"Insidious: The Last Key" invites evil home. And I made a poster for the event

It's been a while superfriends. And it seems I have fallen back into some old habits. Nothing overly nefarious like experimental military-grade narcotics. Nope. Talking about entering a design competition on Talenthouse – https://www.talenthouse.com/i/create-artwork-inspired-by-insidious-the-last-key?ref=Fb

So I created a bunch of posters to promote the coming Insidious: The Last Key movie coming out in January 2018. And I thought I'd might as well share what I did over the next couple of days.

First up! Check out this simple graphic poster I designed:

© Concept Poster Design for horror film Insidious: The Last Key.
Artwork by Dulani Wilson. Rights reserved to respective owners

Evil truly comes home. One of my initial ideas, I aimed for something simple to give the impression of a sinister element creeping in. And what's worse than untidy, matted hair. Apparitions with untidy, matted hair.

Check out the trailer. Not a horror fan though. Nothing against the genre. Just a bit of a p**y.

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More to follow, and it gets better...

#sfl48hr The 'Elevation' Entry

Elevation #sfl48hr #teambluntspear from Dulani Wilson on Vimeo.

Last weekend was quite hectic. I was up for over 24 hours. And no, it was not enjoyable. No partying or anything fun. Was directing, animating and editing a sci fi short as part of the Sci-Fi London 48 hour Film Competition #sfl48hr. At one point I remember typing a tweet only to realise I was not in twitter, but actually typing the tweet out in google Search. Sleep is serious. Check out some stills on shoot day:

© 2014 Dulani Wilson. "Elevation" short film set. Actors Dita and Loren on set. Kaya by the plastic curtains. All rights reserved.

© 2014 Dulani Wilson. "Elevation" short film set. Actors being briefed on set. All rights reserved.

© 2014 Dulani Wilson. "Elevation" short film set. Me and Loren bullying Kaya on set. All rights reserved.

© 2014 Dulani Wilson. "Elevation" short film set. Dita. The only casuality on set. All rights reserved.

© 2014 Dulani Wilson. "Elevation" short film set. "I feel plasticky". All rights reserved.

Ok, so basic idea behind the competition, is you get a brief, telling you the concept, title, a line and prop to be incorporated in the film on the day. So after receiving this, I wrote a script, got some talented actors and shot the thing. Had to dress up a room at the back of my house to look like a sterile factory / Dexter killroom. It turned out great considering. Better than the alternative. All the locations I was researching apparently want 1000 GBP to 2500 GBP for location fees for a few hours. Thanks Film London. Always good to see you doing your part to raise the next generation of filmmakers.

After shooting, took a little rest, then started designing the elements for the computer screen. The Sunday I woke up was the worse. I went full steam, editing, correlating with two music makers/ composers, sound, sfx, simple grade and export. Didn't sleep until 1.00pm on Monday. But I am overall happy with the result.

Thanks for all the help and support over the weekend, comrades!

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Upwards and onwards

Balloon Fun Animation

Who's up for some balloon fun?!
What are you... five?




Short animation I did. Frames in Photoshop and composed in Ae.

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Here's to never growing up.

SP's "The Lightning Strike" Voting ends in 2 days!

How goes the Internet? Some urgent (ish) news that requires some exigency! I am currently in the top 50 for the competition hosted by @talenthouse and @snowpatrolband and need your help to solidify dominance. Every vote counts and you can check out the cool video I did for the band's song The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?). It's got halos, missile silos, babies. What is there not to love? Vote here and show some artistic love for the vagabond :) :

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/aa0b7bcac4515bb04d69d04f7055fd87/967

There is only two days left to vote. Be sure to check out the other entries and see what you like too. Thanks alot gang. Let em count.

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I've got some "All That Remains" news too... and some MOQ news. News everywhere!

All That Remains' "Asking Too Much"

Hey Pistoleros!
How's it going out there in Internetland?
Thought I'd share a music video I entered into a Talenthouse Competition hosted by All That Remains and Razor & Tie. It's for ATR song 'Asking Too Much'. Cool track, and thought I'd take part, as I haven't really done anything music video-wise for the kind of rock/metal crowd. But it proved to be fun. Although spent 5 days illustrating in photoshop and animating/editing/rendering because I saw the competition last minute. All strenuous stuff. I had only an hour and 1 minute to spare after I uploaded it.

