Continued Adventures in Animation

Coyote Vs. Acme is a delightful movie. And it’s really fun watching a movie that just completely revels in the cartoons I grew up with right now as I’m starting out with making my own cartoons.

I’ve made seven music videos in the last three days, and my spouse is trying to talk me down from insisting I have to start another one before going to bed… Continue reading “Continued Adventures in Animation”

From Manic to Philosophical About Music Video Making

AH HA HA HA AH HAAA!!!!!! MORE VIDEOS ARE COMING!!!!!!

Yes, yes, I have gone mad with the power to turn my stories into songs and those songs into music videos.

Just existing in the world right now is a whole existential crisis. Continue reading “From Manic to Philosophical About Music Video Making”

My Music Video-Making Adventure Continues

It’s an interesting puzzle figuring out which of my stories/songs are well-suited to the current, cartoony style Claude’s got going on for music videos. Not most of them… but some are perfect for it. I figure I’ll work through those before trying to adapt into different styles.

“One Sheep” was originally inspired by sheep-hoarding in Catan, trying to build an entire city out of sheep. It never made much sense a short story. But as a music video??? Solid gold. Or maybe wool? Continue reading “My Music Video-Making Adventure Continues”

Music Video Time Crashes Down Upon Us

“Art is supposed to make you feel—“
“No, no. Life is supposed to make you feel. Art is supposed to make you feel good.”
“Is that all that art is supposed to do?”
“No, but if you need it to do more, then… Maybe there’s something wrong with your life.”

—Dawson’s Creek, S5E16 “In a Lonely Place” Continue reading “Music Video Time Crashes Down Upon Us”

Children, AIs, and Rabbits

My 13-year-old, after turning down several breakfast options, opens a cupboard, pulls out a can of no-stick cooking spray, and ponders it sagely.

Next he scurries out of the kitchen with a canister of uncooked oatmeal, as if intending to eat it raw.

I’m looking forward to telling an AI, “I’ve heard good things about Baldur’s Gate 3 and Undertale, but I find their combat style unplayably annoying. Please convert them to have more of a Diablo/Hades play style,” and then play through them in a way I’d actually enjoy. Continue reading “Children, AIs, and Rabbits”

Insipid Liner Notes: Doo-Wop Panda

Pandaria is one of my favorite Warcraft expansions, probably only second to Legion. So, I had to make a panda album to go with all the others. To get the right sound for most of these tracks, I added the flavor word “cozy.”

If you’re doing an album about an off-brand Pandaria, you’ve got to have a song about how the whole place is sailing around on the back of a giant turtle. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes: Doo-Wop Panda”