Candy Rose "Hooked On You" Background Art

Been busy creating background art for the new music vid. for Candy Rose's Hooked On You. Some ways to go but have begun the long excursion:

Did images in photoshop and this will be the look of the background images. Was thinking of just using photos and videos, but though it would fail to give the animated music video an artistic render. More work obviously needs doing. But I'm getting to it. Leechers had to be given the back seat for now. And to think I was all psyched to get to do an unpaid internship.

Sum up,

Getting real tired of certain things,

Imaginary Friends- The Album

This one is short. Scru-Love has an album online out now- Imaginary Friends. If it doesn't slap you into early 90's Nostalgia, then you've truly lost your inner child. 80's synth, 90's flavour, 00's bravado. Good looking! My favourite tracks have to be Colour Television, Suicide Hour and I Like Being With You. But You have to hear it for yourself. Download nation, cursors at the ready!

http://www.mediafire.com/?hh4m5tx02qz9vh7

And check out (stalk) my dude here-

	http://www.stickam.com/scrulove http://www.twitter.com/scrulove http://www.scru-love.tumblr.com
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It's time people started supporting the independent movement. I'd rather listen to something new than these mainstream commercial whores that pass as musicians nowadays. I should know cause I've done work for some of them in one capacity or the other.  If your campaign strongest point isn't music but a gimmick like Auto-tune, you don't deserve any respect. Support real music, Support Scru-Love!

On the other hand, starting preproduction on Candy's last of a trilogy music video Hooked On You, so feeling the pressure already, will put up couple boards/animatic up as soon as. Psyched cause im bringing out the lightbox and paper for this one.

Sum up,

There's an indie vibe in the air!

Hindsight. Foresight into the mind state of the British director

Here is some artwork I've been rendering for some short film, bit of a dirtbag grind. That's why you all get to see a sample, before they do. Cause I'm good like that.
All the stuff you see was done in the photoshop, holy grail of digital art, and the trusty old graphic tablet. Practically paid for itself with the story art I did for the Reece music video.

I sketched images first, scanned up and get the working:

And another:

15 images. Tad much for a short film. But I am taking it all with a grain of salt. Sorry just really short with individuals that like to waste the god's time without following film decalogue. But you know me... I get's it in- hard. Also beginning the animation music video for Candy Rose. It's the last of the trilogy she had going. Just need to finish these sketches and artwork so I can focus on the vid.

Sum up,
Go hard or fade away into nothing, and get the gun app for the iphone. The shotgun- cock it and call Cameron to get his attention.

The Diary of a Freelancer: Networking

Socialites. Sycophants. The art of ass-sucking. Planet of the Apes; "Bow your head!". Frankly its not all that bad. 1 out of 20 people you meet at these film shindigs end up being comrades in this the art race. Clever penny.

So stick out, go to the numerous festivals, screenings and film fundraisers. Mingle with the social fiends who look on you poorly until they hear you are a story artist/ animator:

"What's that?"

"It's art used in film production. It looks like a comic strip, but it breaks down the scenes to be filmed into panels"

"Really, that must be fun"

And to think I didn't exist in there sphere of being 10 seconds ago.

Tools of the trade: business cards. You are a lone ninja. Your business cards are your stars, kunai knives. Impale as many as you can. Don't expect calls back from everyone. Remember dirtbags and pseudo gatekeepers and pseudo-creatives? They are like moths to light when it comes to these networking events. Anywhere where there is booze really.

Remember to smile alot. Be sociable. Smile. And yes, liquor does help. That's a plus. Down side..liquor loosens the tongue. Know your limit people. Had a conversation with a chick at a screening once and she was under the bronze influence and she said she thanked God for colonisation because if it werent for Britain she would be in her home country 'bare foot and pregnant'.... Yah. Good stuff.

But after partaking the cheap liquor, stale finger food, insidious film premises, be blessed if you have found one dude or dudette who is serious about building bridges. Connections as such are great stuff. Those that are viable, you got to work hard to make it work. Better yet, just do work diligently like you always do.

 And thanks to the modern wonders of technology, we can network in different ways. This blog for instance. Facebook (where friends become strangers) and Twitter (where strangers become friends). Just hit a friend up and tell him what's good. Self-promotion. That's what I've been doing these past months. And when you make a connection you never know when its going to benefit you, but it will. If it doesnt, it's not a connection, its a leeching.

Sum up,
There should be as much time, if not more, spent Building Bridges as you spend Burning Bridges.