Category archives: Motion Graphics

Featured Artist: Pete Harrison

Written by on May 31, 2012 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Concept Art, Digital Art, Fashion, Featured Artist , FF Members, Fine Art, Gaming, Graphic-design, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Photography, Portfolio, Typography.

Today we feature Pete Harrison and his work. Take a break, pour yourself an espresso, top off your coffee, crack open another Red Bull or break out the china and sip on high tea... & let's see what Pete has to say to all y'all (just saw the Hatfields and McCoys)

Enjoy!

FF: How would you describe your art and design style?

Pete: My design style I guess at the moment you could say it was photo manipulation with lighting effects, I use similar elements and the way I work that now people recognise a piece and can put ...

Featured Artist:Fede Ponce

Written by on Feb. 13, 2012 in Advertising , Animation, Art school, Concept Art, Digital Art, FF Members, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Technology, Vimeo.

Fede Ponce is a 2D-3D artist from California, hailing from Mexico via Canada with scholastic roots from Pasadena's Art Center. His work came to our attention and we had the opportunity of asking him some questions. Take a look at his latest montage of work and what he had to say when we spoke with him.

Click here to see the breakdown.

When someone asks you what do you do, what is your "canned" answer?

A: It's tough to pinpoint what I do, and even harder to describe it exactly because of the nature of the work. It ...

The 8 Worst Fonts In The World

Written by on Nov. 3, 2011 in Advertising , Graphic-design, Marketing, Motion Graphics, Movies.

The 8 Worst Fonts In The World

In "Just My Type," Simon Garfield counts down his least favorite typefaces. And Comic Sans isn't among them.

We’d need another book, of course, to do this justice. And where would one start?

Fonts are like cars on the street--we notice only the most beautiful or ugly, the funniest or the flashiest. The vast majority roll on regardless. There may be many reasons why we dislike or distrust certain fonts, and overuse and misuse are only starting points. Fonts may trigger memory as pungently as perfume: Gill Sans can summon up ...

Around the World in 10 Ads

Written by on Sept. 20, 2011 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Illustration, Marketing, Motion Graphics, Poster Art, YouTube.

Here in the states we seldom get exposed to the cornucopia of persuasive creative that daily tries to convince people like you and me in other countries to buy, sell, consume, entertain, drink, lie to our girlfriends (this usually goes hand in hand with the drinking ads,) drive faster, loose weight, live healthier or trade stock. Yes, the elements are all the same, but the delivery is usually a little different. Let's see what these modern day "Mad Men" are dishing out these days to our global friends using photography, video, animation, & 3D.

1) China: Bailing Fast Onset Cough ...

SIGGRAPH 2011

Written by on Aug. 5, 2011 in Digital Art, Exhibition, Motion Graphics, Tradeshow, YouTube.

CANADA HERE WE COME!

Filter Foundry is going to the land of Maple Syrup, Poutine, & Robin Sparkles to rub elbows with some of the best creative and technical minds in the world. Make sure to drop by the Filter Foundry Blog next week for updates of what's going on.

In case you have been living under a rock (with the guys from Geico,) here's SIGGRAPH in a nutshell:

"The SIGGRAPH conference attracts the most respected technical and creative people from all over planet Earth. The SIGGRAPH community includes: people everywhere who are excited by research, science, art, animation ...

ROME: 3 Dreams of Black

Written by on May 19, 2011 in CSS3 and HTML5, Digital Art, Motion Graphics, Music Videos.

ROME has a new album out called "3 Dreams of Black" and deciided to use Chrome for little coding expriment. Check out this great music video made popssible with Google Chrome. http://www.ro.me/

"3 Dreams of Black" is an interactive film by Chris Milk and some friends at Google that showcases the creative potential of WebGL. WebGL is a context of the HTML5 canvas element that enables hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in the web browser without a plug-in. In other words, it enables your browser to show some really beautiful visuals. On this page, you'll find a WebGL ...