Hooliganship Castl Cornrs

business

2010-01-03T11:00:00.000-08:00

2009-12-20T18:09:00.000-08:00

melt

2009-12-16T15:16:00.001-08:00

maya model running test1

2009-11-22T15:15:00.000-08:00

tripperz

2009-11-16T03:23:00.001-08:00

experimental motion graphics vimeo

2009-11-03T18:21:00.001-08:00

http://vimeo.com/channels/motiongraphics

2009-11-01T15:16:00.000-08:00

2009-10-31T13:39:00.000-07:00

lighting effects

2009-10-31T10:12:00.000-07:00

ALPHABET SOUP

2009-10-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

2009-10-28T12:54:00.000-07:00

SMK IS AOK

2009-10-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

Sampling from latest scarf endeavor. This scarf reads "SMK IS AOK" if you look carefully. And some letters are backwards I think. I apologize in advance for the weirdness of this blog post, the formatting is all janky. Looks kind of cool and wacky in here. By in here, I mean, inside of Blogger.

The yellow figures are backwards "a's" not sure why they are backwards.
The orange figures are "o's".
The black figures are "k's".

The orange figures are "s's".
The pink figures are "m's".

The purple figures are "s's".

The black figures are "i's".
The orange figures are "k's".

playing around with turbulent displace in ae

2009-10-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

trying to find an elegant way to make ghost shadow animals simply for the animation.

cuberoom

2009-10-25T14:02:00.000-07:00

2009-10-25T12:38:00.000-07:00

hairy faces

2009-10-24T17:09:00.000-07:00

Tuck Everlasting

2009-10-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

More multi-color tuck stitches. This panel is in the process of becoming pants.

BIG CHUNKS ON CAMPUS

2009-10-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

This is three-ply cotton rope from the hardware store, untwisted and knit with poles. This is before dyeing, I plan to try some home marling techniques by dyeing each of the three strands a slightly different color to give it a finer variegated technique. Maybe then experimenting with over-dyeing and bleach effects...

This started out being an easier process, and definitely yielded a larger chunk in the end. (Approximately 9 inches across and 18 inches long, made from 40 feet of rope). However, the unraveling of the rope took quite a bit of time, about 2 1/2 hours. In the case of the body scarf, I would try to order a large quantity online, unraveled.

I really like this one.

This is the kind of chunky-ness I wanted. I'm leaving town early tomorrow morning and won't be back until Wednesday afternoon, but will start dyeing the scales and rope then to see what color will do for this situation.

Scaly Warmos

2009-09-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

Here is a new technique I have learned that weaves a secondary yarn into the main yarn (these are the raised multi-color parts). This is one of my new favorite things. This could be body-suitable.

Here is another new trick. This is multi-color tuck stitch. Also body-suitable.

These are SCALY WARMOS. I knit all of the shapes in a lightweight cotton, much less hot than the acrylic options I have. I kind of like the purity of the white, but the next plan would be to work on dyeing the scales a range of different colors if you are interested in this technique. This method does not include L.E.D use, at all. In one of the earlier drawings, I sketched in an idea to have lit knit loops placed intermittently throughout the scaly jobbers.

My first thought was to have a separate top and pants made with these scales covering the entire surface, with the chunky warmos scarf layered over the top. That way, when the scarf is wrapped around your body, the scales will peek through in certain spots.

Thoughts?

http://multiki.arjlover.net/info/pereval.avi.html

2009-09-24T14:49:00.000-07:00

LEt me know if you want me to send you the sub files for this.. download the vid and then rename the sub file so it matches the avi file and you will have subtitles!. this film will blow your mindzzz.

http://magicthread.tumblr.com

2009-09-22T03:10:00.000-07:00

euro stylz

2009-09-15T11:43:00.000-07:00

CHUNKS

2009-08-31T11:53:00.000-07:00

These drawings all revolve around 3 techniques. One of them is the hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos swatch I sent you in the mail. The second technique is light layers, similar to the idea we once had about L.E.D sacs, but instead of being containers they are just layers of knit shapes on top of each other (does not contain L.E.D's). The third technique is lit loops which is the el-wire inside of a knit casing, what the hand-knit chunky warmos are knit out of, but looped through the surface of a fabric instead of knit together.

