Perfect Storm

Perfect Storm

The interactive graphics on this site is incredible. Kind of dark since you are the one creating the disasters, but it was interesting going through all the cities and learning about what happened. 

Noise International

This is a clever idea of using sound waves as the basis of graphics. Suits well for the client who's name is Noise International, a sound studio. 

Paper City

The details that went into the city must have taken a very long time. The rising and collapsing of the buildings are also well done and it's convincing that they're made of paper. 

Amor a Vida

Such a beautiful animation done with "raw" sketches. The movement of the bodies are so well done that I can easily see this being done by real people. I would pay to go see that. 

A Flat Animation

This animation is so cute. I love all the pop-culture references and the fact they were all represented by their most iconic features rather than all of them. The use of the circle as a face that always remained on the screen was a creative way to go about the transitions as well as tying all the characters together. 

Delicious

Not only do I fully enjoy the simplistic style of animation, but also the transitions between all the different desserts. Many times, I find it difficult to do a transition that makes sense and isn't too forced.

A History of the Title Sequence

This is a great video on the history of the title sequence. In the beginning, the set up is very simple, but because of the angles, lighting, and dramatic shadows, it is very interesting to watch. Each designer's name comes up on the screen and is effect by what they are known for doing in their title sequences, which I thought was a brilliant way to subtly incorporate their unique styles. 

Creativity Test

Creativity Test

I don't want to give out the answers to this test, but the animation at the end is pretty cool. As you can probably tell from the beginning, it's done in an old cartoon style, which is kind of rare to see now a days.

Contre Jour

Contre Jour

This is a cute little game that reminds me of Badlands (if anyone knows that game). I really like any game that has really smooth animations, especially when you have to interact with it such as with this one. The visual style of this is also appealing, using black and grey for most of it with pops of blue. There are also a few layers for the background, and it makes it more interesting that it responds to what you are doing. 

Evernote Email

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Check out this email I got from Evernote! It has an email animation that we just did for a project. I don't remember getting a lot of these in other product emails, but I like how this one is a smooth animation rather than one that's just flashing back and forth between 2 images. I like the colors scheme and the simple lines that makes up the illustration. I really like the shape of the steam that's coming out of the cup, it's a unique form for steam that I've never seen before.

NBC Peacock

Haha, this is a really cute video. Kind of gross at the end, but a creative concept none the less of how the peacock gets his tail. I like how the quick motions with legs and head movement really conveys the movement of birds in general as well as the slight bulging of the eyes when it gets surprised by the falling colors. And check out that motion blur! it looks like it was done with a paint brush which I thought was interesting texture to choose. There are also subtle motion lines such as when his stomach grumbles, but also during the x-ray when the colors are hitting the sides of his stomach. You can see a little bit of their colors appear and disappear during the impact, which I guess doesn't really show movement, but rather force. 

Mova

Here is an animation by Vancouver Film School. I think the abstract and geometric shapes is what makes this video so interesting, especially when they are put together to form something that is not discernible but we can still associate with it. I really like that string in the very beginning of the video and how it expands and contracts and the camera focuses on different parts. The color palate is also appealing with bright pink and aqua mixed in with dark purple and white.

Dare to Wonder

I was wandering around on a random website (forgot which one), and this was playing on the side bar which caught my eye, probably due to the bright blue background. It's a very cute animation regarding Oreos and how wonderful they are :D. The movement that goes on is well synced with the music and there is enough visual variety to hold my interest till the end. I always wonder for animations like these, how do they come up with what to animate? Because there is no plot line so sometimes it doesn't really make sense if you think about it too much. Like for this one, balloons raise the oreos up, which then drop into glasses of milk, and then confetti......lots of confetti.

Sweet

Hello world! My name is Catherine and this is my blog dedicated to inspirational works that demonstrate good motion design. The first video I'm going to post is a demo video of free script for  After Effects (at least that's what the description says). Since I am going to use After Effects soon for projects, I thought this would be an appropriate inspiration as well as source for motion design. There is a lot going on in most of the frames, but I do enjoy the intensity of the colors and motions. If I were to implement these effects on a project, I would definitely use the effects a bit more sparingly.