It’s good to be a geek. For proof, I submit to you the Tron Legacy trailer. New desktop wallpaper anyone?
Tron pron
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Embrace Life PSA
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Thanks to Motiongrapher for calling attention to this great PSA for the Sussex Safer Road Partnership. Simple premise, big emotion.
Credit where credits are due
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Some of the most amazing motion graphics out there are being viewed by millions of people worldwide through Hollywood movies. We’re talking about title sequences and end credits. As you can see from some of our favorites below, creative motion graphics don’t always come from animated movies.
Thanks to The Art of the Title Sequence for having the best quality legal versions of the clips anywhere online. For quick viewing, I’ve also embedded lower quality video from other sites. UPDATE (2/22/2010): It didn’t take long for the videos to be taken down from Vimeo. I’ll leave the remaining survivors.
For best quality viewing, I recommend clicking on the “480p” or “720p” links next to each title. Clicking on the title itself will take you to The Art of the Title Sequence which may also have credits and extras available.
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Jamie Caliri (480p | 720p)
Sherlock Holmes
by Prologue Films (480p | 720p)
Casino Royale
by Daniel Kleinman (480p | 720p)
Stranger Than Fiction
by MK12 (480p | 720p)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by DUCK Studios (480p | 720p)
300
by yU+co (480p | 720p)
Iron Man
by Prologue Films (480p | 720p)
The Incredibles
by Pixar (480p)
Rethink Scholarship promo
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
What a fitting video promoting the Rethink Scholarship!
“The Rethink Scholarship is an $18,000 scholarship for aspiring art directors and designers to Langara College’s Communication and Ideation Design program. The winner will also receive a 3-month internship with Rethink.”
Data is our prison
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
The Visionaire Group’s work for the ELSE Mobile promotional campaign is motion graphic goodness.
I, for one, welcome our giant robot overlords (for less than $500)
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 
Fede Alvarez of the Aparato Post scores a seven-figure deal through an incredible giant robot invasion video produced for less than $500. Watching the video, it’s hard to believe the price tag (I suspect work hours are not in the accounting), but it’s still remarkable nonetheless. View the video here and then, read the story on Variety.
Dystopian Chinese scroll paintings
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 
Graphic designer Sean Tang created some amazing posters for advertising agency JWT Shanghai, which put out a a series of ads for the China Environment Protect Foundation. At this size they look like the typical moody beauty of traditional Chinese scroll paintings. Click on them to view a large version and see the detail of electrical towers, skyscrapers, and automobiles wrecking Mother Nature. Great work.
Also check out the animated version below, which played in the People Square Subway Station.
School daze animated
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Animated by Titmouse, Inc., the Fray’s video for their cover of “Heartless” is elegant and hearkens back to simpler days stuck in class behind a classroom crush.
Playing with food pays off
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Whether you’re from Canada or not, you can no doubt appreciate the message behind this “Eat Real, Eat Local” spot. Imaginative uses of food and infographics set on a dinner table make for a fun learning experience.
We need more of these type of spots — in content and design — on a global scale.
Stop motion video goodness
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
The music video for Coldplay’s Strawberry Swing is yet another brilliant piece of stop motion artistry making the rounds. Directed by Shynola, this video stands out for the sheer time and work involved in redrawing the chalk backgrounds for each frame. Incredible.
Below are two other notable stop motion videos in the past few months: “Her Morning Elegance,” “Sorry I’m Late,” and the “Stop Motion with Wolf and Pig.”