Character designs for Animated Music Video concept by fireawaymarmot

music · @fireawaymarmot · May 12 '18

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Character designs for Animated Music Video concept

A few days ago I was working on a remix of an old tune of mine and I got to remembering the idea for a music video that I'd been mulling over, back when I'd first recorded the piece. Next thing I knew, I was drawing away on my computer and had come up with three designs that I'd like to share with you right here.

##### <center>The name of the song is [Barn Dance for Freaks](https://musicoin.org/nav/track/0x8cbc8226319a8f3041393850fe4fe3a9f15c76a5), and as you might imagine, the setting is a Barn Dance filled with a bunch of  monsters and oddities of every variety. And of course the band is no different - these first two designs would represent the guitarist(s) and bass player, respectively.</center>

![barndance1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSL62d7yjESmyWYzztLi9V8dLohsHDA8Bm4uMufxY92ah/barndance1.jpg)

![barndance2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUAxTpCUJfkeLe81pxBg63WQmUWM1hJHHx4tpHcNzkjmL/barndance2.jpg)

As for the drummer, it's toss up between a giant Tarantula in a top hat wielding multiple drumsticks amongst its eight limbs, or by contrast, some sort of pickled being with tiny arm stumps in the place of ears, that somehow manages to pull the drumming off in spite of the fact that it barely seems to move.

Now of course it wouldn't be a proper barn dance without a proper barn romance and for that I thought of a matchup between the wolf man and zombie girl. The wolf man is a pretty conventional design, and I have an old design of  a guy that might pass for him as a human kicking around in my notes somewheres. This would add some dimension to the story, with zombie girl trying to eat him as a human and then the moon comes out and he turns into a wolf man and tries to eat her... Until they eventually work it out to their mutual happiness. Kind of a tragic romance considering how things will go once he turns back. A fleeting moment of joy, just like in real life...

#### <center>The zombie girl is a mixture between, well, a zombie, and the character of [Porcelain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KocdQtR1mA4) from the movie The Houses That October built. Whotta woman!</center>
<br>
![barndance3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ6ydVBuLWL3KmUXvfsUvL8ShaPyskpULVmFU9KiyGoV2/barndance3.jpg)

So what do you think? Should I make this music video? I used to make [animated videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uv21pub4A&list=PLuHAIYAKeCYsBGg_V3LRf9Y6orN1_L2IN) for my music, but stopped a while back to concentrate more on other things, but if there's a sufficient demand then I think I just might get back into it again.

To get you an idea of the mood for the piece you can listen to the track at this link:

https://musicoin.org/nav/track/0x8cbc8226319a8f3041393850fe4fe3a9f15c76a5

Hope you like the music!

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@vincentnijman · May 13 '18

I think you should go for it 
Especially if you yourself feel like doing it.

I recently improvised [my first music video](https://steemit.com/musicvideo/@vincentnijman/grgjc448) ( after 15 years of making - and not making- short films. This music video was inspired by a track by a fellow steemian.

These days, I have been thinking of getting (back) into animation. I tried my hands on it in the past - but it was so time consuming that I never really got into it. 

Anyhow, cool art! It was the two headed freak that got me to read this and the fact that you're talking about animated videos on the day that I posted on a (semi) animated music video by The Smashing Pumpkins can't be a coincidence.

Please do this! :>)

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@fireawaymarmot · May 15 '18

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Thanks for your encouragement. As you said, animation is very time consuming, but I imagine that sooner or later I'll take this project on.

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@vincentnijman · May 16 '18

Awesome! :>)

Enjoy your day and keep me/ us updated

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