FRAGMENTS / Frames from a Story
| Flashbacks, IDEAS & CAPTURED MOMENTS |
The speedy little BEEFLY activates its hyperfast-bubble-enabled shields once it moves faster than light. Unshielded, even micro-debris would easily pierce through the hull and destroy the ship going with such a high momentum! Just in case, the BEEFLY is also equiped with bandages and stickers! This clip is a captured moment from a secret cosmic exploration.
A 2021 exploration: visualizing different types of cells being “activated” to play - follow the leader. A lovely Storytelling and Visual Development journey made for ADInfinitum for IMMUSE (LC Plasma) Postbiotic, which is owned by Kyowa Hakko (developed by Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.)
“Dear Bojan, my answer is YES! 💖 Sprinkling Saturn’s rings with diamonds as a metaphoric engagement ring is truly one of the most romantic gestures a lady could dream of. I know our families will need a bit of convincing to allow us to marry, but as heirs to both the inner and the outer planets, our children would then one day rule over all joined Sol’s nations! That would be amazing! I know it might be too early, but I think Venus would be a great venue to have the wedding at – doesn’t getting married above the clouds sound magical? And for our honeymoon, I’ve been hearing there are great lakes on Titan! Deborah tells me there’s like a million rules there, but I don’t care, your family owns it, right? I want to be the first one to skinny dip in Titan’s lakes! Promise you’ll keep me warm! 💕 Can’t wait to see you. With Love, Blanka.” Vignette: 4/6
How is your home country going to be like in 2050? A 2017 visual and narrative exploration made for the Ministry for Economic Affairs of Slovenia. Visual Narrative Development, Direction, Art Direction, Design, Animation & Compositing - ALL DONE by TWO artists in three weeks.
The full journey can be seen HERE.
“Bunny knows his family must still be out there somewhere - his little rabbit heart can feel it. “I will find them,” he vows to himself, “Mommy always says that I’m her clever little bunny!” His adventures in Nowhere will require great courage and a very smart rabbit brain. Bunny is ready.”
One day in high school, the title ”BUNNY KING OF NOWHERE” just appeared to me. I knew it right then: someday, I’ll bring Bunny King to life.
“To: Mr. Bubblesworth
Subject: Retirement, ID 31842177
Message: I would like to start by thanking You for Your confidence in my work. For the past 25 years, I have been flying Your Company’s Bubbllium® Tanker Ships, transporting Europa’s mineral water to Earth for You and Your partners, the Deserving 1%. I have proudly and wholeheartedly devoted my life to Your Growth and Thirst. My retirement is scheduled after the next completed delivery, so I was hoping to possibly receive a few drops of Bubbllium® Mineral Water as a parting gift for the loyal years spent with the Company. It would truly be a once in a lifetime privilege.
Yours Eternally, Bob.
To: Bob
Subject: Reply from Mr. Bubblesworth’s Office, Retirement, ID 31842177
Message: Absolutely no. Your work history and your retirement plan have now been annulled. How dare you?” Vignette: 6/6
Harness the POWER OF THE MULTIVERSE and never get bored again! But BEWARE! Contents of this loop are under pressure. Avoid prolonged exposure to light. Use only as directed. Side effects are not common but may include joy, astonshment, thrill, dizziness and occasional itching. If conditions persist, consult your physician. This product may contain peanuts, but I doubt it.
Flashback from “Hi-Energy Parallel String Accelerator”, a silly little mock ad / hyper-short film from 2013 that’s playing Hide & Seek.
FROM THE MYSTERIOUS REACHES OF INFINITY! AT TERRIFYING SPEEDS! The biggest true story of our century, before it actually happens!
Flashback from “THE GIANT HAND FROM GALAXY X”, my '50s Sci-Fi B-Movie Micro-Short Homage.
“Our runaway planet has been travelling through the cosmos and “snatching” other planetoids from their solar systems since way before recorded history. But this ringed little gas planet was a huge wonder - it was the first planet that didn’t sink! However, the government sure wasn’t loosing any time with it, those vultures! For the first time ever, they acted swiftly and decisively, as they managed to completely close off the splash site to the public (with all of us from the science community included) and sent the damned megacapitol ships to suck the planet dry for it’s economic potential. Imagine all the knowledge that’ll be lost forever! I didn’t yet know how, but I had to stop them!” Vignette: 3/6
“She was furious! She had been planning her trip for millions of years! Seeing Phobos reach the Roche point and be torn apart by Mars’ gravity was something she had been dreaming of witnessing for so long! But of course her saucer broke down just before launch and was now in the repair shop. She hesitantly borrowed Paul’s “Rust-Bucket”, which more than lived up to it’s name - there were moments when she wasn’t even sure she would reach Sol in one piece! At least now she knew why Paul was always late. And for the first time ever, so was she. When she finally arrived, the moon’s remains were already scattered around the planet and flattened into a disc. I guess a coffee-to-go will have to do…” Vignette: 1/6
“Hip Artificial Intelligence or H.A.I. for short, is available in two colors. The last & final choice you will ever have to make!
