Serial Cut

A new site design is up which forms an elegant backdrop to some nice new projects.

Serial Cut previously posted here...

Actop

Inspiring Flickr stream of experimental abstract imagery created in After Effects.

Actop's website is well worth a look too...

Hana Screensaver

Hana screensaver now available for OSX intel.

Hana is a dream about flowers for computers. The idea is that no aspect of creating the flowers is hidden from the computers, everything is created in code and no bitmaps are used that the computer has not seen to the creation of itself, letting the computer "think" through every step.

I've known Andreas for some time now and his work never fails to blow my sock off!

Stoav

Stoav is rocking a cool new site design and some lovely new work.

World Builder

An unknown man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.

It's refreshing to see something with such a solid and compassionate narrative and so well executed.

Gmunk

Great to see that Gmunk is still rocking work of the highest quality.

It's been a very long time since I saw him last and he hasn't promotes his work in ages.

This Is Now

Beautiful flowing abstract primitives created for Ford by Maxim Zhestkov. Lovely...

Maxim Zhestkov previously posted here...

Burning Safari

Amazingly action-packed short film. Extremely well executed and with a brilliant sense of humour too...

Your Majesty Reel 2008

Gorgeous reel from the boys at Your Majesty - showcasing even more fabulous work.

Your Majesty previously posted here...

Blue Coldesack

The eternal struggle between order and chaos, ending in symbiosis.

I like how it appears more like augmented reality than being seamlessly integrated.

Created by Vladimir Tomin at Spacejump.

Peugeot 3008

Really great to see Zamak's fantastic characters being used commercially. Impressive how much personality they convey.

Don't forget to click the High Quality option in the player - it really makes a big improvement.

Zamak previously posted here...

Christopher Hewitt

My old friend Chris has relaunched his site with some sterling new pieces of work.

Hoping to see a bit more of him, as bizarrely I discovered he now lives about 100 metres from me!

Geosound

Visual soundsystems - is it possible to visualise an acoustic composition to detect the system behind?

Ease

Animated identity for Filippa K by Johan Prag.

Beautiful liquid effect - must work out how this is done...

Sumeco

New 2007-2008 portfolio. I am especially loving the Study Reel - for first motion experiments it's very impressive :-)

Sumeco previously posted here...

Serial Cut

New updates added to their portfolio - some lovely new work on show!

Serial Cut previously posted here...

Robert Seidel

Gorgeous new idents for Channel Five and IdN Magazine - like kinetic liquid paint.

I remember as a kid how you could get something vaguely similar using a saucer of milk, some drops of food colouring then adding one drop of washing up liquid!

Michael Paul Young

Slick new site that supports a wealth of beautiful abstract 3D work and much more besides...

More Supaformula

Some new updates at Sanch TV - lovely as always, I posted the earlier Supaformula examples almost one year ago to the day!

Twin

Really impressive motion work from this pair of Australian brothers. Two of my favourites are their adverts for Wrigley's Extra (because the characters are extremely cute), and the Nissan Powered Suit series.

Qube Konstrukt

Great portfolio, especially some of the motion graphics - which can be viewed in their current showreel. I particularly like this bit of model making for the Next Wave Festival, it's nice to see people successfully combining traditional and digital skills.

They also have a self-published book called Consort that is available here - I have ordered myself a copy =)

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4

Promotional video with impressive driving, relatively subtle use of infographics (with a touch of humour), and anyway - Lamborghini has always been my favorite car manufacturer.

Philip Shtoll

A design, live-action company and personal portfolio site. Great showreel and work, especially the interface designs for Iron Man.

Sebastien Cannone

Stunning showreel with some amazingly complex graffiti inspired elements - a must see!

Curt Blog

Discovered this blog - I hope they add to it regularly.

I posted their showreel some time ago, but they've updated their site and it's well worth another look.

The Holograms

The Holograms have some new work on show - and it's extremely good! Their MTV Bloom Ident reminds me of Truthtag's work a bit, but even better - it's animated.

Stopp

I love the simplicity of this playhead interface, plus it's backed up by an extensive, multi-disciplinary portfolio containing some great work!

Science Under Fire

I haven't visited here since the launch of the second version site, there's some slick new work on display and a new blog too. I'm very curious about the Titan project - looks interesting...

Gkaster Showreel 2008

Exceptional showreel and portfolio, a beautifully designed and well implemented site too.

Maxim Zhestkov

Amazingly detailed and highly emotive monochrome 3D work. Maxim's Flickr photos are well worth a look too.

DVNO

This awesome video by So Me for Justice encapsulates everything I love - great music, 80's inspired motion graphics and some fantastic logotypes that fit with the lyrics!

