The art and musings of Arizona artist Jeff Curtis otherwise known and loved throughout the world as JEPHYR!
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As we wind down 2019 and get ready to launch into the new year (2020 - Can you believe it??!!) — I thought I'd share an animation that features a 2d looking style that I really respond to.
Annie - is a 2013 Animation Short Film put out by France's GOBELINS - School of Image — and features highly stylized characters and backgrounds.
The colors are vibrant and lean towards Adjacent and Analogous Color Harmony (purple/blue, green/blue/yellow, red/orange/yellow, etc) — while using contrasting colors (yellow/blue, orange/green-blue, etc) to highlight text/speech and so on.
Screen Grab From The Video Below
With almost anything from GOBELINS - the production ,animation, sound and music are all top-notch.
Best of all IMO — it tells a tale that most of us hopeless romantics can relate to.
From it's video description:
"Robin's girlfriend, Annie, leaves him because he can't express his
feelings for her. With the help of his dog, he's prepared to do
anything to get her back"
It's hard to believe that we're almost through another year and 2020 is just days away.
Hope you have a wunnerful Christmas Day and all the best in the coming year.
Below you'll find a bluegrass take on two traditional Christmas Carols — O Come, O Come Emmanuel & Come Thou Long Expected Jesus — by The Petersens.
The Petersen Sisters From The Video Below
From the video's YouTube description:
"The Petersens are a family band performing full-time in Branson, MO. The band consists of Katie Petersen on fiddle, Ellen Petersen on banjo, Matt Petersen on guitar, Julianne Petersen on mandolin, Karen Petersen on bass, and Emmett Franz on dobro. Visit their website at www.petersenband.com to learn more about their family."
While looking for something to share here for this Christmas season, I was happy to find a video/animation produced by Dan Stevers called The First Coming.
Published in November 2015, the two and a half minute video has a lovely music track under a rich and powerful voice-over re-telling the "Christmas Story" in poetic but unmistakable terms.
The colors are vibrant and the background and character designs are very stylized — and in the end the entire video is quite moving.
Screen Captures From The Video Below
As you'll note in the images above and in the video itself—there is a watermark in it indicating it is a "preview" — but in my opinion it isn't obtrusive or distracting.
The video's description on YouTube offers a link to Stevers' site where you can find out more about purchasing it along with his other work:
Recently a headline grabbed my attention—and when I read the article it sounded like a Twilight Zone episode or perhaps the plot for a wacky TV sitcom:
An "artist" taped a ordinary banana to the wall of an modern "art" exhibition using a strip of duct-tape.
Then, an "art" patron promptly shelled out $120,000.00 for it.
THEN—a "performance artist" came along and ATE it.
Yep—a regular old banana sold for $120K—and then someone ate it.
A Photo Of The "Work Of Art" From A CBS 4 News Story About It
It doesn't seem right to give any of these "artists" publicity, so I've purposely omitted their names and the name of the "art" gallery—but because it's almost impossible to believe—here's a link so you can research it for yourself.
The same day, I read another article about an "art" patron shelling out $45,000.00 for gummy bear sculptures. (see photo below)
Yep, you read that right.
An "artist" has been making large sculptures of gummy bears—and people are spending thousands of dollars to acquire them.
I'm not exactly sure where the line begins to buy one—but if you have a lot of mad money laying around and want a gummy bear sculpture of your very own—here's a link so you can find out more:
It'd be easy to get off into the weeds and spend a lot of effort explaining the reasons why "art" like this is prized by certain people with a LOT of money.
But the late, raunchy comedian George Carlin may have said it best, "....it's a big club, and you ain't in it."
The video below is from one of Carlin's performances where he lays it all out:
The people in power don't want you capable of critical thinking—they want you just smart enough to run their machines.
And while he focuses only on America—it's the same all over the world over.
But be forewarned if you view this video—it's filled with crudeness and profanity, and isn't for the faint of heart.
Thanks for stopping by.
If you want to purchase my latest work, "Dirty Cotton Sock," it's available for $532,000.00 (plus shipping and handling of course).
