As a follow up to this blog (and course,) my book has been published on blurb.com, and ordering information can be found below. Since the course I've already used my new found book making knowledge to make two books in my workplace - I'm glad to have picked up a real world skill.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Artist #5: Matt Gardner
Matt Gardner is both a talented illustrator/animator and a talented geek as well. Together, he uses his powers to create some seriously awesome and hilarious comic book flash parodies.
One of the things I noticed right away about his style is that his characters don't have any limbs- their arms and legs just kind of hover. I suppose this probably makes for easier animation, but it also adds some humor to the proceedings.
His cartoons mainly serve to poke fun at the comic book universe, often breaking the fourth wall to do so, and it is clear that his has a vast knowledge of the source material by the many obscure references he throws into the mixture.
Find his work at www.floatingheadstudios.com .
One of the things I noticed right away about his style is that his characters don't have any limbs- their arms and legs just kind of hover. I suppose this probably makes for easier animation, but it also adds some humor to the proceedings.
His cartoons mainly serve to poke fun at the comic book universe, often breaking the fourth wall to do so, and it is clear that his has a vast knowledge of the source material by the many obscure references he throws into the mixture.
Find his work at www.floatingheadstudios.com .
Artist #4: Andea Chewiwie
Fan videos are a testament to our recombinant culture. It's an example of taking work, cutting it cut, putting it out of context, and saying something new with it. YouTube is crawling with such videos. Many fans clamor to take their favorite movie, show, or any other type of video and re-edit it to say something completely new.
I figure this would be a good time to mention my sister in this series of artists blogs, as she is among the many who take part in this cultural phenomenon.
Andrea Chewiwie is painter, illustrator, musician, and fan video editor as of recently. While many of her works have yet to go online, the above is a good example of both recombinant culture and her work. She's taken Linkin Park, a popular rock group, and fused it with FMV's from Final Fantasy, a popular video game series, to create something entirely new.
Artist #3: Jenny Barnes
Jenny Barnes, or "Dumpysaurus" as she would rather go by, is an artist whose work seems to draw mainly from sci-fi and fantasy roots, with some inspiration by the likes of Jhonen Vasquez (creator of Invader Zim and the Squee comic series.)
I like her work particularly because there's so much variation; some of her work evokes a sense of adventure and wonder, and some really make me feel like I'm losing my mind when I look at it- either way, I feel something.
Here's here DeviantArt: http://dumpysaurus.deviantart.com/ Check it out.
Artist #2: Andrew Kepple
Andrew Kepple is known online as TmsT, which stands for Too Much Spare Time. This may or may not be true, but it is true that Kepple has put his collegiate knowledge to good use in producing some of the net's most wacky and vibrant animations.
Kepple often joins forces with Neil Cicierega (covered in the last post), acting as unofficial music video animator for many of Lemon Demon's songs. The following, entitled "Geeks in Love," is Andrews artistic vision over Neil's music:
Andrew has also created many of his own interesting works, such as the Vertically Continuous Image, or his Up Skit Creek series of cartoons.
In general, Kepple's work features classic humor (occasionally bordering on the risque), which animation reminiscent to the saturday morning cartoon style. As a fan of flash animation, and having done a few myself, I hope eventually to make animations as good as his.
His work can be found at tmst.twu.net/sluggy .
Kepple often joins forces with Neil Cicierega (covered in the last post), acting as unofficial music video animator for many of Lemon Demon's songs. The following, entitled "Geeks in Love," is Andrews artistic vision over Neil's music:
Andrew has also created many of his own interesting works, such as the Vertically Continuous Image, or his Up Skit Creek series of cartoons.
In general, Kepple's work features classic humor (occasionally bordering on the risque), which animation reminiscent to the saturday morning cartoon style. As a fan of flash animation, and having done a few myself, I hope eventually to make animations as good as his.
His work can be found at tmst.twu.net/sluggy .
Artist #1: Neil Cicierega
Neil Cicierega may be the prime example of the effects of home schooling and having too much time on your hands... or he may just be a creative prodigy. Neil appeared on the online scene in 2001 with flash cartoons "The Japanese Pokerap" and "Hyakugojuiichi", which introduced the world to animutation. Animutation was a new form of online art that usually consists of foreign music, a senseless array of random imagery, and an adundance of the actor Colin Mochery. That sounds completely nonsensical, and that's the point. It's a mutated melting pot of pop culture and obscurity. His most recent animuation, entitled "Wizard Power", which features a strip-teasing Benjamin Franklin, GW Bush hypotizing the country with a planters peanut, and Gandalf in a bunny costume, is a testament to the absurdity.
Neil is not just an animator, however. His music project, entitled "Lemon Demon" is a mostly one man operation, with him playing most of the instruments in the band and synthesizing the rest. The music ranges from the thought-provoking "What Will Happen Will Happen," a comment on our society and where we're going, to the nonsensical "Gonna Dig Up Alec Guiness," which is about reanimating the corpse of actor Alec Guiness and using him as a side show attraction. Keyboards seem to be his specialty, with his keyboard solos often being a highlight of many songs. Many may recognize a fan favorite of his entitled "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny," which was been made into a popular flash cartoon.
Recently, Neil has seemed to focus more on his amatuer filmmaking projects. He has recently gained some mainstream attention on major news networks by winning the 2007 YouTube award for best comedy video. The video, entitled "Harry Potter Puppet Pals and the Mysterious Ticking Noise," is part of a series of Potter Puppet videos and has earned over 41 million views on the site.
Neil is not just an animator, however. His music project, entitled "Lemon Demon" is a mostly one man operation, with him playing most of the instruments in the band and synthesizing the rest. The music ranges from the thought-provoking "What Will Happen Will Happen," a comment on our society and where we're going, to the nonsensical "Gonna Dig Up Alec Guiness," which is about reanimating the corpse of actor Alec Guiness and using him as a side show attraction. Keyboards seem to be his specialty, with his keyboard solos often being a highlight of many songs. Many may recognize a fan favorite of his entitled "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny," which was been made into a popular flash cartoon.
Recently, Neil has seemed to focus more on his amatuer filmmaking projects. He has recently gained some mainstream attention on major news networks by winning the 2007 YouTube award for best comedy video. The video, entitled "Harry Potter Puppet Pals and the Mysterious Ticking Noise," is part of a series of Potter Puppet videos and has earned over 41 million views on the site.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
More Pages
Here's some more of my progress. Right now I'm at about 65 pages finished, so about 8 more speads 'til the minimum. I should reach that easily, as many sections of the book have yet to be fleshed out... gettin' down to the wire, though.
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