James Cowen is a designer, animator and filmmaker. Running his own studio ‘[Yes Captain](http://yescaptain.net/)’ and founding Australasia’s first Motion Design festival ‘[Node](http://www.nodefest.com.au/)’. He discusses the work the studio produces as well as what Node offers the motion design community.

James Cowen:

[Yes Captain](http://yescaptain.net/)

[Node](http://www.nodefest.com.au/)

[Node 2016 Videos](http://www.nodefest.com.au/sessions/)

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[Frank Carrilho](https://www.instagram.com/frankcarrilho/)

[Visual Fodder](https://www.instagram.com/visual.fodder/?hl=en)

[Attraction VFX Breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Qw9TTZTKE)

Motion Sites:

[Elastic](http://elastic.tv/)

[Studio Breeder](http://www.studiobreeder.com/)

[Raoul Marks](http://www.raoulmarks.com/)

[Antibody](http://www.antibody.tv/)

[Luxx](http://luxx.tv/)

Training Sites

[Helloluxx](http://helloluxx.com/)

[Fxphd](https://www.fxphd.com/)

[Learn Squared](https://www.learnsquared.com/)

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[Cinema 4D](https://www.maxon.net/en/)

[Redshift](https://www.redshift3d.com/)

[Octane](https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/)

[Arnold](https://www.solidangle.com/arnold/)

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[Rebusfarm](https://us.rebusfarm.net/en/)

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