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Alexander Pettersson: “Legs” & “Cuckoo”

Check out the outstanding sense of animation and great illustrations in Sweden-based Alexander Pettersson‘s work (↬ Bran).

Sabrina Cotugno: Kagemono: The Shadow Folk

I am still recovering from cute overload. Sabrina Cotugno’s fourth year CalArts film, Kagemono: The Shadow Folk, is a beautiful gem.

Punga: Nokia “Traffic”

Nice mix of dimensionality and bold colors in this Nokia spot by Punga. Check out their previous Nokia spots as well: Smart Data, Ovi Maps,… Read more

Botanicula

Back by popular demand (here’s to you, Kris Merc) – another fantastically designed game to start your weekend. I have more than one friend who… Read more

Sosolimited: Patterned by Nature

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences commissioned Sosolimited, Plebian Design, and Hypersonic Design & Engineering to create Patterned by Nature, a 10 ft. wide… Read more

Woof Wan-Bau: Penguin English Library

Woof Wan-Bau directs a penguin’s whimsical, surreal journey to celebrate the opening of the Penguin English Library. Someone should show this video to Werner Herzog,… Read more

Alice Dupre: Big Scary “Mix Tape”

I admit the CG that opens this promo put me off a bit, but the design and animation of the loops in the Big Scary… Read more

Rest in Peace: Hillman Curtis

We just learned of the passing of Hillman Curtis. After a long battle with colon cancer, Hillman left this world on April 18, 2012 at… Read more

Stefan Nadelman: Lost Lander “Wonderful World”

Stefan Nadelman (aka Tourist Pictures) creates a polyhedral game of life for Lost Lander’s “Wonderful World”. The music video balances oscilloscope-inspired visuals with a warm,… Read more

A Conversation with Mate Steinforth

Recently we’ve seen more and more of Sehsucht, and with good reason: they’ve steadily been building steam through the years, and it’s culminating in some… Read more

Jamie Caliri: The Shins “The Rifle’s Spiral”

Jamie Caliri’s music video for The Shins “The Rifle’s Spiral” is an otherworldly magic show. I love how the chairs grow into existence, and there’s… Read more

Grant Orchard’s Dirty Thoughts

Studio AKA‘s Grant Orchard’s latest piece is a reduced graphic animation similar to his signature style works. It’s called Yeah Just There and was made… Read more

Fez

Here’s a weekend tip: Fez, Polytron’s gorgeous (and much-delayed) game, is scheduled to release today on Xbox Live Arcade. Fez – along with titles like… Read more

Buck and Sehsucht for MTV

We wanted to take a moment to highlight two great pieces that Motionographer favorites Buck and Sehsucht have released for MTV. The quality of the… Read more

Timo Schaedel / Platige Image: Hotpoint “Land of Heat”

Timo Schaedel and Platige Image present an otherworldly landscape in Hotpoint “Land of Heat”. It’s a lovely study of light refracting across hot and hotter… Read more

TNT Belgium: A Dramatic Surprise on a Quiet Square

The viral marketing clip of the day features a good dose of storytelling, breaking down television tropes into interchangeable jigsaw puzzle pieces. There’s a hot… Read more

SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts

The animated shorts follow our music video and film titles coverage to wrap up our SXSW 2012 round-ups. The SXSW love’s not over though –… Read more

Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now)

We recently posted a short op-ed piece that sparked a good deal of comments. In sharing this news, Motionographer was a bit late to the… Read more

“Nihonbashi Koukashita R Keikaku” by Takuya Hosogane

Takuya Hosogane goes anime in this new music video for Jin, but keeps his sly sense of humor. Takuya says that he wanted to create… Read more

“Speaking of …” by Animal

Fantastic mix of 2D and 3D in this piece by Animal for the “Speaking of Pittsburgh” series.

Paying To Work For Free

Last week VFX Soldier exposed a scheme by Digital Domain to offer students at their taxpayer-subsidized university program the opportunity to work for free on… Read more

The Macula: “Archifon”

The Macula, a Prague-based studio, uses projection mapping to turn the Olomouc Baroque Chapel into a giant musical instrument. Visitors use laser pointers to activate… Read more

SXSW 2012: Music Videos

SXSW 2012’s selected music videos featured a mix of techniques and ideas, from men who cry to disco ball-head ballerinas to doing a guitar (that… Read more

[Interview] John Kassab: “Childhood of a Circle”, et al.

As I was being transported back to my youth watching Childhood of a Circle, I noticed a thread lining several recent posts here… Melbourne-based audio… Read more