Final Major Project (uni)

I should of done this last year but I'm doing this year instead, finally!

What I am going to make for my F.M.P? I'm planning on doing an animation short film, very mixed media based,  with styles of illustrations from surrealism to abstract, in a dreamed up setting, with  a musical opera-like narrative structure. Thats my initial approach, literarily with that approach! .  So I've just entered the planning stage, and currently trying to work on a fairly decent narrative (which is a weak-point of mine) 

Loosely the story I got in mind is about a group of misunderstood youths who find themselves in a fixed dystopian/utopian metropolis with no way to escape, living a mundane fixed pattern, then myserious invaders come to corrupt the city, forcing the youths to come to their terms and work together to form a resistance to shield themselves against, and in doing that, find the source of the problem.  Meanwhile they comes across time-travels from the future, their off-spring, warning them not do blow apart for sake of own their lives and future children.

The story to be told from each character's perspective just in the first act, then it's all disco-dance from then on. This could turn out to be a complete disaster you don't know what to expect really, but I do have some innovate idea come into to mind...    it might end up being a musical a lot of electronica in the background.

The process of change

New year, new thinking.... here's a little fun experimental video I've made.

Video Art Project from Marchello Balt on Vimeo.

The concept behind this one is, it's about stepping into the big wide world (busy city) and blossoming into the flower that you are. Everyone has their own perception of what that could mean, wether it's moving forwards and discarding your past or holding onto something familiar and embracing it while is lasts...

Youtube link  (better color here and quality options)

Matthew Bellamy

 I can't believe it's been exactly one year since my last oil painting, that's worrying. Anyway...

In celebration of the 10th year anniversary of Muse's second LP , Origin of Symmetry, here's a portrait of leader frontman red hair Matthew Bellamy circa 2001.

18" x 24"

I'm still a little rusty with the oils... 

Happy New Year!

Hideous Divinity

Finally!  it took me long enough but here is the official album cover art for Hideous Divinity's debut album, Obeisance Rising

The band asked me to do them promotional material in which I accepted with honour  . It went through quite bit of development during the creation of the final piece, they were very specific with what they wanted. Boy does it feel good to know that my creative output is making people happy, I hope the cover serves justice. It was an enjoyable learning experience, especially the collaborative process between the client and myself, a real taste of the real-life industry. To be honest it was least thing I could of done that year, so I'm satisfied.

The band's official facebook page: Click here
The Band's record label website, Unique Leader Records:  www.uniqueleader.com 

5 Finger Trick

Red devil aliens in blues skies series continues...

Head of Atrocity

Brand spanking new piece, fresh from the oven. I think I spent a week or two on this, hard to tell since time flies pretty quickly. I did this for a magazine entry, hope they dig it.

Hyper Dementia

After many years of thinking up a good way to start my long thought up comic, I finally got around in posting the first four pages for my graphic novel, Hyper Dementia. You may or may have not seen my earlier blogs showing my rough  plot plan and some concept work for this project... so this is where it begins.

Yeah so here it is...  

To be continued...  obviously