Being a top motion graphics artist requires a high level of technical expertise, but technical skill alone is not enough. In this first episode of The Business of Motion we start with the fundamentals by discussing the 3 key skills that all of us must understand to be successful in our careers. Read more…

Making It Look Great 6: Design and Production Techniques for Cinema 4D and After Effects is now available. In this 14 part, 8.5 hour video workshop you’ll work with designer, Cinema 4D expert and Mograph master Tim Clapham to create a stunning, multi-layered news opener. Jam-packed with techniques, tips and shortcuts, the workshop includes Read more…

In part two of this series we’ll look at how to shatter the polygon object using Cinema 4D Explosion FX, add a glass material and image map to the face of the glass, and use an HDR image with the Sky object to create reflections. Read more…

In this 3 tutorial series we’ll look at how to build a glass shatter effect, based on a recent project for Damages 2, using Illustrator, After Effects and Cinema 4D. This section includes capturing the template in After Effects, paths in Illustrator and setting up imported splines as polygons in Cinema 4D. Read more…

Here are a couple of Form experiments. Both use the String settings; one for an amorphous background element and the other for an interesting text reveal. Click the thumbnail for large images.  Download Project

Making It Look Great 6: Design and Production Techniques for Cinema 4D and After Effects is close to completion. Tim Clapham has worked hard to put together almost 8 hours of training. Now we’re hard at work editing and polishing. In the mean time we’ve uploaded a half resolution version of the introduction for the training, in which Tim gives a brief overview.

Watch Introduction (2 minutes,20MB)

I started in this industry in 1992, working with my brother Robin in his fledgling business development company. It was a small setup, basically Robin, myself and my father Allan in the front room of Robin’s house. More on that in an upcoming post but what I wanted to share with you now is my first motion graphics project (created in After Effects). Read more…