The hand-knit chunky warmos create a really rigid structure...protective, and tough. Here are a few variations of head/face/shoulder accessories that would use the hand-knit fabric all over, allowing the entire piece to light up.
This would function more as a standard scarf, except not standard at all because it would require a lot of bending and shaping to give you this type of shape around your face and neck.

Here is an example of light layer pants with lit loops. When I think of light layers, I imagine them to be a dense combination of light and loose knit shapes. Camoflauge but more beautiful. Mixed into the layers would be the lit loops which would function as the light source for the pants. I have always imagined the colors for these costumes to be kind of gross. Maybe even grosser than the color shown here.

Here is an attempt at trying to combine hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos and light loops. The main body of this would be hand-knit and the sleeves would be a series of light loops knit through plain jersey. This would offer two sources of light in the same garment, both of equal intensity, but in different forms.
Same explanation as the pants above, light layers + lit loops.

Overall, I was thinking about each element of the costume being its own piece. So, you will need something to cover your head or neck, a top and some bottoms. Having them divided up like this would be nice for any future mix-and matching, going to the restroom, turning on individual power switches if necessary and so on. Since the hand-knit L.E.D chunky warmos are so rigid, it is probably not the most likely technique for any part of the costume that requires a moderate amount of mobility.

Let me know your thoughts!

dubb chunk

2009-07-31T13:53:00.000-07:00

Chunky Warmos

2009-07-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hey Buddies, here are a few things I've tried since I've been back. I am trying to figure out how to post my video on here, will have that up shortly. It contains a special guest appearance!

Some initial questions/concerns:
1. are l.e.d's cool?
2. what is the plan should the el wire fail midway through your tour?
3. how much is flexibility/coziness a concern? with the el wire knit up inside of these tubes, it makes the physical quality very rigid.
4. input vs. outcome...the swatch you see knitted below is approximately 6x8 inches, knit from 30 ft of knit tube and 30 ft of el wire. this was approximately 8 hours of work.

Thoughts?

This is the purl side of the knit swatch. The knit tubes are variegated, with different colors and yarn qualities. That's why it looks kind of wonky when illuminated.
This is the knit side of the swatch. I think the two columns of pink, blue and yellow right in the center look the best. Nice and plump. They also look the best when illuminated. These colors are acrylic yarn, fuzzier than cotton and it diffuses the light more.
Process photo.
All lit up. You can see the contrast between the naked el wire and the knit el wire. Like I said, I think the yellow and pink are really strong. The darker colors don't show up quite as much.

I will figure out the video situation and post that asap. In the meantime, let me know your thoughts on round one of chunky warmos.

ALL

chunky warmos

2009-07-03T11:49:00.001-07:00

nick cave

2009-06-01T10:31:00.001-07:00

Here i uploaded tons of inspiring photos of Nick Cave's SOUNDSUITS: http://hooliganship.com/cave.html
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el wire

2009-05-14T11:14:00.000-07:00

WE should put some layers of fabric over the EL wire when we make the suit so it looks more fuzzy like the photo. In real life i think EL wire still looks super glow-sticky without somehow blurring/fuzzing it.

usaisamonster videoo

2009-04-14T13:20:00.000-07:00

2009-04-06T10:09:00.000-07:00

works-in-prgrss mvie-clipz

2009-04-04T19:26:00.000-07:00

works-in-progressss-stills

2009-04-04T19:18:00.000-07:00

a new description

2009-03-16T00:46:00.001-07:00

I rethought the story along the lines of our conversation yesterday..... does this seem like an interesting direction?:

PART1-GARDNS

Set in a dense dark wilderness, teams of primate-like beasts struggle for their basic life necessities: food, water, shelter. This tense pulse permeates all aspects of the garden except one small beacon; a team of human-like characters shrouded in only a faint spiritual mist, otherwise naked to this harsh jungle. The suspected death of one of these spirit-figures launches the whole tribe into an unhinged frenzy making the group disassemble. We follow one of these figures as she retreats deep into the wild to discover her salvation in a lump of dirt (food): a small sharp cube. As she digs further in this patch of dirt she discovers countless cubes, intuitively assembling them into a shelter. Protection through isolation.

