TwentyFortyOne Blog

WOW, Long time since I’ve blogged! I would usually try and find something to blame it on like being attacked by a super mean griz, or like the netz was down for a few months…. But honestly this is all on me! So from this point forward I’m going to make an oath to blog at least twice a week till christmas. Not saying that I’m not going to throw up some laaaaame-dizzle posts to fill my quota, but I promise (all 7 of my readers) that it won’t be a waste of time to check back.

Ok, enough of the bureaucratic filler. I like to go to Borders on my lunch break and check out industry magz like Wired and Videographer just to keep the creativity flowing. Every now and again I’ll come across those random art mags (usually from the UK) that are about $15 a piece and chalk full of the coolest art you’ll never see in person. I used to have about 16 or so of them in San Francisco and would run through them every time I needed a quick hit of inspirado. Anywho, last week I browsed an issue of Whatever U Want and ended up reading an article on a 23 year old brit named James Sutton. Truth be told I’m not that into his style, but at 23 he’s KILLING right now. Check out the new Steve Aoki video he just directed.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a fellow motion graphic designers work on my blog, so consider this my comeback…



This dude, Max, has some pretty tuned in mo graph skittles. Most of his pieces are pretty short, but still really well done. I love the mix of live action and animation, so it seemed fitting to post this video.

Virtually everyone in the post production/motion graphics industry had heard of MK12, and virtually every one in the real world (green pill) has seen their work. Opening title sequence for James Bond: Quantum of Solace, that was them.

A few years back when I was working at Nike I was turned on to a short film they did called, “MK12’s, History of America”. At the time I was more into it for entertainment value, but after I got more and more involved with motion graphics and 3D etc., I really gained an appreciation for their work. Their mixture of live action and motion graphics really compliment each other! “History of America” is pretty much a clinic on how to execute a ridiculously complicated short ‘film’ perfectly. The video is a little long, but trust me it’s worth it!

I’ve really got to hand it to these guys. they made light-sensitive audio that can not only change the volume but the pitch as well. Above that, the audio drives the video screens which act as volume displays! Ridiculous. This is the ultimate fusion of performance and art.

The video is a little long and takes a while to get into the good stuff, but wait it out. It’s worth it!

I can’t tell you how good I think this piece is! The whole time I was watching it I couldn’t stop asking myself if it was stop-motion or 3D? I think it’s probably a mixture of both, but damn did they do it well.

After poking around for about 20 minutes, I found this great article on the making of “Asics Oragami: In Pursuit of Perfection“. Turns out much of the 3D work was done using the same software that I’m getting into called Cinema 4D. It’s always nice to know that something this polished was made using software that I have chillin on my laptop!