Rock On!

Design for 'Project Missile'. You'd probably be quite shocked that this was done throughout a lecture.



Come ON! Doesn't that design rock?

New Look!

Everything's a lot more easier to navigate now. Brainbow is on the right as before, there's a new addition of a feed of my Tumblr blog which is mainly for various MA research, all good. Feedback appreciated!

Another quick update. 'Best of Eccentricities' list can be found down the bottom right, it's a list of the oddest things I've said on all the merged blogs over the years and pretty much the old 'Procrastinating with Style' material/rants.

Added webcounter.

MEANWHILE...

Over on my MA film blog, I've made a new section down the side of things that inspire me or reference materials, I had a problem figuring out just where to fit it, but it'll sit there for now, as long as related to the final film.

http://brainbowadventure.blogspot.com/

Yesterday...

All my troubles seemed so far aw...wait. That's not what I meant to type.

Anyway, yesterday (stops temptation to burst into type song again) I uploaded last years final film and God. It, is, terrible! I uploaded it due to being Valentine's Day, just to see what would happen, a bit of faux marketing, shall we say?

This film became the sole reason I signed up to do the MA, company or no company, I just wanted a chance to be better and get educated in doing it and also having that level of pressure. Anyway, I've got closure now, because the film is on Youtube for anyone's viewing, it's not the best stuff, heck, it's not really good at all and I'm only proud of 3 seconds.

After uploading the film, I couldn't help but wonder if the next project is biting something that I can't chew. Although, I did rush the film in state of panic in the last 4 weeks and dumped a pitch which I will only refer to 'Project MBFZ!!!', which most of my friends now know about and constantly encourage me to send somewhere, (but it's not ready yet).

Going back to last year's film, I wasn't happy with most my pencil animation, found that a lot of stuff had to be rubbed out on Toonboom, redrew a lot of character action last minute. That's probably why the rolling eyes, I didn't quite know what else to do with the characters between the long dialogue, the lipsynch is acceptable and the characters are both, horribly, horribly designed and that's why that look has to be buried and to get more advanced and free in drawing skills.

Here's the finished film. I didn't quite notice the credits I left it with until the other night.



Also, I completed Bioshock over most the weekend; "Would you kindly".

OBEY...Oh Wait, I mean 'pepsi'

This can sits across from me at my desk. It looks at me in a contorted manner, it is embodied evil, if it was on the 1960's Batman TV series, it would have a slanted angle.

I'm taking about the unfamiliar design of the Pepsi can. Gone has the original energetic 'Pepsi' look;

Just look at it, the almost Yin Yang logo, oh so familiar, it just exemplifies pure action, adventure and energy. Just look at that kinetic energy shown on a static image. Perfection. I got used to seeing this a heck of a lot because of 'The Big One' at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Whoops, I mean, Pleasure Beach Blackpool) and the park pretty much nearly being sponsored by it.

THEN America does this atrocity on the left. I tell you, I fancy screaming like the end scene of the original 'Planet of the Apes'. The logo has been changed to a slant and all the font is in lower case. In fact, it looks like some kind of medical drug, maybe that was the intention.

I can't help but feel that this design stands out more as a statement than a title. It's telling me;

"pepsi"

Now, I agree, that's what a product is supposed to do, call out the name. But just just seems like an evil whispering voice in my head. "pep-siii...'. Other than that, I read it and it sounds like an order, a speech or a catchphrase for a new world order.

Thinking about it, I can easily see this as a logo for a corrupt future corporation, something like Cyberdyne Systems, Weyland-Yutani or Rekall. It just seems more of a statement to me.
Heck, I can even imagine Hitler announcing it in a speech with the Pepsi logo at the background.

Still looking at it, I find myself imagining grabbing a pair of shades to see the truth like in classic John Carpenter film 'They Live'.



Yeah, I'm really not a fan of this look. It even somehow manages to look like a logo for suntan lotion. I hate it, this US rebranding sucks, I don't think it's officially made it to the UK, more on that if I manage to find a can other than part of a multideal in a pound shop.