Voting is now live, and I need your help to get noticed. Follow through and have a look-see:
http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/aa0b7bcac4515bb04d69d04f7055fd87/1707

The video is embeded on their for you to watch, or have a double take and watch the video here too:



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It's my 50th video apparently. That must be a milestone somewhere. Right, YouTube? Keep rocking people! :)

"The Lightning Strike" storyboards

Check out the storyboards that I did for the making of "The Lightning Strike" music video. It's apart of the @SnowPatrolBand and Talenthouse competition. Not many of the scenes I imagined changed during the animatic/ story art phases, but I thought it would be interesting to show you all a little bit of the process behind the madness. May put the animatic up as well. But for now:

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (1 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (2 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (3 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (4 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (5 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

©2013 Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike" Storyboards (6 of 6). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

My story art is usually bare bones when I am the only one that will be using it as reference, FYI.

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Snow Patrol's "The Lightning Strike"

Music Video. Animation. Missiles and angels will fly. It's for the Snow Patrol/Talenthouse Competition for their single The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?). Voting has not started yet, but check it out on my YouTube channel:



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Meh, enjoy(ish).

Will you be one of the 20 strong? #PullOutNeverRetreat

Hey gang, It's that splendid time again to help this cosmonaut shoot for the nearest star and grab the comet by the tail. Vote for my video in the Talenthouse/PSN competition if you could so kindly. Thanks so much guys. Love's in the air. Just click on the pic or the link. Or both.

© 2013 "Pull Out, Never Retreat". Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/aa0b7bcac4515bb04d69d04f7055fd87/908

Just a simple click of one of the vote buttons will do. Plus you can vote twice if you have a twitter and Facebook account. Spread the love. Spend the bullets. #WayOfPlay #PullOutNeverRetreat

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Arrgghtem.

God forgives...

Gamers don't.

It doesn't help the Golden Rule much either when you are respawned in the vicinity where you were gunned down by a slippery-slick pistol totting dude who happens to be 13, screaming profanity at you as he does. 

So when you reappear behind his general location, knowing he's somewhere camping eagerly to snuff out your revenge kill. That's when you efficiently erupt from the corner and let him have it.... or go for the overkill approach and sloppily RPG yourself... or get killed by the same guy- again!! Obviously go for no. 1. Or just go H.A.M. and get the rocket grenade off right.

So this image is testament to all Golden-Rule-breaking, gun-totting, extra-banana-clip-having, 'I'll kill your very spirit by stabbing you in the back' gamers who are all about vendettas:

©2013. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

Vote for the image on Talenthouse.com here: http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/a2bac56325a677d939f9c5ab7031df99/908

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Brrackaaa!! Boom bye bye! Ok I'll stop now.

#WayOfPlay Gaming fans, Unite!

That time again superfriends. To rally around a ronin in total alliance as he dares to strike at the sky and the bodies that float there. Pompous, puffy white clouds. Infuriating!

www.talenthouse.com/bluntspear. I will need you to come out in your tens and hundreds. Not now, but when the time comes (in 13 days), be there and vote. I will be forever in you debt.... yeah. But who says you can't watch the entry now:




Look out for my entry on this page- http://www.talenthouse.com/be-a-creator-for-playstation#details and vote for the entry and whoever else's you like. :)

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#thatswhatshesaid

Poster Art. Kendrick Lamar Comp.

Kendrick Lamar fans! Well, art fans in general. Was designing this for a competition on Creative Allies. Started working on it. Forgot about it. Missed the deadline. Whoa is me. Anyway, thought I'd share it all the same:

© 2013 Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.

Well, definitely not the best,  but 'E' for effort, maybe. That was not to be hummed like that pop dribble on the radio. You know the song I am referring to.

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Producing is not fun. At all.

Design is simply Consistency.

I, the #designtyrant has been none stop on the poster and t-shirt tip. Joined Creative Allies and thought I would give it a whirl. And there has been some ultra cool stuff coming out of my head:

© 2012. Artwork/ Design by Dulani Wilson for
Ball-Up T-Shirt competition .
All rights reserved to respective owners.

Like? Well check out this funky, sexy, blaxpoitationy, 70's-style poster I entered in the Dumpstaphunk 'Dirty Word' Competition:

©2012. Artwork/ Design by Dulani Wilson for
Dumpstaphunk's "Dirty Word" Competition.
All rights reserved to respective owners.

Motherf*ck yeah! I entered a slew more. Check them out here: www.creativeallies.com/bluntspear

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Get it in.

"A Morning Parade in your Honour"

Top 50. A pyramid of dead dreams and aspirations. A desperate clamber to the top. Fist over fist. I see the  summit and its promise of glory.

A post on the official Morning Parade website:
http://www.morningparade.com/news/headlights-video-competition/

All that is left for me to do is to slit my wrist and bleed art.



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I am @bluntspear , the #animationvagrant ,  and this is my "Spiteful Chant"

"Caught in your Headlights"

Hey dudes and dudettes!

