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Honda – Go Everywhere by Ned Wenlock for DDB South Africa

Countries, Featured, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, News, South Africa

Ned Wenlock a designer and animator in New Zealand creates a charming spot for DDB South Africa and Honda. Animated...

The Kinetic: Cennergi

Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Motion Graphics, South Africa, Southern Africa

HKLM commissioned The Kinetic to produce a video for the launch of South Africa’s new independant energy provider’s brand reveal...

South African Airways Arrivals

Animation, Countries, Featured Projects, Illustration, Motion Graphics, South Africa, Southern Africa

Digital studio, Maja Studio, were commissioned to create an inflight animation for South African Airways that would explain the arrivals...

The Arab Spring

Countries, Egypt, Featured Projects, Libya, Morocco, Motion Graphics

The Arab Spring is a motion graphics project by Marxº, a visual interpretation of the events that took place throughout...

Delicate Shades of Africa

Animation, Featured Projects, Illustration, Motion Graphics

VLISCO Delicate Shades was a recent ad campaign for fashion house Vlisco in collaboration with fashion illustrator Sabine Pieper. The campaign feature...

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The Graphic Reserve

Branding, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Logos, Motion Graphics, South Africa

The Graphic Reserve is a design firm owned and operated by Johannesburg designer, Pieter Jordan. The Graphic Reserve showcases an...

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Making of Goldfish – We Come Together Music Video by Mike Scott

Animation, Countries, Motion Graphics, Resources, South Africa, Tutorials, Videos

We come together by Goldfish has over 1 million hits on you-tube and is quite a popular music video. I...

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Studio Ang for Bankika / KCB

Countries, Featured Projects, Kenya, Motion Graphics

Studio Ang - is VFX / Animator Bob Muchiri's studio who pulled a stella job creative directing & animating these Bankika commercials for KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank) that are now airing in Kenya and in East Africa.

Motion Graphics for social good [Videos]

Countries, Featured Projects, Kenya, Motion Graphics

There is something to be said about social good, every teenager and university student has plans to make this world...

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Featured Artists: Motion Design studio Addmaya

Animation, Countries, Featured Artists, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, Uganda

We keep stumbling on surprising talent in Africa and out of the nooks and crannies of Kampala,Uganda are a brilliant team that make up Addmaya.

The Baptism of Liberty by Falling Whistles [Video]

Animation, Congo, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, Videos

An LA (Los Angeles) based Organisation "Falling Whistles" has been campaigning for peace and rehabilitation of child solders in The Democratic Republic of Congo. Their new campaign "The Baptism of Liberty" gives attention to Congo which is having a historic election.

Visual Essays by Blink Tower [Video]

Countries, Featured Projects, Illustration, Motion Graphics, South Africa, Videos

Motion Graphics has its power play in taking narratives and making them visually stunning! Every once in a while visual...

Going Solo By Studio Botes [Video]

Animation, Motion Graphics, Resources, South Africa, Videos

After a decade of agency experience Cape Town designer Brandt Botes goes at it solo and opens Studio Botes. He created...

Barbara Muriungi Updates Reel [Video]

Animation, Countries, Featured Artists, Kenya, Motion Graphics, Videos

Quick personal update: alongside writing on African Digital Art, I keep busy with my day job as a Designer and...

Luke Younge: Filmmaker [Video]

Featured Artists, Film, Motion Graphics

Luke Younge works under Lucid Pictures a production company in Cape Town that makes powerful, thoughtful films for people who make...

Feature Artist: Kunle’s VFX Reel [VIDEO]

Animation, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, Videos

A couple of years ago, Kunle, full name Oyekunle Jegede freelanced for a small studio I was working in New York....

Am I collective & Die Heuwels [VIDEO]

Animation, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, Music, South Africa

Another incredible motion and animation project from powerhouse Am I Collective. This is the latest music video produced for Die Heuwels Fantasies new song, Noordelig. Illustrated and animated by Am I Collective the video was produced by Ruan Vermeulen over a period of 8 months.