Metaconfigurator

Discovered this Flickr set - lots of lovely 3D abstractions, created by Kristopher Collins.

Umps Unzin

Discovered this piece while searching Vimeo, created by Depart.

Magnetosphere

Found another beautiful piece created in Processing by Flight 404. Again, I recommend following the link and watching the high quality quicktime version.

Solar With Lyrics

Captivating, almost astrological visuals - created in Processing by the ever-talented Flight 404. I recommend following the link and watching the HD version.

Silencio

Átila Meireles's elegant portfolio site has a refreshingly humorous start page and contains some compelling abstract images.

MK12

I watched the Kite Runner at the weekend and was completely captivated by the fluid beauty of the intro credits (they are not online yet unfortunately). It didn't come as too much of a surprise to discover that they had been produced by MK12.

I remember some years ago at Kioken, how completely blown away we were when we saw the two MK12 movies above. We went on to experiment with our own pseudo 3D effects - firstly using Combustion and then After Effects . It's a widely used effect now, but they are still incredible, so I thought I would post them.

Arne & Carlos

Truly engaging and beautifully surreal dreamscapes for this fashion label.

Mato Atom

Visually stunning and stylistically varied examples from the portfolio of Mato Atom.

Other - Jozias Dawson

Lovely randomly generated 80's inspired graphics form the backdrop for this slick, elegant and fun to use portfolio site.

Victor Taba

Music and animation mix randomly on a stage of visual and aural stimulation.

Mark Coleran

Very slick screen, interface and motion graphic design for television and film. I want to get into this area myself as I do an awful lot of interface design for future services and abstracting it would be a great deal of fun.

Flight 404 Blog

Beautiful and insanely complex Processing experiments.

Mobbit Systems - Merry Christmas

Simple and elegant, with some stylistically beautiful elements.

Yeah! Reel

New Serial Cut showreel, and it's extremely slick! Motion graphics by the ultra talented Tavo.

Superdeux

Long standing portfolio with a bold cartoon style and some really 'cute' character designs...

Rmax and Marconi for MTV

Nice spot for MTV, utilising the combined skills of Rmax Studio and Guilherme Marconi.

Sigg Jones

An urban tale of men and magic... Short movie showcasing some exceptional 3D talent!

Hewlett Packard "Hands"

I know these are old, but they're so well done and translate the paper metaphor so effectively.

Mr. Gorman 2007 Reel

Nice snappy reel with some good hybrid 2D/3D compositions.

Serious Situations

Interesting portfolio covering many diverse design styles. The newly added work is well worth a look.

Curt 2007 Reel

Very 80's feel to it, but re-interpreted and brought to life. Nice....

Onesize

Very cool site with slick navigation and loads of great motion pieces, particularly their new reel. Five stars all the way!

Integrating Energy

Stunning interactive overhead projection and installation by Meso.

Sphere Harmonics Destrukt

More great abstract forms at Sanch TV, created using VVVV.

Supaformula Destrukt

Great abstract forms at Sanch TV, created using VVVV.

The Holograms Demo Reel

FMK7 who did the Destruckt clip is part of this French collective, and it's nice to see all their work is of an equally high standard.

Destruckt by FMK7

Now that's what I like to see, a good bit of hardcore vector decimation. Extremely well executed!

Alex Mapar Spring 2007 Reel

Lots of glam!! Excellent audio, visuals and timing make for a slick reel...

SVVVVN

A blog of abstract VVVV work, there's some fantastically detailed stuff in there...

Bones Magazine Issue 1

The work of Studio Seen. Built with VVVV - so it's realtime too!

Cave

Direction, design and animation. Found this while googling Adam Gault, turns out Carlo Vega has worked on many projects: past and present with Adam and it looks like they can all be viewed here. I particularly like the simplicity of this portfolio, using CSS show/hide techniques to full effect.

Adam Gault

An excellent showreel that I've been showing to lots of friends in the business recently, I particularly like the simplicity and minimalism of the site and the juxtaposition of the unusually slow audio against the diverse visuals.

Stranger Than Fiction

I was gobsmacked when I first saw these clips in Stranger Than Fiction, and thought they looked familiar, then I discovered they was done by MK12 - and they never cease to amaze.

A Tried and Tested Method

Beautiful infographics for this music video very much in the style of airline information leaflets, it's not particularly, new but well worth posting! Based on A Tried And Tested Method by The Longcut.

Mate Universe

Beautiful site from Mate Steinforth, it's jam-packed full of incredible motion graphics and some equally impressive stills and sketches.