The adam+eve allegory is apparent here, hand drawn and organically animated (except for our protogonists' vector eyes).

PART2-BLCKS

Set in a vast hard-edged city, a group of future-humans navigate the world they conjured. This landscape is marked by cube-like cells relegated to complete individual tasks. The characters in this world costume themselves according to the task each pursues. Our protagonist, donning a mortarboard cap and pilgrim suit, sits alone in her block assembling and reassembling square discs. Each permutation develops a new lens through which we can view new angles/scenes of this city-life. Amidst this mundane process a violent storm tears into her cubicle, scattering our protagonist and her discs deep into a sinkhole formed from the earthly storm. In the dark subterranean isolation we see a new arrangement of this lens; a view into the future.

1980's video game science fiction, geometrically flash animated.

PART3-FLATS

A sprawling desolation; the psychic wilderness of death. Our protagonist sits alone beneath a fabric of energetic particles. Flat earth, flat sky; pierced by the recognition of the particles' makeup. Countless shifting symbols lit like neon gifs, flowing like a flooded river. This sheet of information envelops the lone character in blind light. From this rainbow symphony emerges a dark organic mist that clothes our vulnerable protagonist in a freshly enlightened shroud. Alone she ventures across the desolate plane to travel unknowingly into the horizon.

2009-03-03T09:26:00.000-08:00

Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds - Martin Heade

Head Of The Flea - Lens Aldous

Duria Antiquior (An Earlier Dorset) - Robert Farren

primates

2009-02-20T12:46:00.002-08:00

character ideas for part1---- costume them up for part 2 and peel off their fur for part 3 (el-wire, raw exposed skin underneath)

2009-02-18T11:24:00.000-08:00

leaf man

2009-02-18T10:29:00.000-08:00

meridians

2009-02-13T11:33:00.001-08:00

cave people sketchy

2009-02-12T14:24:00.000-08:00

tie-in

2009-02-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

I had this image in my mind today....an interesting visual link beetween the 3 parts of this story.... looking up from each distinct landscape we will see

Part 1... DENSE DENSE stars

Part 2... a DENSE DENSE ceiling, impenetrable

Part 3... a DENSE barrage of animated gifs, symbols, icons flashing

grant description

2009-02-11T18:54:00.000-08:00

Here is a description of CASTL CRNRS as I put it in a grant application today:
In this story, 2 costumed musicians unfold a mythical tale of a violent forest being tamed and replaced with geometric systems. Part 1, GARDN, depicts a group of prehistoric humans discovering how man-made forms may tame the wilderness around them. Part 2, BLCK, portrays a group of future-humans navigating the subsequent hard-edged world they conjured. Part 3, FLAT, concludes this tale in vast desolation; a psychic wilderness.

The presentation of 'Part 1, GARDN' involves 2 aspects. The centerpiece is an animated video. Hundreds of hand-painted looping pieces of flora and fauna will be composited together in After Effects to create a visually dense wilderness that throbs and twitches. The characters will be drawn and animated using Flash and integrated with the hand-crafted components. Additional photographs and video footage will be used as background elements to tie all these components together in After Effects. The second aspect involves elaborately costumed musicians in a modular stage set. To achieve a visual synergy with the projected image we will be using electroluminescent wire to build costumes and props. This material glows when charged with electricity allowing the performers to musically accompany the projected cartoon in the extremely dark setting of a movie theater.

wagner the ring cycle

2009-02-04T10:11:00.001-08:00

in search of unarius

2009-01-27T21:57:00.000-08:00

While Google searching for Unarius images, I happened across the above image which I thought was excellent for color, shape and light. Turns out, you guys did this.

