Quickies

Jon Malkemus

Beautiful design work from art director/motion designer, Jon Malkemus

Partizan signs Maxim Zhestkov

Partizan signs Maxim Zhestkov for worldwide representation

TED Talk: 3 Ways the Brain Creates Meaning

Autodesk’s Tom Wujec tries answer the question,”What is it about animation, graphics, illustrations that create meaning?” (Thanks, Lu!)

David Pocull Updates

David Pocull shows off his design muscles with a fresh new site.

The stellar portfolio of Carlo De Agostini

Flaunting a magnetic portfolio that’s chock-full of slick and polished works, London-based Carlo De Agostini flexes his directorial muscle to a swooning freelance market.

Peter Jansen: Human Motion Sculputures

Beautiful human motion sculptures by Peter Jansen.

Peter Sluszka for Pilobolus

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka directs a surreal stop-motion collage for dance company Pilobolus

SubmarineChannel interviews Steve Scott

SubmarineChannel interviews Steve Scott, chief animator of Birdy Nam Nam’s “Parachute Ending” music video.

Felipe Posada is Luscious

Felipe Posada has relaunched Luscious with new work and a new reel

Actionscript Microcosmos

Frank Reitberger’s Actionscript Microcosmos are fun examples of what can be done with 3D in Flash. (Via The FWA)

Kevin Whitfield

Rochester Institute of Technology student Kevin Whitfield shows great promise with a motion graphics and vfx reel full of polish.

Nick Ryan’s latest film, The German

Nick Ryan’s latest film, The German. Check out the site for some nice vfx breakdowns.

Sony Pictures Imageworks goes Open Source

Sony Pictures Imageworks open sources five projects

Movie Title Stills Collection by Christian Annyas. Thank you!

Movie Title Stills Collection by Christian Annyas. Thank you!

Virgin Backlot by Ringan Ledwidge

One of those make-you-smile pieces, from Ringan Ledwidge of Rattling Stick, London. Check out the rest of his back-catalogue, here. Heartwarmingly gorgeous.

Motion Theory for Tanqueray

Motion Theory drops the third spot in their campaign for Tanqueray

Ryan Brotherston

Ryan Brotherston has a fun portfolio full of quirky projects.

RGB6 In-Camera Blacklight

RGB6 Rocks the In-Camera Blacklight Style for Pacemaker DJ-Systems

Event Reminder: See No Evil, Thursday August 6th

Attention Londoners: See No Evil, Thursday August 6th, featuring Simon Robson

Eunice Kim

The future holds a lot of promise for young designer Eunice Kim.

Peter Szewczyk drops a tasty new reel.

Peter Szewczyk drops a tasty new reel. Here’s a look at the credit list.

Elastic orbits around the new Toyota Venza.

Elastic orbits around the new Toyota Venza.

High Shutter Speed Bass-String Action

Bass-strings in motion shot on a camera with high shutter speed creates an interesting wobbling effect.

Jonathan Kim

LA based Jonathan Kim hits the freelance market with impact.