New Sensation
French collective CRCR delivers yet again with some brain bending traditional animation in their new short “New Sensation.” Director: CRCR Animation: Rémi Bastie Paul Lacolley Jérémy Pires…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Gretel: mun2 Rebrand
Another fine piece of work by Gretel, this time for Mun2. When invited by the network to do their 2013 rebrand, they decided to go for a clean and simple…
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Daniel Coutinho • 10 years ago
Caleb Wood: Dana Willams “One More”
More beauty from Caleb Wood in this music video for Dana Willams’s “One More”. If you’ve been pining for Gerald Scarfe, you now have your…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 10 years ago
The Missing Scarf
With a boat load of awards, narration by George Takei and an excellent script, it’s no question that Eoin Duffy’s new short The Missing Scarf deserves a…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Onward Internet!
Buck brings us a delightul tale of the internet using a variety of styles and techniques, combined with the always solid sound design by Antfood—love the old…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Butter Fingers
LA based 2D animator and designer Jordan Scott just released a charming, beautifully designed short titled “Butter Fingers.” “Butter Fingers” takes us through a brief…
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Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Animography Monthly No. 8: ‘Magnus’
Animography Monthly is a monthly recurring animation project to explore the use of animated typefaces. Joe Donaldson teamed up with Jay Quercia to take on…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
STATE Design Creates motion 2014 Show Open
State Design’s opener for the Motion conference features a plethora of playful vignettes executed in a clean, poppy style. Credits STATE Design Creative Director: Marcel…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Robot King
This isn’t for everyone, but it’s definitely for me. As a child of the 80s, I grew up watching awesomely terrible animated series like “Voltron”…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Men’s Health “How a Bean Becomes a Fart”
Giant Ant strikes again for Men’s Health, this time explaining how a bean becomes a gaseous expulsion of malodorous intent (i.e. a fart). Check out…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Imaginary Forces: “Manhattan” title sequence
Imaginary Forces’ Dan Gregoras and Jeremy Cox co-directed this elegant title sequence for Manhattan, a new series on WGN: Set in Los Alamos in 1943,…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Horde
When your mother warned you against riding motorcycles, this isn’t what she had in mind. “Horde” is a stylishly terrifying short from Brvtvs Collective, a…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Prosper
Michigan Motion Buds, Ian Sigmon and Nick Forshee, team up on two excellent spots for Prosper that are full of great animation, charming sound design and even an armadillo!
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Uloba
Tom Rainford’s warm, approachable illustration style takes center stage in this promo for Uloba, a Norwegian charity offering personal assistance to the disabled. Credits Agency:…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Proposal
Adam Rosenbaum proposes to his girlfriend via motion design. Nerdy and awesome. Hat tip to Bran Dougherty Johnson.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
The Story of a Story
Brikk created this poetic encapsulation of the process behind creating an animation, from pitch to delivery. Credits Brikk Daniel Isedal Edward Moulder Calle Wachtmeister Dencity…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Wild & Woolly
2veinte creates what is possibly the most interesting walk cycle ever in “Wild & Woolly.” Lots of traditionally animated love went into this one. UPDATE:…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Draco: Bringing Life to Illustrations with Kinetic Textures
Autodesk Research introduces Draco: Draco is a prototype sketch-based interface from that allows artists and casual users alike to add a rich set of animation…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
IBM Phones And Food
The interplay of live action and exaggerated device interactions give this spot for IBM a shot of whimsy that separates it from the herd. (And…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Pearson English: “One”
Although the script is a bit on the dry side, this explainer video from Territory kept my attention with its whimsical cel work and cheerful…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Adobe CMO Stats
The bevy of elegant and sometimes surprising transitions that pepper this explainer video for Adobe never upstage the real star of the video: the red…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
This Land Is Mine
Against the current backdrop of continuing attacks on Gaza, Nina Paley’s “This Land Is Mine” is the sort of acerbic satire that leaves a mark…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Stas Santimov: The Collector
Described as “an experimental hybrid of animation and illustration,” Stas Santimov’s “The Collector” uses looping vignettes of a creepy character to tell its surreal story.…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Yuya Yamaguchi: Montage 2014
Yuya Yamaguchi’s reel is worth watching for the editing alone. Tightly choreographed to the soundtrack from the frolicfon, the montage bubbles with energy.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago