Takashi Murakami

This is one of my favourite adverts. It's rather strange for what it is but you can't deny the beauty in the animation. Watch it and you'll see~

Enjoy~



This animation was created by a superflat artist called Takashi Murakami. I think it's so beautiful, vibrant and full of colour. It makes you feel very happy. After looking at other pieces of his work, I'm almost jealous to know that someone can see the world with such vibrancy; I think it's a wonderful gift. Attention to colour is another focus that I hope people will be able to see through my work too.

Similar to G-Dragon's 'Butterfly' MV, the journey throughout the animation and the transitions are amazingly thought out and executed. I hope that I'll be able to make something just as good one day~

Murakami, being an artists has also created an array of other works from prints to sculptures and here are just a few I picked out.

I think this piece is really nice and in comparison to his quite crazy and super cute prints, this one has such elegance which I found quite interesting. 

This canvas piece looks amazing.. I just wish I could swap places with the woman and really look at the detail that's gone into this but either way.. I think it's stunning. I quite like the juxtaposition of the bright colours and the image of the skulls. very Intriguing.

I really like the overall structure for this. I like how the vines spiral around to creating what almost looks like the top photo. It looks very fun and this piece definitely has a presence about it as well as standing out from the crowd.

This images is actually kinda creepy. The combination of the colours and the design for this character comes across as quite crazy and sinsiter but I think his overall style is really something. It's very individual~

A favourite Music Video

Okay so, since my last brief has ended i'm now working on an animation project and a film project. So I now have the perfect opportunity to share some of my favourite animations and this is one of them.

Enjoy~




As you can probably gather, I'm very much into Korean music among other things. This one is by an artist called G-Dragon who's from a well known Korean group called Big Bang. G-Dragon as well as a few other band members release solo songs every now and then and this is my favourite one by him for many reasons because as well as liking the song, I think the music video for this is beyond beautiful~

There's quite a complex mix of 3D/2D animation and live action and the way they've put it all together and made them interact with one another is so clever in my eyes. One of the parts that stands out to me regarding this is transitions between the different kinds of scenery seen from 1:10 to 1:30 in the video. It really takes you on a journey and the styling of it reminds me of Alice in Wonderland, especially the part when the camera comes in through the shrubbery to see the girl standing in a woodland area.

The girl has a very photo realistic appearance which works really well with the environments she's thrown into. She also fits in very well with the more artistic pieces like the phoenix. 

 I took this screen because I really like the way some of the things have been animated in this video. This shot for example, the way her hair moves looks and gives it such a paper-like feel. I think it has a really nice effect~

This is just one of the examples of interaction I find quite intriguing when G-Dragon is shot doing live action. Right now I'm not sure how easy or how hard this is to do but I would really like to try combining both live action and 2D animation together. I think it's impressive.

These two shot are some of my favourites~ They're both so beautiful and artistically composed. The waves at the top have a close resemblance to 'The Great Wave' by Katsushika Hokusai and obviously shows that some artistic influences went into making this video.

The silhouettes and the carousel kinda reminded me of some of the cuts scenes in the game Fragile Dreams too. If you don't know the game I recommend you check it out~ Beautiful story, really emotional and it has some amazing cut scenes and great characters.

Moving Image Analysis

Context of Practice: Grafitti