The #animationvagrant , your ronin of creativity sharpened his blade recently making this little vid entry for indie rock band Morning Parade's "Headlights". It should be a high contender (hopefully) but I will need some of yo' votes. So vote for the kid here:

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/aa0b7bcac4515bb04d69d04f7055fd87/459

Voting starts the 27th of March, so be sure to support the kid bright and early.
Here's the vid on my YouTube page:



If you got a profile there too, subscribe and drop me a message or comment, and I will sub back. Because I am a big fan. Long as you're human and love art. www.youtube.com/bluntspearanimation

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Currently doing so concept art for a script I wrote. Then editing for Acoustic Rhymes. I have other stuff to do, but this is more important. Til nex' time... Chao!

The 3 Principles of the Social Animal

Yessir, I did this little animation vid for an RSAnimate competition, taking an excerpt from a David Brooks lecture. Funny, he's a Republican, but speaks intelligently, not just throwing glittering generalities around.

Random factoid: statistically, the words that reoccur in the average democratic speech are words like 'health', 'education', 'budget/taxes' while the average republican buzzwords are 'terrorism' 'war' 'freedom'. So its a matter of holding your votes hostage and, as propaganda goes, a form of 'emotional blackmail'.

Republican: If you don't vote for me all hells gonna break loose. You're all going to die!

Democrat: Don't vote for me and your children are gonna grow up sick and stupid!

I could talk British politics, but America is just way more entertaining. Listening to news here just makes you want to shove a sawn-off down someone's throat. You know whom. Its PM where I am. Night y'all (see what I did there?).

The 3 Principles of the Social Animal:




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#animationabomination @bluntspear

Born to Render (Enemies Useless)

Taking a brief respite from crazy rendering, and also prioritising the prioritising sessions I have for upcoming jobs. "You! the one in the tacky jacket. How much you got? No money. You want it for free?! Back of the line". "All that attitude, and you still unclear about what you're after? Back of the £$%&ing line". Excuse my french. You'd think I'd have gotten used to it by now. Been busy designing, one one hand, a logo for some social care business. Company's called Three Sisters Care. I'm not sure if it's just me or does that not sound like the Fates in Greek Mythology. So in turn, makes the place sound like where old and sick people go to die. Cruel joke five [Todd voice]. Wow. Scrubs is even less funny now. Possible? Indeed. Here's one of the logos I did for the company. Client didn't like. She 'wished I had something good to say about that'. Dulani Wilson aint sh!t.

Was going for a convent, Scottish Widows type thing. She probably thought it was a hijab. She is an advocate against them, as it's a means of controlling women in the Middle East. The whole western debate is a bit over-hyped. Women who wear them are not integrated into society/ controlled/ cut off/ blah blah. As a black man, when anybody starts talking about assimilation and controlling what people wear, I'm just waiting for something even more draconian to pop off. I should be able to dress like Batman and Freddie Krugar all at the same time, long as I don't hurt anybody for no legit reason. But f@ck, what the hell do I know? I also noticed as I'm writing that I am censoring myself. Must be in a somewhat good mood.

Also designing some shirts which I promised Candy Rose. Stalk us both on Twitter : /icandyrose and /bluntspear.
Did some cool designs which I think would look pretty live on a Tshirt. Here's one:

My sentiments exactly.
I'd rock the shit out of that.

Also entering that Moby competition held on Vimeo. Its been an ugly weekend but I might be finished on time to enter before closing date monday. Hence the rendering and why I have time to be posting on here. I feel I have neglected this blog somehow, but I do come back in the end. Have a couple more freelance tips that should be helpful, should be up here soon.

Back to Moby, doing a video for the song 'After'. Premise is good and technology is putting my creativity and tolerance on trial. Heres an element to be used in the multi-media music video:

Just tilt that sexy head for me. That's it babe. See? It's a weed plant and The original man. Locks down to the flo'. I have some coloured images, but they're psd files and not internet compatible so I'd have to open them in photoshop save em as jpegs... too much. Will hit you with the end product soonish. I'm waffling. Night sports fans.

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Bin Laden is dead. I know! Apparently they caught him on the couch watching images of himself. Wouldn't it be funny if it was porn? My mom (HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!) has a muslim friend who told her when they were having a discussion about the terrorist at her school, this bitch co-worker asked her if she was saddened by the news that he died and of how they disposed of the body. Lol. Ah, British xenophobia. Doesn't get old.

