossett's new podcast, Motion Sickness, launched this week, featuring interviews with Buck's Thomas Schmid and Motionographer's Justin Cone.

“Look-See” and allowing your surroundings to shape your process

"Look-See" is what happens when you combine a profound understanding of percussion with impeccable timing.

“Pearl” will hit you right in the feels

Tired of all the VR hype? You'll love "Pearl," a new animated short directed by the Oscar-winning Patrick Osborne.

Black Math: “A Tale of Two Zip Codes”

Does your zip code directly affect your life expectancy? The answer might surprise you.

Animade launches Boords storyboarding tool

The wizards at Animade recently released Boords, a simple, web-based tool for sharing storyboards.

Marcus Eckert releases Squall for AE to iOS workflow

After months of anticipation (and beta testing), Marcus Eckert has quietly released Squall, a "a tool to read vector animations from After Effects and reconstruct… Read more

The Work of Eric Pautz

Eric Pautz is a supremely talented designer / illustrator originally from Brazil who recently relocated from Brooklyn to Vancouver to join the amazing Giant Ant… Read more

So long, Brett!

We don’t normally post industry happenings, but this one is personal.  After 28 years in the business, Brett Ashy announced today that he’s closing his shop,… Read more

Circles vs squares: An ode to living in nature

This promo for the new season of History Channel's "Mountain Men" from Roger starts off strong and then builds breathlessly from there.

Psyop jumps in the VR game with “Kismet”

Targeted at higher end VR systems like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Psyop's "Kismet" is a real-time VR experience that leverages the studio's long-standing… Read more

Clever Instagram-based escape the room challenge

I told myself I wouldn’t, but I got sucked into Red Lion Canada’s Escape Room challenge for the Toronto Silent Film Festival. 10 minutes later,… Read more

Animated A-Z

Al Boardman (one of the folks behind the 9 Squares project), has shared his compilation of typographic explorations for the 36 Days of Type Project.

A mobile game made entirely out of clay?

The visuals for Tiny Passengers, a new mobile puzzle game from Shape Minds launching in iTunes today, were created almost entirely in clay. Check out… Read more

FITC Toronto 2016 Titles

If you only watch one video today, make it this one.

Arting Everyday: Insights from 730 Days of Making Stuff

Editor’s note: We have removed the original guest article by Will Fortanbary. While we felt that Will’s article was a source of inspiration for many people… Read more

Watch New York City succumb to Mother Nature in “Wrapped”

"Wrapped" proves that watching New York City succumb to nature can be a surprisingly delightful experience. After a solid run on the festival circuit, the… Read more

Ariel Costa goes freelance, releases “Sins” (process imagery included, NSFW)

Check out the process imagery for "Sins," an evocative short film created by Ariel Costa as he leaves Buck and enters the freelance market.

One Year of 9 Squares

Encompassing 28 rounds and 186 contributors, 9 Square's 1 year retrospective is motion for motion's sake — no deep ideas or earth-shattering innovations. Just beautiful… Read more

Producers, a moment, please!

Allison Maier and Barrett Brown, two students at the Ringling College of Art & Design, are conducting research aimed at improving the lives of producers.

Parallels in gaming and motion design: An interview with David Wolinsky of “Don’t Die”

As this Yussef Cole interview with David Wolinsky reveals, the worlds of gaming and motion design have a lot in common. From aesthetic concerns to… Read more

Animate your way to Google

Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The… Read more

The History of Magic in North America

Elastic's latest release, directed by co-founder Andy Hall, introduces us to the hitherto unknown magical history of The United States of America, as told by… Read more