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Darlings – I Love You Too

Sit back and enjoy the best two minutes and thirty-two seconds of your day. Director Ricardo Villavicencio and Ben Hill combine forces to bring together… Read more

Watching Glean Keane draw in virtual reality is amazing

Legendary animator Glen Keane is famous for his work on Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. Despite his notoriety as a traditional… Read more

Ash Thorp shares “Ares” process

ANL #1 and ANL #2

Nathan Love creates a wacky and charming teaser video, hinting of big news to come.

Thomas Schmid

Since 2004, Thomas Schmid has been working at Buck’s New York office. As a creative director, he has touched many of the studio’s most memorable projects.  Thomas’… Read more

Forza 6 Legacy

How many racing game references can you spot in this advert for Forza Motorsport 6?

CMYK

Ronda's Fernán Graziano directed and co-wrote clever animated vignettes that teach the principles of color combination.

Imaginary Forces and Peepshow Collective take home 2015 Emmys

Imaginary Forces snagged an Emmy for Outstanding Title Design with their work on the TV series, Manhattan. This is the studio’s third Emmy for title design; their… Read more

In Print: Masters of FX

"It takes an artist to see why the shot is not working, not a math major." — James Cameron

The Guardian

Mario Skate

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit: Making Childhood Real

What motionographer reader didn’t grow up drawing cartoons?  Armed with his cohorts from The Line, animator Wesley Louis brought his childhood comic “Super Turbo Atomic… Read more

Glitch, twitch and stitch: The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards

Dress Code Turns 8 + New Reel!

Hands down one of the best shops in the City, Dress Code, is celebrating their 8th year today with the release of a new reel.… Read more

Dan Vislocky releases new reel, changes course

Papercraft and pop-ups for Pellegrino

Directing duo Parallel combined two popular motion design tropes — faux papercraft and pop-up books — to create a sumptuously designed spot for Pellegrino, “Are… Read more

Tako Faito!

Giant Ant just released an eye-popping, action-packed in-house short, “Tako Faito!” We wanted to push our cel character animation in a character-driven piece—in this case,… Read more

frankenSim, a weirdly entertaining web toy from Animade

Born from a collaboration between Animade’s interactive and animation teams, frankenSim is a colorful web toy masquerading as a monstrous operating system.  In part, frankenSim is… Read more

Gretel’s Fox College Football package is all kinds of smart

NY-based Gretel produces some of the most consistently well-designed brand work of any studio in the US. Their latest toolkit for Fox College Football is no exception.… Read more

Truffle Pig, an other-worldly virtual reality experience from Gentleman Scholar

LA-based Gentleman Scholar have joined the growing number of animation studios seduced by the creative possibilities (and technical challenges) of virtual reality as a storytelling… Read more

Buck for Nike Hypervenom

Nike’s Hypervenom line has been the subject of some fiercely sexy CG work, but these two spots from Buck take things an entirely different direction.… Read more

“Seed,” a surreal trip powered by photoscanned objects

Munich-based Aixsponza (“eks-sponza”) broke out their entire arsenal of CG weaponry for “Seed,” a surreal journey featuring everything from photoreal retro electronics to spooky, 3D-scanned humans… Read more

The Genius of Play

Working with Mash Studio, Tom Rainford focused his directorial talents on The Genius of Play, a 9-part animation series for for the Toy Industry Association.  Each of the 9… Read more