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47th D&AD Awards Now Open for Entry

D&AD has celebrated and nurtured outstanding work in design and advertising since 1962. The Yellow Pencil is recognized the world over as a symbol of… Read more

Spike Jonze: We Were Once a Fairytale

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Lobo: Fiat 500

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Ruff Evolution

I’m really digging this new spot from animation master Ruff Mercy for O’Neill to promote their upcoming snowboard event in Davos. His personal illustration style… Read more

Gravity: Pelephone “Music”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pelephone_music_eng.mov 720 576] Israel’s Gravity strikes again for telecom Pelephone and agency Adler, Chomsky & Warshavsky. As with previously posted work (here and here), “Music”… Read more

The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher

Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from… Read more

Blacknail Pictures Make No Excuses

Comprised of London VFX veterans Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele, Blacknail Pictures created this stunning piece for Breast Cancer awareness for IBCC via Ogilvy, São… Read more

Framestore: “DJ Hero” Cinematic

In the latter-day tradition of epic video-game cinematics, we present DJ Hero. Reared with love by Framestore and directed by Marco Puig, DJ Hero is… Read more

Onesize: Playground Fest Main Titles

The main title for this year’s Playgrounds Festival, created by Dutch design powerhouse, Onesize, offers us a first-hand look at an action-packed playground battle in… Read more

Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Mom”

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Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Woman”

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Onesize: Playground Titles

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlaygroundsTitle_H264.mov 900 506] Onesize creative director Rogier Hendriks: We ended up with the idea to have two fighters on a children’s playground. Kind of a… Read more

Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Mom”

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Cut&Paste 2009 Global Championships

Photo by Jason Lewis We’re two days away from the first-ever Cut&Paste Global Championship, taking place this Friday, October 16th, 2009 at The Hammerstein Ballroom,… Read more

Bent’s Nando Costa Sings a “Whale Song” for Modest Mouse

Nando Costa’s colorful career recently took another interesting turn when he joined Bent Image Lab as a director/partner. The fruit of that union can be… Read more

Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”

Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale… Read more

Anthony F. Schepperd for Ape School – “Wail to God”

Anthony F. Schepperd’s “Wail To God” is a subversion of conventional animation. Suffused with an unorthodox style reminiscent of Bill Plympton, viewers are jolted by… Read more

Friday Night Lights promo for Direct TV by Iron Claw

DirecTV’s Design Space partnered with VFX company Iron Claw (Sean Koriakin and Greg Talmage), director Ben Mor from RSA Films and DP Dariusz Wolski (Pirates… Read more

Jarrett Conaway: Turbo

Perhaps this official description sums it up best: “Turbo is a high adrenaline short film in the tradition of The Karate Kid and Tron.” The… Read more

Jesus2000

A hip short created by another crop of brilliant students at Gobelins by the names of Rémi Bastie, Jean-Baptiste Cumont, Clément Desnos, Jonathan Djob Nkondo… Read more

Videogioco by Milkyeyes

This one’s got a bit of the old ultra-violence, so be fore-warned. It’s all in a good bit of fun, though. No-one truly gets hurt.… Read more

Twenty120 Roundup “In The Age of Opulence”

Indeed, Twenty120 has come to pass. Not long ago, screenings for the festival went underway, drawing in artists across the board, and cooking up a… Read more

Encyclopedia Pictura Asks, How Will You Create The Universe?

Encyclopedia Pictura has struck again! The directing trio recently finished a personal animation entitled, “How Will You Create the Universe?”, inspired by the creature evolution… Read more

Minivegas Does It In Realtime

London-based directing collective, Mini Vegas, not only works on animation projects; they also do computer programming and run their own art gallery. To bring all… Read more