I spoke too soon

I finally compressed and made available my summer's opus. This cutout animation is called The Sea. Hope you love it as much as everyone else did. It is also an ad for OFF, the local film fest. The quality will probably be a little low until the 24th.

Anamanaguchi

If you enjoy 8 bit and/or animation at all you should check out this audio/visual project put together by Anamanaguchi for Dawn Metropolis, their new album. It's really cool although you might need to be concerned if you're prone to seizures.

Sometimes You Just Can't Stem A Flood

The flood gates have reopened and I can't stop spitting out project ideas that I will soon be working on and killing myself with. Here is a little preview. If you have any ideas that you think would be helpful to me making these things or if you make music (cough...Ben Michaelis...cough) and want to help me with a soundtrack, let me know.

#1:Paint
I have another anti-individualism series. The groundwork is already lain, I might even have help from my roommate, Curt. The series involves painting fruit the same color as a background taking pictures of the work and then painting from that picture. The paintings would be displayed with photos of the process in either the form of a production book or hung on walls.

#2:Page
I really want to write a series of short reinterpretations of Roman myths and/or history. I think this would be a just for fun kind of thing and so is the lowest priority.

#3:Animation
The third idea I've had will probably end up being my final piece for EAT, (Experimental Animation Techniques) the class I am taking this summer. It is an animation of a cutout squid traveling through a progressively more strange and uncomfortable world. Starting out in a tropical ocean wonderland and ending up on the evening news or something ridiculous like that. I think that it'll end up being the most fun out of all of these works. I'm excited.

New Animation

Since I am taking summer classes, I can continue to bombard you with my many animations
This is a paint on glass assignment that I'm rather happy with. Enjoy!

(due to issues with the video's size I will instead include a link with the video on Youtube) Paint On Glass

Summer Classes

I decided that to make sure I graduate on time, (I'd have to slack off really hard next year) I'd take summer courses this summer. I'm in the EAT (Experimental Animation Techniques) program, a crash course in experimental animation. I didn't realize this when applying for the class, but I already know just about everything there is to know about most of this stuff. I am happy with the pace of the course though: Our first day (yesterday) we learned about zoetrope strips and were assigned an exquisite corpse. (everyone in the class makes a part of it and then it is strung together afterwards)

This also means I'll be in olympia all damn summer, lets see how this goes. Hopefully I'll have something cool to show when I'm done.

This Is It, This is Dilemma

I finally feel I have the time, energy and motivation to make this post.
This is a legitimate attempt at showing you my final installation, even though it is impossible to fully understand it without seeing it in person.
To get close, you should try setting up an uncomfortable chair in front of your computer and cover it with a blanket or bed-sheet. Make sure your computer is higher than your head when sitting down. Now, run the animation while simultaneously looking at the pictures. Congratulations, that is the closest you are going to get to seeing the original ever again.
The artist statement is laying on a table with a coffee stained newspaper, a painted coffee cup, and a sketchbook:

Brian King works in many mediums including poetry, music, drawing, painting, animation, and soon film. His works often deal with the appropriation of culture and the degentrification of the prestige class. He is also interested with the subtle reflexivity of any piece of art.
Brian’s installation, “Dilemma,” is a culmination of his studies on the subject of sleep deprivation, a problem he’d become all too familiar with. The installation consists of an animation, two paintings, and a recreation of a living room. This piece is intended to recreate the feelings of a sleep deprived person in the viewer, simultaneously giddy and distressed.
The pixilation, a type of stop motion animation where humans are posed instead of other types of objects, is displayed on a monitor. It is a representation of the (more-likely-than-not) sleep deprived viewer. The paintings appear on either side of the monitor and represent the mood swings and alterations in perception of the world associated with being sleep deprived. These pieces are arranged before a set of uncomfortable chairs. When combined, these pieces create a feeling similar to that of sleep deprivation.

The animation is playing on the screen while the paintings are displayed to the left of the monitor.
















I've been considering putting this up again in another location with a little more control. Student shows aren't very high priority for resources.

Snail Animation

Me and my buddy Charlie made this while we were fiddling around in AfterEffects. He told me I should put it on Youtube so I did. Hope you like the music choice. Laff a little?

The Ugly Caterpillar

This is my final project from last quarter, in case you can't read the title it is called "The Ugly Caterpillar." It is an adaptation of the story, "The Ugly Duckline." It is a puppet animation with loads of fun mats in it. I hope you like it and I will take questions from y'all.

Comic Making - The Bandwagon

I am jumping on the bandwagon. All of my friends (gross exaggeration) have been making comics and so I am also making one.
Funny thing:
Mine is also an assignment for class. I hope to soon share it with you all.
It's my adaptation of The Ugly Duckling using moths, caterpillars and another SURPRISE
CHARACTER. It will later be made into an animation.

I am excited

Animation

Finally, after much heartbreak and many failed attempts, one of my animations has made it to the internet. Without further adieu, the animated walk:


I drew that in about 10 hours. HAH! Maybe this whole hand animation thing is overrated.
BTW, the colors are intentional and allow for better readability. If it were blue and purple you'd all be really confused right now. Funny thing, color theory is one of the most simple things. Myspace should provide a primer on color theory so people will stop making shitty pages. They would use the slogan "Hey, take 5 minutes to save everybody a headache."

I USED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNET

Alright, so I've been trying to better all of your lives by showing you my freakin' sweet animations, BUT youtube and blogger won't upload my videos at all. You'd think a savvy technophile such as myself would be able to manage it, but to no avail. Any suggestions on how to "git-r-done?"