Monthly Archives: August 2008

Behind the scenes of LAIKA’s Coraline

Behind the scenes of LAIKA’s upcoming film, Coraline (via Shane Prigmore)

GOOD Magazine: Lords of the Rings

GOOD Magazine’s latest addition to its Transparency series, “Lords of the Rings,” created in collaboration with Dorian Orange.

Animation, Storyboard, Fine Art by Dave Creek

Animation, Storyboard, Fine Art by Dave Creek

The principles of pleasure elucidated

The principles of pleasure elucidated (Thanks Kooch!)

Ole Sturm’s AE Expressions/Scripts community pool now open

Ole Sturm’s AE Expressions/Scripting community pool now open (Ole’s site)

Renascent: FOX Sports HD ID

FOX Sports tapped Renascent (a.k.a. Joost Korngold) for this beautiful network ID

Mixtape Club for My Morning Jacket

Mixtape Club has been happily toiling away in their new home at Hornet. Last month, they released some character-based motion and print work for Nike/Foot… Read more

Resource Links Return!

Back by popular demand: The Resources links have returned! Check the left-hand column of Motionographer for your old favorites.

Cassiano Prado: 4Music Buzz Chart

Cassiano Prado creates constellations of color for the 4Music Buzz Chart title sequence

Jon Saunders

Our very own Motionographer author Jon Saunders recently updated his website. A solid intellect with a charismatic wit, and an enjoyable zest for teamwork and… Read more

Justin Harder & Ford Spencer: Prismacosm

Justin Harder describes his latest work, Prismacosm, as “[a]n array of objective tangents that sporadically connect in coincidental moments.” Co-directed with Ford Specer and created… Read more

Psyop’s Stoli Propaganda

Some of you may have caught Psyop‘s Stoli Blackberry spot a couple of weeks back. Entitled “Airship,” it’s a theatrical tale of Stoli’s journey from… Read more

LIFF – Film Director

LIFF – Film Director

The Blender Foundation, makers of open-source 3D app Blender, present Big Buck Bunny

The Blender Foundation, makers of open-source 3D app Blender, present Big Buck Bunny (Thanks for the nudge, Shaun!)

Gobelins Students Do it Again: Oktapodi

Although it was created in 2007, the student short film from Gobelins, “Oktapodi,” has finally been released into the wild. (Ha, given the storyline of… Read more

2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Last night, I attended the 2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards at the Skirball Center here in NYC to cheer on Ryan Uhrich and Motionographer’s own… Read more

Santa Monica Welcomes Elastic

Santa Monica welcomes Elastic, a design-driven VFX house and part of the a52/Rock Paper Scissors Family. Their first official project was this piece for Nike,… Read more

Darren Walsh & Passion for National Express Trains

The Legendary Darren Walsh (Passion Pictures) just dropped these two new spots for the National Express entitled Edinburgh and London. These modest, yet entertaining little… Read more

The Lighthouse, a heart warming short directed by Exopolis

The Lighthouse, a heart warming short directed by Exopolis

Radium takes us down the river with Huck and Jim

Radium takes us down the river with Huck and Jim (Radium’s website)

DMA/LA = Tuesday 19th from 7pm to 10pm in Hollywood, CA

DMA/LA = Tuesday 19th from 7pm to 10pm in Hollywood, CA

PepperMelon: E.L.A., Meet the Fat Farts

PepperMelon has been hard at work on two short (but surprisingly epic) films that are sure to brighten up your week. “ELA in Love at… Read more

Meridian

[QuickTime version here] This is a little outside the norm for Motionographer, but I’m meserized by “Meridian,” a new short film from Brian Bowman (Creative… Read more

Maxon Announces Cinema 4D R11

Maxon announced features of its upcoming Cinema 4D R11 release at SIGGRAPH yesterday. Here are some juicy bits from the press release: CINEMA 4D R11… Read more