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Winner of the Plague of Smiles Contest01/04/10 - Three months ago I launched a video contest on youtube to promote awareness of the fraud that surrounds the H1N1 vaccine. Some things go viral. Some don't. This one went nowhere. Only one person entered the contest. In the video that you were required to watch, an executive of a large pharmaceutical company has his balls chopped off and mailed off to some other as a warning. There are penalties in life when you purposely spread a disease in order to sell a phony vaccine that does more harm than good. Anyway... the contestant then had to answer a few questions, namely, how many "plague of smile" candies were in the jar of balls. So Jordge Y. of San Diego, you are the winner by default and a custom Plague of Smiles Mino HD camcorder is being mailed off to you. Congratulations. A final look at the short film below.
You have just entered a slooooooow zone11/27/09 - If you were paying attention to previous posts you know that I ran into a disaster with my last animation project at the very last minute. Could not get Quicktime to work in time to enter the contest. Took two days of research to discover the problem. Back to the drawing room. Not only am I refusing to quit on this monstrously addictive animation stuff I am intent on topping what I would have previously thought was the bar. If all goes according to script I should have a really cool HD music video 100% self produced. Of all the artists that exist today only two others do it all like me, Adam Jones of Tool with his stop-motion animation skills and Rob Zombie with his work in film. Very good company if you ask me. Stay tuned for something around the start of the new year that will involve the Digital Plague Doctor, Lilith, and a whole lot of truth. The first animation is tentively entitled "The TRUTH so Hated" and will include a bit of 911 truth. So slooooooow, the rendering process. 9/11 was an inside job and it is time for artists to uphold that truth. As Otep says, "If I can't be loved, then I'll be hated." www.infowars.com and Charlie Sheen10/18/09 - Synchronicity? Just as I am about ready to begin experimenting in animation a contest arises. I think I have a shot! I myself have run contests before. Heck, I'm running one this very moment (see those banners above)!!! I have discovered that such contests do not get many applicants. As I said, I think I have a shot and here is an opportunity to exercise my animation skills before I work out my own animated music video. Did I mention the $14,000.00 payout? The real challenge is IF I can render the required animation before the contest deadline. Wish me luck dudes and dudettes and do not look for a new song from Plague until this obsession arrives on November 15th. I'm going for it! "Lilith" came out well10/12/09 - Don't get scared. Don't get horny either, unless you're into sex and then being eaten... literally. Lilith is one of the characters I just finished for my animated music video. Took some time as I had to ensure all the joints - ON ALL THE LEGS - worked properly and had their hot points set at the correct joint. Damn spiders and their eight legs! Tomorrow I will have to put aside the model making and animation and work on a new song. Wednesday I have a VA appointment so the week is buzzing past. And here's my black widow queen.
First look at the Digital Plague Doctor10/11/09 - Just finished the modeling for the Digital Plague Doctor who will be my main character in my next short film. Take a look. All is not menacing though as there is much... comedy in store for this guy. The other characters are all animated bouncing balls (except for Lilith).
Six months into the future starts today!10/10/09 - Here's a still image from a new animation that I am working on. I did a test render last night. Two seconds of animation took about 24 hours to render. By installing Carrara on my second computer I aim to cut my time in half. So six months from now or sooner look for a new Plague of Smiles music video complete with The Plague Doctor in digital "virtual reality." Also, below the still frame is a 3D stereoscopic image. Cross your eyes to see it in 3D.
Debut of short film/music video H1N1BS!10/01/09 - The next three months is prime flu season. This year all America is once again under attack from their own government. Murder for profit. I am referring to the infamous H1N1 vaccine. The mainstream media is full of propaganda. Plague of Smiles offers the highly controversial H1N1BS "Who Will Get the Plague" Contest to raise awareness and give away a custom Plague of Smiles Flip Mino HD camcorder, the actual camcorder used to shoot the short film! Click here, enter the contest, and help fight this plague of governmental insanity! Success at last!09/20/09 - Rendering and production work is done. I have my first VERY short video in the can now although I am NOT happy with youtube and their HD system. They seem to make everything a bit darker. Still, I have learned some leasons and will tweak my films in the future to bring them in line with my vision.
Admitting Failure!09/18/09 - I started rendering in Carrara on monday. I am still in the rendering process! Remember, fifteen seconds of animation requires the computer to "draw" 1500 individual pictures, in HD nonetheless. The rest of the first video is finished and sitting in Ableton Live waiting for animation. I will not have another chance to get on the computer saturday so let's shoot for say... Sunday? Modern Technology, sometimes it's great and sometimes it's great a few days later. New Lesson - How Plague Records Music09/08/09 --- Woke up, drank three cups of coffee and realized I had something to teach so I wrote out a new lesson for you. How Plague Records Music. If you take the time to read the article you will also discover WHY Plague is recording music and WHY you should care.
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