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Audio + Visual: Invisible Snake Promos

For well over a decade, Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing, the couple behind the Portland, Oregon-based studio, have been making music and visuals in equal… Read more

Nicolas Ménard takes on 18 films for Facebook Groups

A smart use of color, clearly defined hierarchy and expertly conceived characters all come together to make each of these bite-sized films a real treat… Read more

4 ways “Don’t Blink” is a masterclass of type and rhythm

"Don't Blink" is a breathless, high-stepping dance between word and image set to a percussion-heavy soundtrack befitting a trailer for a summer blockbuster. Here are… Read more

The Boy Who Learned to Fly: Usain Bolt

This short film crafted by the Academy Award-winning Moonbot Studios tells the story of The World's Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, who recently captured his third… Read more

The Sentinel

Set in a world where even gravity is broken, up and coming LA-based studio, Boketto, is off to a great start with this haunting trailer… Read more

An homage to the games

Beginners and experts alike can learn from the elegance and superb sense of weight in "OLYMPIA."

Are you a “bricklayer” or an art director? Chris Do explains.

Chris Do clarifies some of the controversial assertions he made in the "Rethinking Design Education" video that made the rounds on social media earlier this… Read more

VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space

Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load… Read more

“A Love Story” for Chipotle

Directed by Saschka Unseld ("The Blue Umbrella"), the latest Chipotle short sticks to a proven approach.

About the Motionographer facelift

We're calling the new look a "facelift," not a redesign. We're just trying to address a few specific issues with the old design that have… Read more

“My Brother,” a meditation on migrant workers

My Brother is a powerful visual essay about society and immigration, written and directed by Audrey Yeo for her SCAD Senior BFA Project.

Motionographer Scholarship: School of Motion Design Bootcamp

Think you've got what it takes to get a full scholarship for School of Motionographer's new Design Bootcamp course? It won't be easy!

“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