A long time ago I had created an underground blast effect by just using the shatter plugin and the wiggle expression. I never thought that it was something that people wanted to see until I came across PSDTUTS and AETUTS where users could submit tutorials to people who needed them. I made sure that my idea was truly such before writing up a 22 step tutorial and submitting it to Envato.

Street Fighter IV has gotten it right with its opening cinematic by combinding 3d animation with after effects to create a vividly stunning motion graphics compositing piece. True to the game’s aesthetic, this motion graphics piece serves as a great example of visual inspiration.

What more of an appropriate time to show something like a Chinese New Year Motion Graphics piece.  I found this while trolling YouTube (not my usual motion graphic haunt) but I came across this piece by urbancr3atures.  
 
“its another Lunar New Year. Our Cr3aturous New Year to everyone. this video is about a simple greeting [...]

 
Typography from Jesper Hauwe on Vimeo.
I’m normally really, really picky with motion graphics that I am a fan of, and I’m even more fickle when it comes to kinetic typography. I found this while trolling youtube for my upcoming post on the Top Ten Worst and Best Kinetic Typography examples of the Spring, but [...]

“All of me” by Chris Chameleon from Shotopop on Vimeo.
I made at least five creative wallpapers, sketched my heart out, and created a storyboard for a motion graphics peice the same day I saw this animation.  It was simply -that- inspiring.  Shotopop is definitely something to look out for if your into animation, motion graphics, [...]

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If there’s anything that you can always count on in James Bond Movies, its sexy women, sexy cars, and the sexiest of all: kinetic typography and stunning motion graphics.  I enjoy the fact that the creative director and his henchmen took the grunge/seventies, splashed a bit of funk and topped it all off [...]