Sardinian-born Carolina Melis trained as a dancer and choreographer before specialising in illustration and animation. As a result, her work now reflects the grace and fluidity of dance.
Creating stencils is a straightforward process that can produce impressive results. But what if you want to take the technique further? Motion graphics pro Lee Heyward reveals a simple way to animate your stencil designs.
Thanks to an impressive wealth of talent, innovation and creativity, motion graphics is still an emerging area for designers. Nick Spence catches up with a number of leading industry practitioners to find out what it takes to make it big.
Confidence and creative energy continue to rule the heavens, but will the gods of financial reward finally return in 2007? Mark Penfold talks to a bunch of busy designers about their predictions and gets a surprisingly positive response...
Computer Arts catches up with Oliver Wiegner of Berlin-based collective Ice Cream For Free, to talk about flea markets, designing for the music industry and What Makes Berlin Addictive.
Dstrukt's Chris James Hewitt believes third-party plug-ins can change the way you work in Photoshop forever. Here he reveals a great way to create realistic glitch effects to roughen-up your moving image work.
The quality of your cinematography can make or break an animation. Brush up your skills with this set of simple tips for framing, staging and editing shots.