Great news! The Business of Design has grown and moved from Motionworks to it’s own dedicated site – Businessofpassion.com. What that means is, all the previous episodes of The Business of Design plus new episodes and a bunch of new and exciting business development resources are available now at the new site. See you there!

MILG 7 Mograph Unleased with Tim Clapham is getting closer. Teaser 3 – MoCap

MILG 7 Mograph Unleased with Tim Clapham is coming. Teaser 2 – Flocking

MILG 7 Mograph Unleased with Tim Clapham is coming. Teaser 1 – Dynamics

Hollywood Camera Work’s Visual Effects for Directors training series is an invaluable resource for both visual effects and motion graphics artists. The 7 DVD set includes over 11 hours of video with more than 1000 examples. Calm, clear and informative narration make this training a joy to watch, and easier to absorb the wealth of information. Read more…

Due to popular demand we now have a simple forum on Motionworks. The purpose of this forum is to give us a place to discuss Motionworks products, tutorials and posts separate from post comments. This is the first of a number of updates you’ll be seeing on Motionworks in the new year. Best wishes, John.

In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Hussin Kahn, Joshua Timmer, Jens Arnold, Hakan Acarel, David Kopidlansky and Laura Daniels.

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In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Marc Leonard, Fabian Van Der Meer, Sarffi Tamas, Daniel Thurau and Denis St-Pierre.

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For many years Knoll Light Factory Pro (KLF) has been the go-to tool for lens flares for Adobe After Effects (and other applications). I’m a big fan and have used and relied on it for dozens of projects. Just recently Video Copilot announced that a new kid is moving into the neighbourhood. Well I’m here to tell you, that kid is one big dude, Read more…

In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Israel Long, Renzo Reyes, Robert Bojor, Mark Shingleton, Alexander Massey and David Gugel

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Over the next few weeks I will be reviewing each and every entry to the Unplugged challenge. These will be short critiques where I will discuss what I believe are the strengths and areas for improvement. If any entrant would like to discuss their entry in more detail don’t hesitate to contact me. This time we look a the work of Hugo Goudswaard, David Kwasnik, Read more…

Everyone who took the time and made an effort to display their work in this challenge is a winner. Choosing from the top 10 was not easy and after much deliberation we have decided to use Robert Leger’s entry as the title sequence for Unplugged. Robert based his animation on the existing style and colour palette and reworked it into a fun and stylish sequence. I’m looking forward to discussing the animation with Robert during his Unplugged interview. To all other entrants, once again thank you, and look out for my video review of your entries.

A big congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered the Unplugged title challenge. You all made a huge effort and deserve praise for having the courage to showcase your skills, no matter what your skill level. If you’d like to discuss your entry feel free to contact me. Read more…

Here are some more great entries for the Unplugged title challenge. Tomorrow is the final day to get your entry in so you’d better hurry, the winner will be announced very soon. Read more…

More great entries to the Unplugged challenge. Entries will be closing on December 5 so if you’ve got one, be sure to send it in. Read more…