Andy Martin: Dry Fish

London based freelance designer/director Andy Martin recently completed this short: Dry Fish; Sometime you find yourself in a place that you just can’t explain and quite often it can be a little bit worrying. This animated short tells of one such occasion as our hero tries to express his feelings in the only way he […]

NOMINT ~ The Greek Crisis Explained Episode 2

We posted the first Episode last week and just received word that the second Episode is now online. Its as great as the first and Episode three will be out next month. Congrats to NOMINT.

Two Minutes

When I read “7D stop motion music video” in the description for 2 Minutes I thought it was a video in 7 dimension, just to find out it was actually shot with a Canon 7D; while the video, directed by Maxime Bruneel, is set in the ordinary 10 dimensional space we’re used to…

Takahiro Yasuda

We’ll be taking a close look at Japanese graphic & motion designers and directors over the next couple of weeks. First up: talented Tokyo based graphic designer Takahiro Yasuda. You can see more of his work here as well.

Lunatik

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

NOMINT: The Greek Crisis Explained

NOMINT is an Athens based award-winning motion design production company that directs, designs and produces for motion, and their talents are abundant to say the least. The Greek Crisis Explained is their latest project; observations and a humorous take on local developments, with episode 2 on its way. I love the illustration and […]

NFL on Fox Sports Redesign by Michael Cina

Recently I stumbled across a project on Michael Cina’s portfolio site that to my eyes was very bold, fresh and engaging. Clean, minimal and graphic – but for American football. The two things seemed antithetical to each other. But in some parallel universe it could exist. Was it on air now? Was it something I missed completely? (I have to admit here, I’m not a big football watcher, so either seemed entirely possible to me …)

As is the case so often, it was a project that was rejected by the network, who then went in a completely different direction. Michael Cina (along with Michael Young when they worked together as WWFT) designed this back in 2005-2006 for Fox Sports. I wanted to find out more, so I got in touch with him to explain some of his process on the project.

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Drasko V, Alexander Gardenberg Ola Syse: Vision

Love the latest work from Toronto based audio sfx artist Drasko V (who we had a chance to chat with a while back); VISION. Drasko collaborated with Alexander Gardenberg and Ola Syse, combining ink, water and oil, all recorded in HD.
Audio was a reconstruction of Drasko’s track ‘inner life’ with water recordings and manipulation.

Maxim Zhestkov: New short Recursion + new site.

Russian director/artist Maxim Zhestkov recently updated his site with a great new short: Recursion.

Buds on Ice – Opening Scene

The opening scene for “Buds on Ice” by Domestic Infelicity, is quite something.