Nice work for Adidas by Elastic

Daily Planet recently completed the 2009 Chicago Blackhawks Hit the Ice in-game video and the folks there were kind enough to answer some questions about the process. Be sure to check out their other great work.

Chicago Blackhawks – 2009 Game Opener from Brad Chmielewski on Vimeo.

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Check out this new NFL on Fox spot from Fox Sports Design, King and Country, Sway, La Huella and many more. Hit the jump for the full credits.

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GraphicsMafia is proud to share our first behind the scenes article. Lift Motion Design of Chicago recently completed a rebrand of Barrett Jackson on the speed network. The team at Lift was kind enough to answer a few questions about the process. You can view the spot on Lift’s website. Hit the jump for the interview.

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Ran into my good friend Roman Farias who works for the graphics department at the Chicago White Sox and checked out his new website. He has come up with a really unique way to display ribbon board animations. Roman said this is what he sends to his clients for the approval process. It’s a really original way to display an unusual aspect ratio. How have you displayed your unusual aspect ratio work online?

Now if Roman can only think of a way to show off that work in the context of a demo reel.

A couple of very high energy spot from Engine out of Sydney Australia.

Really slick spot from Two Penguins. That Red One camera is sharp. Thanks for the contribution Morten.

The Colorado Eagles hosted the Tampa Bay Lighting versus the Phoenix Coyotes last month and Jeff Lewis was responsible for creating the in-game graphics. Thanks for the contribution. If you’ve created some sports motion graphics, send it our way.

I’m proud to announce we’ve got a store. Well sort of, it’s an Amazon Affiliate store. Which basically allows me to group together the best amazon has to offer for sports motion graphics. I get a small percentage (from amazon) for each sale of a recommended item, which helps with the hosting cost of the site. But the real beauty is a central location of the best sports related mograph books, software etc. So I need your help. Have you read a good book about sports graphics, After Effects, Cinema 4D or Editing? Are there some plugins you just can’t live without? Please comment with your suggestions (or send us a ‘contribute’ message) and we’ll add the item to the store. Once again, I’m not paid by any of these affiliates to post their products on GraphicsMafia. It’s just a collection of useful books and software that I consider to be the best for Sports Graphics.

I saw this commercial this weekend and thought it was fantastic.