This is a concept drawing for a short animated *experimental* film I did for Brett Kashmere’s Film II class, at Concordia. Incidentally it was drawn during one of Brett’s lectures. What can I say, his somber addresses were hypnotically inspiring.
Mr.Beaulieu, a good friend I think very highly of, was one of the talented animators working on Michael Bay’s recent Transformers. In case you were wondering, his shots were the most awesome.
Congratulations again Mike, I hope your travels take you to Cybertron and beyond!
Till all are one!
I have now set Journey in the 6th Dimension loose. Its on it own now, free to make its way in the world. As for the rest of the blog, well, I’m changing the tone around a little bit. I’m going to keep the ‘bullpen bulletin‘ open for fun and silly things, and transfer my artwork over to flickr. Don’t worry, I’ll keep all the old posts intact. From now on, this site is going to be dedicated to my web-comic and, you know, weird stuff.
On that note, here’s a cool unofficial music video based on the song “Driving the Road Until Death Sets You Free,” by the French duo ZOMBIE ZOMBIE, otherwise known as Etienne Jaumet and Cosmic Neman.
Its essentially a remake of John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), performed by G.I.Joe action figures. It’s also really cool and very well made. In fact, I can’t say that enough, really well made. Kudos to the talented directors, Simon Gesrel and Xavier Ehretsmann.
Gabriel Silveira
He’s a man who hails from São Paulo, Brasil (where my grandma was born). More importantly he’s a man who’s illustration is a compelling combination of clean drawing technique and very sharp design. Despite inability to speak Portuguese, I understand his language. His work is clean and crisp, and his subject is always expressive and energetic. Still, a lot of his work has a subtly aged finish to it, a veneer bends the character of his work away from the wacky and towards the appealing.
Make sure you check out his flickr gallery as well as his portfolio site. The portfolio is in Portuguese, so you’ll have to click on Trabalhos (Works) to access his material.
The Book
When I was a boy there was a kid in my fourth grade class called Gavin. I don’t remember his last name, but I remember we were pretty good friends. We’d hang out on the weekends, play video games, and go to each other’s respective birthday parties. When I turned ten he got me an educational hydroponic science kit. He was a good friend, I suppose, but he had this one quirk that I never understood. This bizarre affectation that, since then, has mutated and been absorbed into my character.
Whenever Gavin didn’t have anything interesting to say, whevener there was a brief silence, he’d put on a scottish accent and yell, in his best early ninties rap-rhythm, “Yo DJ, spin that orange!”
I never understood what exactly it meant. Never. So great was my incomprehension that I came to adopt it as my own anthem for non-sequiturs. Anytime I see something that’s disjointed, or doesn’t seem to fit with my worldview, my inner-monologue slyly whispers, “Yo DJ, spin that orange.”
I said it today when I took a long look at this drawing. It makes sense, in the context of the book, but outside of that I would have never guessed that I’d drawn it.
MUTO by BLU
A favorite of mine. I’m sure the majority of you have seen it, but for those who haven’t, enjoy.
Visit BLU’s site: http://www.blublu.org/
Hesperus
This is a rotoscoped animation I did in film school. Its a little abstract but I think you’ll like it.
Kung Fu Cats
Now, I don’t really go in for these advertising shenanigans but this particular car commercial has some class. I sort of wish there was an entire movie like this. Sorry, I don’t actually know the credits. If anyone can point me in that direction, I’d appreciate it.
