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Saw this today and it cracked me up. The artist of this definitely understands the mid 80’s. Took me back.

Okay. The Blackheart Gang, the powers that be behind Shy the Sun and the aforementioned “Sea Orchestra”, are obviously talented. In fact, wickedly talented. Some time ago they produced a personal project titled, “The Tale of How”.

The Tale of How from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.

Well, they now have produced a beautiful book with accompanying DVD. Seriously, this is pretty cool. “The Tale of How” is part of a trilogy that The Blackheart Gang would like to complete. I say let’s help them do it.

Okay, it’s been a little while, but I thought what better way to get back on track then share the “how-to” video Shy the Sun has posted for “Sea Orchestra”.

Sea Orchestra: The Making Of from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.

This summer, while watching the Olympics I was blown away. No, it wasn’t the night of the opening ceremonies, which did blow me away, but it was several days later that I first saw an amazing piece of work. It was a commercial for United Airlines, titled Sea Orchestra. It’s one of the freshest pieces of animation I’ve seen in a long time. With a little searching online I found its creators to be Shy the Sun. I’m not sure who these guys are but their work is phenomenal and I’m hoping that we see more work from them in the near future.  Here’s the United Airlines commercial.

Sea Orchestra from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.

Here’s the first episode for a show I did while at Digital Juice.  Cutting Class was the video editing show in the DJTV line up.  The original concept for this episode was to simply show how to use still photos in video. It just seemed too boring to me that way. 

It’s my thought that every person is creative, regardless of their vocation, calling, occupation, or life situation. I’m a Video/Art Director at my full-time gig and love to animate and create motion graphics on the side, that’s on top of all my personal pursuits.  So being a “creative” by nature, I always hear comments along the lines of “I wish I was as creative as you”, “your team is so creative, how do you do it?”, “I’d love to be a fly on the wall in your office”, etc. Usually these comments are coming from those who don’t work within an artistic role, their administrators, accountants, personnel folk, all good people - just not folks whose primary function involves what would be traditionally considered the arts. What’s happening is these friends, colleagues, and associates are confusing creativity with artistic ability. And this doesn’t mean that they don’t have any artistic ability, its just that they are confusing the artistic ability that myself and my creative team use to solve problems, with the creativity we use to develop and come up with that solution. Creativity is the ability to solve a problem within the context that surrounds the problem.  It takes creativity to balance a budget when several accounts are outside of their projections. It takes creativity to divert a conversation in the direction it needs to go. It takes creativity to reroute your morning commute to avoid stalled traffic and still get to work on time. Creativity doesn’t take artistic ability, but art is facilitated by creativity. My thoughts are that each person is creative.  It’s an inherent part of our nature, instilled in us by the Creator. As we are a reflection of the one who created us, obviously He is creative by nature, we have built into us the need and ability to create. Simply put, I believe that at the deepest core of who we are, individually and collectively, is pure creativity.

Hey, welcome to Kinetescape.  It’s my hope that you will find here a resource that inspires you, connects you, and brings out your own personal creativity. Personally, I’m always on the look out for resources that will inspire my own work, as well as help me grow as an artist. Here I’ll share my findings and thoughts.  Feel free to respond and share as well.