Quote from: Pop-Tart Clock;1811856The McDonalds in the mall near me still sells the rare and coveted FRIED Apple Pies.

What - I can't buy one of those anymore? My inner child is a little more dead knowing he can't scold his hard palette with one of those gorgeous things

I can see it? Sorry.

Anyways its brilliant. I love stuff like this, it really shows what animation can do (rather than its most common use in saturday morning cartoons and flash animation). Very touching and visually descriptive. I like the end where he zips up all of his frothy insecurities.

Put me in mind of this, which is now one of my favourite animated films of all time:
http://vimeo.com/19723116
"The External World" by Dave O'Reilly

Would sound much nicer with more real instruments. Very twee, but would be nice enough in the background of a film, sure.

Very brave of you. This is what I thought:

Quote from: yinyangclock;1810001UNTITLED
i mean just the other
day i heard
a story, guy
had a heart attack
and they could
have saved his
life but there were
some kids near
by and they came
in like hyenas
and threw bricks and
fists and took all
the things
in the
ambulance
and left
the paramedics
and the dead man
in the road
and this was on the
small island where i
live,
and you are
seriously asking me
why iââ,¬â,,¢m so
negative?

I don't personally feel that this benefits from being put into a verse rather than prose. As much as I try I can't see any added texture from splitting lines like

fists and took all
the things
in the
ambulance

I think if the lines were longer then the prosaic effect would come across more. The effect of it currently is a bit like a speech impediment. I like how you've put ordinary speech into verse, but there's maybe too much - or rather it's sometimes included where the flow is broken. The opening should be strong, and I think starting with "I mean..." undercuts the seriousness of the story. It also misses a chance to use the line breaks effectively, e.g.:

I mean
Just the other
Day I heard
A story, guy

QuoteALONE IN MY COLD KITCHEN
they cut off the gas eight days ago.
this evening i thought, screw it,
iââ,¬â,,¢ll spend my last pound
and twenty four pence
on something iââ,¬â,,¢ll enjoy.

once frozen,
now warm and soggy,
fresh out the microwave,
steam rising into my face.

i look at the pizza.

the pizza looks back at me.

i cut it up into three slices,
using the same scissors
i use to cut
my hair.

it tastes like manna from heaven.

A bit too descriptive in the first half. You could be bold and set up the preamble in unambiguous prose, before the start of the poem proper, but with both styles together it seems muddled. I don't really like this one too much. It seems a bit like you're being on surface self-deprecating while underneath it quite proud of yourself for the grossness.

QuoteTHAT MORNING
i was so hungover that your voice
was a percussion instrument, but
it was okay - you went silent, anyway,
as memories of the night before
filled your pretty head like too much wine
overflowing
in a glass.
i apologised, shameless like a veteran liar.
although i might not have meant to
raise my hand at him, and
although i didnââ,¬â,,¢t mean to speak those
awful, spiteful words that had fallen
from my mouth like
lumps of wet earthââ,¬Å¾,

i felt no remorse, and my apology
was hollow, and you knew it,
and i knew that you knew it,
and we were doomed
from that day forward.

I like the opening image. It puts across well the sensation of rising from a slumber - and the initial bluntness of sound. "My cup runneth over" is a bit of a cliche, and doesn't really work symbollically as wine makes you talkative, and this bed-partner is "silent". "Shameless like a veteran liar" is a wrong similie, I think. Did you mean "A shameless veteran liar"? The second stanza is prosaic compared with the first and so comes across as unrefined/rushed.

QuoteCHEMS ARE LESS FUN
old friend of mine returns from space. he
tells me stories about the Golden Teacher:
psilocybe cubensis, those magical alien
spores of the universe. ââ,¬Å"To speak with the Sun God,ââ,¬Â
he tells me, ââ,¬Å"one must be mentally prepared.
itââ,¬â,,¢s not for everyoneââ,¬Â. now i donââ,¬â,,¢t
know about that and i have
no interest in becoming One
with the cosmos

but it certainly sounds a lot
better than eating a bunch of

1 - ( 4 -
metoksyfenylo) - 2
- metylo
amino)
butan - 1 - on                                          (sic)

and turning into a robot
and spending the rest of your days shaking
in a cold room
with poison in your guts
and a horrible blackness in your head
and a sharp, stabbing pain in
your chest

and your jaw wonââ,¬â,,¢t stop clenching
and your eyes wonââ,¬â,,¢t stop twitching
and there is nothing left
and you are left with nothing
wondering if you are dead
and if you have
been sent to hell

doesnââ,¬â,,¢t it?

Pussy. Chemicals are great.

I'd think you were insane if I found this book, but you have incredible line and tone skills. The half-finished look is really appealing. ...the 'attractive' girl attempt failed, though.

Those dewdrops would be all gloopy and heavy to them, too :3

Quote from: Mr. Super Awesome Man;1743116How dare they kill people in a war!

Don't worry, they're not people.

I love the desperation to shock.

No. I never feel that I 'should' hate something. I feel sorry for the Pitchfork reading twats who wait for approval from a higher power to like or hate something.

This isn't directed at you. Probably.

Quote from: Tom Dumont;1607650Fuck you Steve, Micheal Jackson will always be the King Of Pop.

Did you know that his record company invented that title, and any radio stations playing his music were contractually obliged to precede his name with it? If they didn't, they would be blacklisted and wouldn't be able to play any of MJ's songs, nor any other act with the label. There was a lot of resentment from radio stations, obviously, and he would be often called "the self-proclaimed King of Pop" by less obliging DJ's. Kind of funny how effective such a fascistic method of promotion can be, as soon the contractual obligation wasn't even needed as everyone was referring to him as the 'King of Pop'.

Still, he made some good pop records.

Quote from: FunnyUncleClock;1596794Female singers are a mixed bag.

As opposed to men?

My favourites:

Joanna Newsom
Annie Clark/ St. Vincent
Kate Bush
Laura Nyro (fucking awesome)
Joni Mitchell
Sandy Denny (and any band she was involved with)
Portishead
PJ Harvey

edit: Carole King and Carly Simon, too (I tend to think of them as one person)

PETA are really sticking to what they know works. They should really just go into porn.

Quote from: SpinningCube;1602946perpendicularity?

everything corresponding at 90 degrees

(bump) Yeah I remember the RCC. Only unpopular clocks posted there. I remember us all bitching about Triangle after I was banned for making a stupid, unfunny post. I helped make the collaborations.

I bet someone would pay you a lot of money to design skateboards. And I mean that as a compliment.

I REALLY like them! The stylised stuff seems to be your comfort zone - so maybe you should try more conventional sketches like the old guy in pencil.

Why shouldn't you wear boxer shorts in the Ukraine?
Chenobyl Fallout




I like the composition and colours a lot, but the perpendicularity isn't quite there.

Did I mention that she's beautiful?

Impressive stuff! Slightly rough around the edges, but you show a good diversity of animation skills.

What do people think of her? I think ACTOR is a remarkable album. Her gorgeous, motherly voice is immediately appealing, and it just gets better with subsequent listens. The instrumentation is rich and varied, but is never cluttered or excessive, and even on the distortion-heavy tracks, the melody rings clear as a bell (sorry). 'LAUGHING WITH A MOUTH OF BLOOD' is my current favourite (and a great title).

Not too familiar with MARRY ME, but it sounds good - but not as good - on first listen.