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Punga’s animal magic for Temaiken Bioparque

Buenos Aires based studio Punga have created two stop-motion inspired spots for Temaiken Bioparque (Biopark is apparently a PC way of saying Zoo). Although the… Read more

Knife Party Updates

I’m not shy about publicly adoring Simon Robson. Yes, he’s one of Motionographer’s contributors, but even if he hated my guts, I’d be posting the… Read more

The Windmill

What better place to stage a recreation of Don Quixote’s windmill battle than in Holland, where students Heerko Groefsema and Giso Spijkerman are studying Communication… Read more

Soho Shorts 2008 Finalists Announced

RUSHES Annual Soho Shorts (London) have just announced their 2008 Finalists. Categories include: Animation, Short Film, Broadcast Design, Music Video, Newcomers and Documentary.

Heebok Lee updates

Heebok Lee recently updated his site with some stunning work that very much proves how much he deserves Cream O’ Crop status. He is currently… Read more

Axel Rudolph: Knowledge

[Updated with subtitles] For his final year project at Berufsakademie Ravensburg in Germany, Axel Rudolph created “Knowledge,” a proof-of-concept video for his vision of what… Read more

Burbuja – Who Knows

This enchanting little music video was created by the Spanish branch of Garage Films. I really dig the asthetics, reminds me of a cross between… Read more

Jonas Odell: Ida Maria

Music Video Master-Craftsman, Jonas Odell (co-founder and director at Film Tecknarna) teamed up with Nexus to deliver this high-energy, pop-art inspired video for Norwegian rocker… Read more

Is It Really All Stop-Motion?

Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,… Read more

Freelancing 101: Understanding Holds

In this first installment of Freelancing 101, David Schwarz of Brooklyn-based Hush (Motionographer posts) explains how “holds” work: A “hold” means an employer has the… Read more

Native Support for RED in After Effects and Premiere

RED’s been working on a plugin for After Effects and Premiere that will allow uses to natively open R3D files, and it should be available… Read more

Gareso: MTV Birds

(If that version is slow, try the Motionographer mirror.) Although he’s from Brazil, Gabriel Souza (a.k.a Gareso) is earning his Diploma of Motion Graphics and… Read more

Sixty40 look Smart for Kmart

A couple of weeks ago, back in the dark days of Motionographer 1.0 we posted Sydney based Sixty40’s showreel as a quickie. In amongst their… Read more

Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man”

Tom and Mark (Nexus Productions) have outdone themselves with “Muffin Man,” a new spot for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot… Read more

fxguide Goes Deeper with Dave Rand

For a new fxpodcast series focusing on labor rights for FX artists, fxguide interviewed Dave Rand, who’s leading the charge of artists hoping to get… Read more

60th Primetime Emmy Nominees for Main Title Design

The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards are coming up on September 21st, and it looks like there will be some decent competition among the nominees for… Read more

Old School Comments Are Back

You guys were right, and I was wrong: Old school comments are better than my fancy forum-post-as-comment idea, so I decided to swallow my pride… Read more

La ballade sauvage

Gobelins students Cyril Drouin, May Nguyen, Gabriel Jollymonge, Elen Le Tannou and Marion Stinghe crafted “La ballade sauvage,” a beautiful mini-narrative opener for the International… Read more

Motion Theory Grows for VAIO

Motion Theory (dir. Grady Hall) continues to refine their sophisticated sensibilities with “Vines“, “Fly Trap” and “Breeze” for Sony VAIO. The simple concept from 180LA,… Read more

Animal Logic TVC Reel 2008

Australian Visual Effects powerhouse Animal Logic just put up a fresh new TVC Reel. In addition to the usual awe-inspiring work, what really caught my… Read more

ManvsMachine: “Space”

Better late than never, I always say. This beautiful brand piece from Man vs. Machine made the rounds last week, but we were a little… Read more

Tyquane Wright: Dive

To wrap up his time at NYU’s Digital Imaging and Design program, Tyquane Wright created “Dive,” an abstract deconstruction of his creative process. Mike Genato’s… Read more

AENY Meeting: Thursday, July 31st

The next AENY meeting is coming up on Thursday, July 31st at 6:45pm in a roomy new location that can seat up to 400 people.… Read more

Trailer Thrash

First and foremost, kudos to Justin for running this amazing website and acting as the provider to all of us in the motion world, no… Read more