I used to be really into Dragon Ball Z would be a terrible sentence to lead with if you were out on a date when I was in middle school. Also in high school. But only at the beginning. And kind of in the middle. Not at the end, though. Mostly. Anyway, I was also really […]

“Can you turn those into triangles?” I’ve been asked this question, or something very similar, innumerable times while doing client work. Questions of the form, “can you [insert technical request here]?” are not easily answered, because answering them simply and honestly paints a picture so woefully incomplete it is almost dishonest. Because the short answer […]

If you perform a Google search for “cheap logo design,” the first result you’ll get is from a service called Fiverr, wherein you can find myriad vendors purporting to provide quality logo design for as little as $5. That’s right. Five bucks. So for the price of a few McCheezburgers, your business could have a […]

Check out video version below In our previous post, I discussed the importance of building a brand from the bottom up. Starting with who you are and going from there, as opposed to starting with where you want to be and trying to dig backward. To illustrate that process and the fruits of it, I wanted to […]

Typography is important. The most straightforward illustration of that fact is typography done poorly. At best, haphazard or lazy typography is distracting; at worst, it causes confusion and renders the content unreadable. We’ve likely all clicked on a link to a website or blog post that we’re interested in, only to be greeted by a […]

We are honored and amazed to have won five awards at the 2017 American Ad Federation Awards show this past Saturday. We had a spectacular evening. Our congratulations to all the other winners including our pals at The Digital Ring, and Blend. This is our first time entering work into the show and we are […]

The folk at Karben4 are awesome. They love what they do and create an amazing experience. To them, it’s more about telling stories with their brand and their beer. Their website is a poignant example of that. More importantly, however, their beer is often the first thing people will encounter so it needs to stand […]

Did you know we create display area and product loop videos? Last week, we were pleased to make this display area video for the St. Paul’s Wine Fest, which greeted guests as they entered. The video was used to describe the different kinds of wine and beer that were available for guests to sample during […]

The New Year and the new developments on the horizon for Backflip Films inspired me to dig through some of our old logo designs this afternoon. I suppose the nostalgia that I feel won’t be shared by those of you that haven’t known our company as long, but I hope you enjoy this glimpse back […]

  We purchased a Wacom tablet this afternoon to streamline our storyboarding process a bit more. I was really excited to test it out but ended up having to scrap a half hour of work because I made a few mistakes. Here they are, learn from them: read the script – i thought i had […]