Saturday, August 9, 2025

Artists I Like - Sam Kieth

A fun little idea I had where I talk on and on about certain artists I think are awesomw an d kewl!!!!!! Will be doing more of these I'm sure, so there'll now be a whole new tag for these blog posts entirely!!! :)

The artist I wanted to talk about today is someone that, for how somewhat recently I've started following their work, has had a surprising effect on me and what I find interesting within the art sphere. Sam Kieth is, or at least was, a prominent figure within the comic scene, working on many many major projects over the years he's been active. From being the artist on multiple Marvel and DC comics, like Wolverine and Sandman, to his own original series 'The Maxx' being quite popular and even spawning a tv show of the same name. He's definitely been around, which makes sense when taking a look at his art.

Unlike most big, well-known artists, Sam has a pretty hefty and comprehensive portfolio of work, which can be seen through his blogspot.

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Which has seemingly been going on for more than a decade and a half now. Funny how there's so much stuff here to shift through and look at considering he's somewhat of a recluse and hasn't had much of a presence on the internet for a couple of years now.

Something notable about his work is just how much it can vary, one piece may be a stockily built superhero comic cover, the next could be weird and otherworldly abstract art, or a really goofy looking cartoon character, and everything in-between.

His use of watercolor, markers, and pastels help to make really interesting and colorful pieces, that mixed with traditional pencils and pens create such a unique look and feel that I absolutely adore. The way he draws faces is an aspect of his style I particularly like, being able to evoke such a dreaded look or such a happy-go-lucky expression really drives home how skilled he is.

The way he draws and shapes characters is also such a treat, with the Maxx constantly hunched over, almost inhuman in a way, hm... i wonder why that is..... Ol, Mr. Gone with his oblique but also droopy caped attire and long phallic head, Sarah and her whispy entangled mess of hair, mixed with her silhouetted look make her a favorite of mine. The way he designs and draws these and many more characters make me scratch my head in a funny way.

I could go on for so long about his art, many things I didn't even mention here, such as his affinity for word art and logo's, his background art, and etc etc etc. But this is already too long, and I want later posts like this to be a bit more compact, there was just a lot here that I really did want to show lol. I also want future posts like this to be less "omg i luv this dood's art lolz!!!!" and more analytic but whatever i dont care.

thx 4 reading, loser :)

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Cool Pieces of Animation

Recently I've come across some cool pieces of animation and I'd love to just gush over them since they're so cool!!!!!!!!!!!

LE MERLE - Norman McLaren, 1958

I was so utterly surprised at just how much I ended up liking 'Le Merle', seeing as it is extremely simple but so fun to watch and listen to as well!

The animation uses paper cutouts and simple lines and shapes to show a bird dancing to a French folksong, with the bird constantly transforming based on the rhythm of the song. It helps show just how much action and movement you can convey with so few lines, as it changes from a bird, to a tic-tac-toe board, to a dancing stickman hopping on one leg, to an amalgamation of shapes and lines in all but a few short moments. That, along with the nonsensical song that fluctuates in tension throughout really helps create something really fun and cool to see!

Piano Dog Visits the Underworld - Karl Staven, 2003/2004?

This is a very very obscure short film made seemingly around 2003 or 2004. In where a piano dog and his musical friends become trapped in hell, and they then get eaten by some dog thing, spat out, and go back to whence they came. I'm not sure why this was made and if it was ever aired anywhere, especially since this is a cut down and edited version of the original 25 minute version that I cannot find anywhere, but it's cool nonetheless.

The weird 2D, paper mario-esque characters in a 3D plane definitely give this a unique look. That mixed with the 480p quality and nonsense story make this a strange little thang, ain't that right, mhmm uh huh yeah.

Today, I Will Be The Bread - Andy Cahill, 2024

Another completely inane and nonsensical film titled 'Today, I Will Be The Bread' is, not really about anything in particular, and is mainly just a showcase of fun and trippy visuals.

I love just how mushy everything looks, nothing seems to have any structure or solid shape. People and animals moving with the consistency of dough, buildings making no logical sense whatsoever, and things just kind of happen. It really is worth a watch since it can't really be described properly.

That's as much as I wanted to show, will absolutely make more of these kinds of posts in the future so whatevurh waha wehewhhehebehebfheweskuh

Friday, May 23, 2025

undertale

look its her!!!!!!111111

Thursday, May 22, 2025

guys........

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Blog Update #1

BLOG UPDATE #1

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Floating Comments:

Whenever you click on a post, comments made on that post will now FLOAT OVER THE SCREEN!!!!! JUST LIKE NICO NICO DOUGA!!!!!!!

There's also a button in the top right corner that toggles the comments on and off!

Silly Flavor Text:

Some stupid random text I've added to spice up this here blog!!!!!

Mouse Trail Effect:

Your mouse now burns with the fiery pits of hell waiting upon thy click

It can be turned on and off with the button in the top left

Music Player:

A music player is now present at the bottom of the screen, with a custom playlist of mine that'll be periodically updated with more and more music, so I hope you enjoy the sick ass tunes!!!!!

It has play/pause, skip song, visibility, and fast forward buttons. As well as a volume slider.

Little Guys:

Moving the music player down, you can spot some characters walking around at the bottom of the screen!!!!

I'd love to add more, so reply with any suggestions that you may have on who or what I should add.

Hit Counter:

Simple hit counter that shows how many individual people have been on the site. Don't click the link above it though idk why that's there and I can't get rid of it so............