TECHNICAL SPECS: Speed: 3x 10.000.000 choices / msec, Battery: Self-sustainable, I/O: 1x USB4, 3x Firewire 400.
Can manage households, companies or planets.”
Ending shot from “H.A.I. - Hip Artificial Intelligence” - a suggestive mock ad from 2014. It’s also a masochistic experiment where every rendered frame was smudged by hand in Photoshop in pursuit of a more organic feel, ugh! I’d do it again, though. 😂 The Full Experiment 🤖
The Title Sequence for an award-winning feature film, “GAJIN SVET”, created in 2018. It’s also an homage and a tribute to awesome studios and individuals that have been inspiring me throughout my animation career. The project exploration can be found HERE.
“The real-estate market has gone completely bonkers! Are there rooms, apartments and houses available to rent? Yes! But are they reachable to a regular mortal like me, a mere teacher, without mortgaging the next 5 generations of my extended family? Sadly, no. Teachers aren’t multi-trillioners, you know. As soon as Ga-Ram announced she was leaving me and moving to Andromeda, I knew I’d have to find myself a new place to live. I hope Ga-Ram will miss me. Accepting the fact that I really had been living off her (she was right, even though I’d never admit it to her), I’d now need to find a place out of the New Earth Megacity area and commute to work every day. I could only afford two options: Europa or Mercury. Although I do love to get my feet wet every now and then, I’ve always been more into water that’s not freezing cold, call me fancy. So, I chose Mercury. Granted, due to the planet naturally shrinking and the extensive cooling system installed throughout the planet, my backyard is getting smaller every day. But I feel as if I’ve made the right choice. It is super nice not to have noisy neighbours (Mercury is a one-person planet), plus I can finally do some serious reading done! It’s also awesome to have sauna time, all the time (the average temperature is 167 C / 332 F) ! The only downside is, there are NO PETS ALLOWED! Poor Kiku! … I really hope Ga-Ram misses me.” Vignette: 2/6
The script, VisDev, design + animation for the entire project had to be done in about 10 days. About six days in, my lower back decided that it didn’t agree with the way I’m spending my time. Still managed to finish on time & started a daily exercise routine right after. Fun times!
Captured Moments from “TELETRANSFUSION”. The full mograph project (back pain not included) is hidden… somewhere.
“Public Report 93.88, Article 823-9/II:a of the O.C.D. Book of Law:
Triton, moon of Neptune, as the seventh largest natural satellite of our solar system, has been found guilty of being wrong. As we, at the Obsessive Compulsive Directorate, are the self-appointed shepherds to all things being in a correct and orderly state, we will not be idle and simply sit back to allow such a large natural body to rotate around its mother planet in the wrong direction. Thus, an effort to move Triton into a more correct orbit is now in full effect. A report of complete success is imminent.
Additionally, the O.C.D. has officially started with the »Re-Tilt Uranus« campaign, to compensate for the planet being tilted wrong. If Uranus bothers you - you too, should join the ranks of the O.C.D. today!” Vignette: 5/6
THE GIANT HAND FROM GALAXY X! EVEN LASERS CANNOT DESTROY IT! It will seal the doom of an unprepared humankind!
Flashback from “THE GIANT HAND FROM GALAXY X”, a '50s Sci-Fi B-Movie Homage, done in 2013! The full project is hiding HERE. Shhh! 🤫
“I like pie, I like cake. I like everything you bake.”
A Collage-Inspired Flashback from the title sequence for a cooking show “SEASONED BY AMERICANS”. Done way back in 2013.
“We see the same things differently” The spaciest part of “MORELA” - an ad for a local Ophthalmologist company from 2014, where I had the pleasure of doing the VisDev + its translation to motion. 👓
Finding new ways on how a title sequence for a cooking show can look like. Apparently, it looks like the letter P. 🤷
Creative Compositing Experiment from “POLONA ON FIRE” from 2015.
So what do silhouettes and Magnesium have in common?
A series of Styleframes for “MEGA MAGNESIUM” created in collaboration with Dirty Puppet from 2021.
When I got the opportunity to work on this in 2013, it felt super special. Since it’s still lurking around here, I apparently haven’t changed my mind yet. 🙂 A Creative Compositing Extravaganza for “1001 CVET”, a tea company.