We Were Monkey’s Land of Talk

UPDATED with process imagery and making-of details. It warms my heart to bring you even more darkness for the main page as we near Halloween.… Read more

HunterGatherer’s Signature Series for Fuel

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HunterGatherer_960_30.mov 960 540] Q&A with Todd St. John, HunterGatherer: 1. The Fuel Signature Series is pretty wide-open, allowing artists a blank canvas to express themselves… Read more

Offline by Matthew Santoro

Good Monday morning Motionographer readers. Maybe you are confused as to why we are starting this week out by posting a trailer for some big… Read more

Psyop: Michelin “Evil Gas Pump”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mich_30_h264.mov 960 540] Client: Michelin Brand: Michelin Title: Evil Gas Pump Creative Agency: TBWA Chiat Day, New York Chairman & CCO: Mark Figliulo ACD/Art Director:… Read more

Christian Borstlap Stripes for Stamps

Christian Borstlap recently finished these deliciously simple animated illustrations for Dutch children’s charity, Kinderpostzegels. Paul Postma did a great job of bringing Christian’s colourful illustrations… Read more

Yellow Cake

Yellow Cake is a new short film by Nick Cross, an Ottawa-based animator who has worked for everyone from Nickelodeon to Spumco over the course… Read more

Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up

As we all recover from the Boards Summit, here’s a recap of some notable items from Day 2. The morning session, Business as Unusual, was… Read more

Tim Bollinger: Between

Hot off the festival circuit, Tim Bollinger of Via Grafik recently shared his latest short “Between” with us. This dark, surreal piece travels through grounds… Read more

yU+co: Cirque du Freak Titles

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cirque-du-freak.mov 720 405] Interview with Motionographer’s Brandon Lori: How hands-on was Paul Weitz, director of Cirque du Freak, in the creation of the main title,… Read more

New Work from Birdo Studio

Check out these three recent projects from the Brazilian Birdo Studio: Sempre Livre is a poppy, colorful Flash animated spot that was made in just… Read more

Boards Summit: Day 1 Round-Up

Despite a stagnant first-quarter this year, the turn-out at NYC’s Boards Summit was still pretty solid. Innovation in creative thinking, content-delivery and technology were a… Read more

RIOT Atlanta: Branding From Scratch

Network branding doesn’t get a lot of attention here on Motionographer. We tend to favor the quick-cut, visual slam-dances of advertising and music videos over… Read more

Halogen: Branding a Network from the Ground Up

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Halogen-IDs2.mov 785 441] It’s not every day that a new network is launched. And it’s not every day that the network has a strong social… Read more

Eyeball: Centric Network Branding

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eyeball_centric-montage-m.mov 640 480] Eyeball launches Viacom’s new Centric Network with retro-inspired type, crisp lines and earthy palettes Credits for Centric Network branding VH1 SVP of… Read more

ADC Young Guns 7 Winners

Last night’s ADC Young Guns opening was inspirational as always with a great showing from all 50. However, it was the growing inclusion of moving-image… Read more

Tata Docomo’s Cat

It isn’t often that we see purely graphic animations like these spots for Tata Docomo, part of a new branding effort by Wolff Olins for… Read more

Hornet & The Decemberists

We recently posted a trailer for Hornet’s visual-collaboration with The Decemberists. However, off the tails of Monday’s premier at UCLA’s Royce Hall, it seemed appropriate… Read more