Two motion graphic experts, one volley every weekday from each, between today and Thursday. That's our live Layer Tennis Live Layer Tennis Exhibition Match this week. The serve is up (robots!) and the first response (bunnies!) too. More layers Monday.

An instant MoOM classic, Misplaced Manhole Covers Gallery. Ta-da! Thanks Marshall.

After a month or two of pressuring the label, Megaforce's music vid for Kid Cudi, Pursuit of Happiness, has finally been released and it's great.

The good news is that today's Live Layer Tennis Exhibition won't screw up your entire afternoon. The bad news is, you'll be partially distracted all next week too.

Having a 360 degree inspiration loop is the way, not just looking at the future but also into the past for creative ideas. What is old is new again.

Posted without comment: a shot-for-shot remake of the opening of 1995's The Goofy Movie.

Zulkey interviews Amelie Gillette, the Onion AV Club's "The Hater."

FotA and former Layer Tennis competitor, Phineas X. Jones, has been designing Half Acre's beer labels. He's also made animal illustrations for their brewing tanks.

First Packet of Sunshine spotted in the wild. We're shipping like crazy. Your sunshine is on the way.

Marc Burckhardt's traditional process for creating the cover for a Texas Monthly feature marking the 15th anniversary of the murder of Selena, "The Queen of Tejano." Via SPD.

A day in the life of designer Andrew Hoffman. Via Curved White.

The first draft of my new Bud Light commercial. By Dan Moore.

RandomWalk Triangles, a trippy, Processing experiment by Guido Corallo. Via Netdiver.

I'm with Jason and Paul.

The nocturnal adventures of a mini feline. tokyoplastic's Kitteh Kitteh.

The most expensive booze in the world.

From an occasional series, Great Moments in Fresh Signals History. Jim Denevan makes freehand drawings in the sand. The Paris Metro Map as an astronomical star chart. Martin Schröder's blog about the art of printing, Reden ist Silber. The National Science Foundation's multimedia galleries.

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Hero Josef Muller-Brockmann, beginning to end. Via Antonio Carusone.

"In the end, the life was largely in song, and the songs all had life, and that's all there is to say, and there isn't anything that can be done." Ben's thoughts on the passing of Alex Chilton.

Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode, Yaz, and Erasure shows off his vintage synthesizer collection in Maine. Via The Coolest Filipino.