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Shy the Sun: Interview

Countries, Interviews, Motion Graphics, South Africa

SHY THE SUN is a small team of creatives that packs a punch mighter than some big studios. This unique team of collaborators now represented by Strange Beast & Passion pictures, have such a candid thread that ties them together and their passion in their work shows throughout all their one-of-a-kind projects. ADA is much thrilled to introduce you to one of Africa’s best motion design studios.

Conduit Relaunch Website

Countries, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, News, South Africa

Cape Town’s Conduit Films & Production Studio has been an impressive studio over the years. Headed by designer / director...

Reel Update by Lung Animation

Countries, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, South Africa

We missed posting this reel when it was ready and cooked however it’s still sizzling. I still can’t believe how...

Brilliant work from Darren Macpherson

Featured Artists, Motion Graphics, South Africa

In short, Darren Macpherson is one hell of a talented 3D animator and compositor. Living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa...

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Interview with new motion studio The Kinetic

Interviews, Motion Graphics, South Africa

We continue our conversations in our series of interviews and catch up with the talented trio of brand new motion design studio The Kinetic based in Joburg, South Africa. Kinetic is the brain child of Neil van Vuuren, Estian Fourie and Stephen Galloway. They flex their muscles in three areas of specialisation for the Kinetic, respectively 3D, Visual Effects, Design and Animation. In our conversation, we ask them about the hoops they jumped to form a start-up design studio and how they are getting along with running a the new shop.

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Feature Artist: Sechaba Kgalala.

Apparel, Countries, Featured Artists, Illustration, Interviews, Motion Graphics, South Africa

echaba Kgalala is a jack of all trades, a young digital artist from Johannesburg. Sechaba also known as Infadizle spends his time on his animation, design, illustration and photo retouching. We had a chance to catch up with him and get to know him a little....

The Kinetic African All Stars

Animation, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, South Africa

The Kinetic is a full service production house specializing in Animation, visual effects and high-end print design. This is one...

KRONK & NIKE [Video]

Animation, Countries, Featured Projects, Illustration, Motion Graphics, South Africa, Videos

found via 10and5 Kronk is a prolific South African illustrator, designer and digital artist. His latest project is a NIKE...

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A chat with Hilton Tennant of Tennant McKay

Featured Projects, Interviews, Motion Graphics, South Africa

A few weeks ago we featured Tennant Mckay's incredible body of work shown as a snippet on their reel. Being such excellent individuals I was curious to find out more about them and got a great chance to catch up with Creative Director Hilton Tennant. Tennant is a small studio but has huge dreams and exceptional work. Being from South Africa which is a mecca design city within the African content, Tennant is not only a small giant, but is represented by The Ebeling Group (NYC/LA), allowing them access to clients in North America. Here is the Interview.

Coke Quest directed by Edouard Salier

Motion Graphics, Nigeria

Directed by Edouard Salier and produced by Paranoid US in time for the South Africa World Cup, this spot delivers...

New Site & Reel from Tennant McKay

Countries, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, South Africa

From lovely Joburg, is beloved motion design studio Tennant Mckay. I’ve forever been a fan of their work since I...

Luma Arcade Showreel 2010

Motion Graphics, South Africa, Videos

We recently featured Luma Studios and we are pleased to showcase their spanking new showreel for 2010 for their Luma...

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Interview with Richard Bolland

Animation, Film, Interviews, Motion Graphics, South Africa

We got to find out about Motion Graphics Artist and Filmmaker Richard initially through Twitter, where we came across his profile and his blog and that’s where we saw some of his work including his Loerie Award-winning animated short “Sid Knobodi” and the video he co-directed for SA band Captain Stu. A talented young motion graphics artist and upcoming filmmaker, currently working with leading design outfit Orijin in South Africa, we find out the interesting backstory behind one of SA's rising design talent and where's he's looking to take things in 2010.