Motionographer is a website that allows users to have access to a plethora of design reference sites. The site also allows for the artist to submit his or her work and others to discuss recent projects that have been released on the internet. Apart from the sites amazing amount of work that gets posted, the resource section is quite amazing for an up and coming graphic / Motion graphic artist. The tutorials are mostly geared towards after effects and the adobe creative suite and 3d rendering software. This allows for an artist to teach himself very complex video fx and compositional video techniques. As someone who had to teach themselves to use the multitude of programs, that I currently use today on a regular basis, this website would have definitely helped me when I was developing my own. The most useful sites I found where Digital tutors.com and video co-pilot. Both offer a large amount of detailed tutorials that will allow you to take your fx skills to the next level. Everything from basic fx to chroma keying and 3d rendering, these two sites have it all in an easily understandable and accessible format (videos).
Seeing as the next year of new media we are going to be building upon our basics skills we have developed so far. I will definitely be going back a checking out these references on Motionographer for future projects and compositions. Motionographer also has a job finder for graphic design, motion graphics and 3d rendering jobs all over the world. Although I don’t see myself moving to America or London anytime soon, there is also some work at home options. This way you can become an acclaimed graphic artist from the comfort of our own home, without having to pick up and move to a new place for work. I would definitely recommend Motionographer the next time I’m doing some fx work in after effects and would encourage others to check it out as well; you never know what you might learn.
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