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Here's the next couple steps for the motion graphics illustration of the "The Dove". After typing the script, reading it a f...

We've been contracted to do the graphic for the NEH/PBS initiative "Picturing America". This has mostly been the title seque...

These are two clips from a sequence we did for Gail Levin's American Masters' Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides . Since Starman , Je...

The most rudimentary work animators have traditionally been called upon to produce is "pan and scan" of photos and artwork. It...

So this is the last of the Christmas related posts. I'm not really into Christmas, honestly. So it was a great pleasure to get the c...

When Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon first started up Noggin about 10 years ago, they contacted several production companies to pitch statio...

Not only did we create the titles and an animated sequence for Gail Levin's documentary on Cab Calloway the film was edited by Pascal Ak...

This may never be useful to anyone else, but here's a little After Effects trick for making a border around a frame. Click the shape t...

There's little left to say about Saul Bass.  He's one of the few graphic artists in film who's work has been well documented -no...

One of the difficulties of design is that sometimes there's only one right answer, but usually there are dozens. Concepts can get work...

Everything needs an update, right? Who needs musty old stuff when it can be revamped into whooshy new graphics? A few years back PBS rep...

One of our favorite projects to date remains WNET/Thirteen's "Curious". Gail Levin introduced us to Mark Mannucci while we w...

Doing a lot of documentary work -graphics, animation, editorial -means we've had to deal with "lower thirds" more than any san...

Not long ago we did the title sequence a few animation scenes for Joseph Mann's short film "American Dream". The story centers...

Getting a job is difficult. Even if you've got a great reel, competitive pricing, and a good creative strategy there are a slew of thi...

Nursery University began airing on Showtime last night. It's "on demand" until June 8 and has at least 4 more airings includin...

Yesterday was the last class of the semester. One of the many unappreciated poeticisms of the syllabus -we end with a class on title design ...

This is a little special effects clip we did for Thirteen/WNET's "Curious" mini-series last summer. The characters (people) we...

Some people are so extraordinary that anything they do will amaze in an unexpected way. Jonathan Rosen 's work may first catch your eye ...

Gail Levin, with whom we regularly collaborate, made "Marilyn: A Still Life" for American Masters a few years back. Here's a s...