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All day! All night! I'm on a roll)
Here some experiments with photo mode)
ksd6700 - Gaming Squid Missile: influences
I love wearing them on my sleeve, so this music video comes with some massive shoutouts to:
The Scene / The New Dance Show: absolutely what I was going for with the set design and the general construction of the video
Ugo Ugo Ruga (and other early CGI): big influence on Firedrill's art and character design for the vid
bullet time / virtual cinematography of the Wachowskis, John Gaeta & co
Mummenschanz
and of course the Backrooms / liminal spaces phenomenon: too many to link, but here's a recent fav which gave me some set design ideas
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tools: Midjourney, Photoshop
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Another video, and some more photos from tonight
Had a TON of fun in this MMD world, and it was a delight getting to see myself move in ways I never could physically!
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) Directed by Hideo Kojima
Trying to experiment with dolly zoom in the Starfield. But FOV changes discretely in standard Photo Mode)
The Last of Us Part 2 (TBA) Directed by Neill Druckmann
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