“Planets” Sequence
Another piece I animated for the Seattle-based band Thunderpussy, which I typically run for their song Badlands. Badlands has a pretty haunting quality to it and so I started to come up with some spacey visuals in my head. You’ll probably notice a common theme running with my work. If I can make it space-themed, I will!
Inspiration struck when watching raw sequential footage of Cassini’s (RIP, spaceboi) flybys around Saturn and her moons. The haunting ballet of motion interrupted with the imperfections of technology attempting to capture it.
I was in love with every bit of it. I had to do something like it. With the demise of the Cassini, it has become a bit of an homage, its breathtaking photos and data having been a constant for most of my adult life, something that I had taken for granted.
I was in love with every bit of it. I had to do something like it. With the demise of the Cassini, it has become a bit of an homage, its breathtaking photos and data having been a constant for most of my adult life, something that I had taken for granted.
I created with what the band has dubbed “Planet Thunderpussy,” orbiting some unnamed super fab gas giant. And in the proper spirit of 70’s glam rock, I had to give the planet some signage oomph that would be impossible to miss, and foolish to forget.
The saturated colors of the visuals pair well with heavy stage lighting, fog machine. The song builds up and I start to roll out the close up looping shadow of the planet at crescendo.