After a phase of a mid-mid-life crisis, of which I gained victory over; I've decided to blog on the Tumblr a lot more often, which is ironic due to the fact the domain name is being used for this very Blogger blog. Oh well.

http://inappropriatebanjo.tumblr.com/

Compiling Inappropriate Banjo

I have successfully merged all my old Blogger blogs into one big blog now for this domain name. Every phase of humour, eccentricity, fear, uncertainty and doubt has been indexed for all to see. No longer is everything under different blogs depending on my mood or if I feel I haven't posted anything for long a while.

Much better. Going to check everything is here and then delete it.

The Wii is more mightier than the PS3

So, my laptop is supposedly being fixed, right? I've found myself forced to find other ways to get the internet. Today I found out the Wii's browser is superior to the PS3's. Nice one Nintendo!

You are in MY Domain...

Welcome to my domain...well, should I say domain name. To be honest, I'm not sure why I bought this domain name, I guess it was there. In recent weeks I have discovered finding an ideal website name is near impossible and you grab them when you can, I've found that 'Inappropriate Banjo' has some significant link to me. I've bought it for 2 years and intend to keep it. I am happy for this to be my personal webpage, away from any preinc work, maybe even diverting from uni MA work.

Right now the domain name directs to my new spangly blog, maybe great things will come out of this, maybe the domain name will form in a beautiful, eccentric website for yours truly. Either way, I have my personal website now, possibly one of the most random, eccentric website titles in history and you know what, I don't care. 'inappropriate Banjo' is totally marketable, it's stupid and it's controversial, why is the banjo inappropriate? Why the hell not.

Anyway, heres to my little portion of the internet, 'inappropriatebanjo.com'.

Cheers.

"We are...Nin,ten.doh..."

Trawling across the internet, I found this demonic piece of advertising. I'm no genius at branding or advertising, far from it but how the hell do you think this advert is appropriate?



What the hell was Nintendo thinking? At least we know where Playstation's 'scare tactics' (Chris Cunningham) ads of the 90's come from.

"YOU, WILL, NOT, BEAT, US"

First!

This is the first post of this brand new intended blog. Each blog I end up creating, I consider to be an different era (like the movements of Picasso), my past life etc, I try to ignore what happened previously and just move onto a whole new level of thinking. I feel every now and then, because my situations and intentions have changed sometimes it makes sense to make a new blog.

As of now I am a postgraduate BA hons Animation student, I am going into an MA course in the same field in a few upcoming weeks. I am also involved in a preinc scheme and that is a company bulit upon a few friends who we are very sure are very capable of working together due to previous experience in the field which has been named 'Monsterfox'. Obviously all of this is very exciting and will undoubtedly be a whole new venture and experience, at the same time I will be multitasking the preinc, MA and part time job (the last one is in the process of 'looking for'). One does wonder how I will have time on my own, but in this period, I think it's worth it. Sometimes you have to take a gamble or two.

Anyway, I have started writing this blog very much like a diary and it will voice concerns, but won't directly refer to anyone (obviously because this is the internet). This blog should hopefully reflect my interests in an easy condensed way. It may look bare, but if I can keep up with everything I feel this blog will be a great thing to look upon in the near future.

Words I believe I invented.

Well, I figure I've done my part for the community/world; without particularly being noticed for it.

Thats right.

I claim I invented the widespread internet used words;


Megative

1. The opposite of Negative
2. Can also be used as Megatively
   

Awesomic

1. Awesome, but also sonic.
2. Something awesome happening fast.

Boredomity

To be bored for what appears to be eternity.

Frekerized

Anything created/thought of/pondered by ME.


Do I have proof for this? maybe so.

http://www.freewebs.com/freker/

A site I used to use back in the summer of 2005 when I was at college, before either the new series of Doctor Who begun or the Hitchhikers Guide film was made...
Note the used words; 'Awesomicly frekerized'.

http://freker.livejournal.com/

Distinct use of 'Boredomity' on front page, awesomic further down. Made to replace Freeweb site.

Also for those lucky enough to use Live Spaces and know me

http://frekerized.spaces.live.com/

Compared to the other dates of the words in Google, my word mentions are about the most clearly used and earliest dated.

Now with this page, Google should bring it up as a top result too. Let the whole world know!

Take that Internet!