Alibi in my rise through Crime

Alibi TV had a competition for some New Crime Writer competition. Forgot I had start writing a story since February, but rediscovered it when I was backing up all my files from my mac, god rest her poor bastard soul. Check it out, you only have til May the 1st to enter:

http://uktv.co.uk/alibi/homepage/sid/8644

The story I wrote was based on the coming home of a soldier faced with the death of a brother caused by knife wielding punk. Hopefully I pass the first stages so you can start voting for the kid. Here's an excerpt:

It is awfully cold. Not so much the weather as the atmosphere. Wind chill -10. Goosebumps

lift off Salema’s skin. The construct of this place doesn’t help either. To the left of the small

metal fenced cemetery is a field. Open. Stretches for a good couple of yards. No trees or hills

to break the flow of wind. And at the end of the field, North East, are two towering flat

blocks. Ghost buildings that blot out the hazy peach sun. Living proof British architecture is

modelled off a prison system. Open. Exposed. With a central towering all-seeing eye. The

constant feeling of being watched. Scrutiny that swells into demonisation. It’s the same way I

felt walking those broad streets of Iraq back in 2014 with the two monumental sword arms

interlocking. Architecture and control. Draconian in design.

“Don’t be. It’s just something I don’t like talking about.” I reassure Salema, as I consciously

try to soften my hardened, soldier’s stare.

To be honest I was too far away to become overly traumatised. Nothing I personally did. Just

the aftermath.

“What happened?” I asked her.

“I told you.” her eyes fixed on, soft and cow.

“Tell me again. The party. What started the argument?

Salema averts her gaze to the floor. Quivering peach lips tell an ugly story of my brother.

Going to a party he didn’t want to be at in the first place. Persuaded by a fifteen year old ex-girlfriend,

naïve to the laws of the world. How a punk with a rep to prove began getting rough

with her. My brother stepped in. Emulating what any good man would do for the one he

loved. Chivalry cost him his life. My brother was stabbed thrice. Twice in his lower thigh,

once in his inner thigh. He bled out in minutes. Daytime crime TV has given these bastards

too many wrong ideas.

Also need new Photoshop so busy sorting that out. Yeah, til whenever.

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Was watching the Centaurian, but saw 'he' was in it and I thought, f*ck it. I'd rather watch the Royal Wedding. And I'd rather do myself in than watch a German and '100%-British-wedding-tree' trick jump the proverbial witch's broom.

What the Mothership?!

Hello gang,
Hope the easter has been a quiet one for you, lots o' breaking fasts and merry making and all that good stuff. Seems to be a hell of a time right now for me. Technology seems to be divorcing my sorry kaput. Laptop has died and will be going to the Apple graveyard. And my faithful iMac, the cd drive has decided not to let me in. Tried forcing it in, that was no good. Sounds like the premise of every Lifetime movie ever made.

So I've been beaming my marshmallow and ether brain waves to you from a Vista. Vista! Sure. The kind of equipment you'd love to have a vista view of as it's being propelled into a quasar.

That vid I was working on for the Discover Hyundai competition? It's done and up:



Salute to the realest and pray I rise above the nay-sayers to get this done. Talk soon, comrades.

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No time for looking back, it's done.

Metal Edge

Let me set the scenario. Film Challenge. Up against a few contestants. A shit load by the looks of it. An acquaintance brought me iuto the mix to join the team. There name was a Play on the Wil' Coyote Meme- Amorphous Anomalous. Clever Penny. And the teams were randomly given 3 scraps of paper. On these pieces of paper are elements which must be incorporated into the film: Film title, prop and quote. And everything had to be done in 48 hours.

Sci-Fi London 48 hour film challenge. Working on a adapted script great fun. I didn't do much just helped polished the film idea and shimmied the film in the right direction. It really was a group effort. Film's about an AI. Ah just watch it here. I did graphic/animation/edit in the beginning for the pseudo-infomercial and titles/credits.


Metal Edge (Sci Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge) from Jobeda Ali on Vimeo.

An exercise in awesomeness. Well done team. Now back to the batcave where I do most of my true crime fighting.

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Defying peoples perceptions and stereotypes since 2001

School of Life and other Unimportant Stuff.

Won a competition. Photostory. 1st place. 1000 or 500 pounds- can't remember. Blunts all around. I'll pass. Either way I have to split the money fiddy/fiddy. My photostory was based on a director's film. Jake Polonsky. School of Life. In the streets? Nah. Name of the film. Personally, I learnt fuck all in school. Lecturing pricks. See here a page (4 of 14):

Linguistic ingenuity. Like Imhotep, but dumber.
On another note: Currently entering this here competition:

http://www.youtube.com/DiscoverHyundai

Think Roswell. Will put up some sketches sooninsh. More meetings tomorrow and Saturday and throughout April.

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They are like the Mafia "Just when you think you're out, they drag you back in" Crabs I guess.