2009-01-22T19:00:00.001-08:00

mountie

2009-01-16T10:23:00.000-08:00

real park ranger

2009-01-15T21:26:00.001-08:00

Ranger Suit??

2009-01-15T21:24:00.001-08:00

Main Character some kind of ranger or boyscout? Utility worker of the forest

2009-01-13T00:11:00.001-08:00

el wire

2009-01-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

fantastic planet

2009-01-12T12:26:00.001-08:00

electroluminescent thread

2009-01-12T12:16:00.000-08:00

don't be a tuna head

2009-01-11T21:20:00.000-08:00

alex grey

2009-01-09T17:28:00.000-08:00

meditatce

2009-01-09T15:14:00.000-08:00

2009-01-09T15:10:00.000-08:00

maze by christopher manson

2009-01-09T15:07:00.000-08:00

sargent turnip

2009-01-09T15:04:00.001-08:00

end of the worlds fair

2009-01-08T17:25:00.000-08:00

earthquake and sinkholes

2009-01-08T10:01:00.001-08:00

landslide!!

2009-01-08T09:52:00.000-08:00

2009-01-07T22:58:00.001-08:00

mmpr (mighty morphin power rangers!)

2009-01-07T22:55:00.000-08:00

dr whooo

2009-01-07T22:47:00.001-08:00

wtf- escher buildingz

2009-01-07T16:03:00.001-08:00

superstudio architecture

2009-01-07T15:56:00.003-08:00

ultraman

2009-01-07T10:44:00.001-08:00

johnny sokko

2009-01-07T10:42:00.001-08:00

2009-01-07T00:16:00.001-08:00

landscape#3

2009-01-02T23:51:00.001-08:00

landscape#3

2009-01-01T22:37:00.000-08:00

landscape world#3: underground's mind expanse

2008-12-31T16:05:00.001-08:00

sunburnt dude

2008-12-31T16:03:00.001-08:00

#2 world-buildingzz

2008-12-29T20:18:00.000-08:00

quests

2008-12-19T15:36:00.000-08:00

http://www.mobygames.com/game/space-quest-ii-chapter-ii-vohauls-revenge/screenshots

sarah meadows nighttime

2008-12-19T15:33:00.001-08:00

yuichi yokoyama

2008-12-11T17:07:00.000-08:00

matt furie matt leines dudes

2008-12-11T16:58:00.000-08:00

more dude thoughts

2008-12-11T16:51:00.000-08:00

strybrd

2008-12-11T16:12:00.000-08:00

story zones

2008-12-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

Characters-- face mutilation manipulation mutation. cracked and shattered and peeled away. sunburnt and naked. raw, exposed.

Spirit-- endless zoom

Themes-- wall construction. nature fear. self-containment.

PART 1-

Landscape-- jungle zone. green on green. evergreen pitfall. cave homes but we never see the insides of the caves. dark within dark, our characters emerge.

PART 2-

Landscape-- tower of babel. endless height, endless loops. nature's absence. mind's eye. MC escher block.

PART 3-

Landscape-- desolation. endless ocean endless sky. fall into this endlessness. end self-containment's stasis

2008-12-10T20:25:00.000-08:00

mssy rhume

2008-12-10T19:49:00.001-08:00

dudes 'n' landscape

2008-12-10T15:23:00.001-08:00

clsscl crnrs

2008-12-10T13:27:00.001-08:00

dude in landscape

2008-12-10T11:15:00.000-08:00

pitfall koyaanisqatsi

2008-12-10T11:00:00.000-08:00

fces

2008-12-10T00:53:00.000-08:00

more castls

2008-12-09T20:40:00.001-08:00

castls

2008-12-09T20:37:00.000-08:00

bacon faces

2008-12-09T20:35:00.001-08:00

masky

2008-12-09T20:17:00.000-08:00

fractured faces

2008-12-09T20:00:00.000-08:00

2008-12-09T19:53:00.000-08:00