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Hey guys.
Just dropping a new post to show the most recent clip I’ve completed. It’s for Australian band, Snog http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/snog
Like the other clips I’ve created. This was made using stop motion animation techniques and minimal after effects etc. The imagery was created using a combination of hand drawn and paper cut outs.
Here are some images I have created to satisfy my interest in urban mythical creatures. There are some others I would like to do. Each of these drawings are visualisations based on the various verbal descriptions people have recorded of them.
The Chupacabra image was actually used for a TV show in USA, I had a producer contact me for permission, though sadly, I was never able to see the show.
Dog Man
Chupacabra
Spring Heeled Jack
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Here is a link to a short test shot for a project that is happening. The project will be completed using stop motion animation with charcoal drawings. The program used to compile images will be Stop Motion Pro.
The main theme behind is is the idea of time and its influence over all of us from crib to coffin.
The great creator and destroyer.
Test Shot 1
Here is another still image using the motif. I have since decided to cut out the gears on the below image. The Acetate, although clear, still shows up when light is coming from behind. This will be obvious even when in animating at 13fps.
Test Shot 2
Here is another from the new series….
I’ve recently been involved in the CoLab exhibition which follows a great concept that involves a visual artist and a poet/writer collaborating a piece/s based on a common idea. For this show James W F Roberts the poet and I worked on the concept of one being born of the Earth or Autochthon.
The world over. All traditional societies have rights of passage for boys to become men. In our current time in developed western society, we have very few real initiations into manhood. Sure, your first drive in a car without your mum/dad in the passenger seat is a great feeling. Or your first time venturing into the local pub can be seen as a new “manly” experience. But are these “adult” activities really what becoming a man is about? Is that it?
In my artwork I have explored the idea of the adult man being born a second time, but of the Earth. In traditional cultures, boys would go into a sacred cave or mountain on a quest to face their own fears and become the master of their own fate. When (sometimes if!) they return, they will know things are different for them and they are now a Man. The boy is born of their Mother. The man is born of the Earth.
I have also added the recital of my collaborator James W F Roberts and his piece under the same title. LISTEN HERE
I recommend “open in new tab” for James recital while looking at the artwork.
For those of you in VIC go have a look http://www.viewpointgallery.com.au/
