House of Normal

Visual artist, animator & indie dev from Brisbane. Traditional + digital art, animation, and handmade life. House of Normal: From concept to creation. Offical Website All the Art @ The Sketchbook.house All the links

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Baller Worm - Aqua 2023 - Watercolour paint and Polychromos pencil on 300gsm watercolour paper. A4. This was the first test of new Water colour paint in tubes. I'd never used it before and always believed that watercolour was all pastel shades and not very opaque. However this paint in tubes with minimal dilution works really well. Although it's probably the wrong way to use it. The harder lines and detail using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. (which i've fallen in love with despite the price tag) View higher res image on my Sketchbook website

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It’s been a while since I posted here—2020, I think? Back then I was messing around with custom game controllers and lighting experiments. These days, things have shifted—but I’m still making stuff, probably more than ever.

Lately I’ve been working full-time on art and animation—everything from traditional paintings to short films, pixel art, and a family-run Minecraft server called Housecraft. A lot has changed, but the creative chaos continues.

So I’m dusting this blog off and bringing it back as a digital sketchbook. Expect a mix of:

Art (both digital and hands-on)

Animation and behind-the-scenes bits

Indie game development

Handmade life, small adventures, and strange ideas

If you're into that kind of thing—welcome! It’s good to be back, and I’m looking forward to sharing what I’ve been up to.

More soon. All the behind the scenes and bonus content can be found on my Website The Sketchbook.House

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My Elite Dangerous setup needs more buttons. so along with my new logitech 3D pro joystick, I’ve pulled the parts out of my old arcade controller I made years ago and rebuilt it with extra buttons. It doesn’t look real pretty but i thought id test the concept before building a flashy unit with led lighting etc. 

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Visuals for Vibesquad and Spoonbill 26th April 2014 @ the Hifi Brisbane  https://www.facebook.com/events/208178236053629/

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Im on board with some psychedelic visual madness. Check out Sacred Shrines 29th March At the old Museum. https://www.facebook.com/events/426627650773629/

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Ill be heading to Earth Freq this year for a VJ set for the first time. EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/398510360269592/ TICKETS: www.earthfrequency.com.au/tickets

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View from the hotel room in Queenstown for the nu:logic gig #nz #ontour

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Flying out to NZ in the wee hours of the morning. First up OPIUO @ Mint Bar, Wanaka. 27th December.  Get yer Tickets here!!  http://www.dashtickets.co.nz/event/bq0z3nsjh Facebook Event here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/581236168599793/

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New Control system programmed and ready for the coming couple of weeks of shows in NZ's Queenstown and Wanaka!!

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I'm on a boat. VJing on LED screens on the outside of the kookaburra queen to be exact. #Brisbane #river

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Visuals for Calyx & Teebee Brisbane. 2013 basically pulled apart their album cover in photoshop then animated all the parts and pieced back together in layers live. With additional layers. Beat snapped and sound reactive.  Some video from the show can be found throughout this interview with Calyx & Teebee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLIwpgvXMI

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Visuals for TRUTH

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Scheduled vision & lighting systems upgrade!! 

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Visuals for tantrum desire Brisbane June 2013 on Flickr.

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Concord Dawn Visuals on Flickr.

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Suki's first camera. 35mm Lomo twin star. Hasn't quite got the hang of it yet. Will be an interesting roll to develop. #analog #photography #startemyoung

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Example of the @smokingmartha clip from the weekend. The set we built and the end result is pretty good. #musicvideo #smokingmartha #monkwhy