TIMOTHY TIMOTHY titus

newbie

2010-09-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

Who'd have thought my project would change oh so dramatically?
Ok so my dog died two days ago. I intend to travel to Wanganui to collaborate with the Rayner brothers, artists who run a gallery specializing in the creation of ceramic characters. I plan to make a ceramic figurine/urn to put the ashes of my dog in. I will film this process and turn it into a documentary. Along the way I will interview family members about their thoughts on my dogs life. I already have footage of her during her last moments on earth, being taken to the vet to be put down etc. I plan to interview the vet and ask him about the emotional aspects of having to put down animals. I could even ask the rayner brothers themselves about animal death and doggy after life. Overall I feel confident about this as its geared more toward the sort of direction i wish to pursure a career in. At this stage I am unsure of my 'point of difference' other than the fact that its a quirky documentary about a family pet dying and the impact that such an event has, and the questions it raises.

Its a new 10-5

2010-09-14T10:40:00.000-07:00

Via ways of digitized spheres Ive managed to summon the heads of Stink Magnetic Record Co. to further inform me of their most prominent ongoing creation that is The Mysterious Tape Man and his band of merry goast goolz (I dun a interview). This should allow further clairvoyant access into the realms of bands that dress well. In regards to the progression of my own work for previously mentioned Mr and Ms Diamante, Ive been crafting a series of logos that are below the accepted norm (they could be better). With a Western/sci-fi scheme running through the bones of their operation, I appropriated a bunch of images from these sites for further inspiration:

http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-1/
http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-2/

ps these effing rule

Concept band No# 1: DEVO

2010-09-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

Initial concept to Devo was formed from two of the original band members collaborating with an artist. Together in these preconceiving stages they performed several art pieces based around the concept of 'de-evolution' - the idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind has actually begun to regress. This is an idea strongly upheld in many Devo videos as often, they take a very standard and conventional American ideal or household stereotype and deconstruct it using surrealist methods. Aesthitically, their overall output as a band uses this approach. Devo would often perform in the guises of theatrical characters such as Booji Boy and Chinaman. Booji boy (See Fig 1.) is a character intended to satire infantile regression in Western Culture, a quality Devo enjoyed expressing. It seems this character was a somewhat of a spokesperson for a whole world of characters crafted by the band. Ranging in alternative portrayals of music execs to exaggerated macho-ism, these characters both played by Devo themselves and outsider actors, all existed within a world named "Spudland". This alternate universe was a pastiche and parody of the real world, self-reflecting our reality in a surreal manner.

Fig 1. Booji Boy (pronounced Boogie boy) - a monkey faced boy dressed typically in an orange radiation suit, represents mans backwards regression into boy-like, ape-like demeanor.

So aesthetically, this concept of parodying everything that is wrong in western culture was projected through themes in the lyrics of songs, recurring characters and the visual style the band placed themselves in as a whole.

Front man Mark Mothersbaugh notes:

We were constantly misunderstood by the record company, critics, and every1 around us. Our sense of humor was ironic humor, we were so far out and had such a vocabulary already put together by the time we became public. Becoz we worked for so many years in Akron, just coming up with our own choreography, mysic, philosophies, politics, wardrobe, the films, everything... our own slangs. Ppl kept trying to put us in categories & we didnt really fit in with the punks and we didnt fit in with the new wave. We didnt party with all the rock n roll ppl. We didnt take drugs. We didnt do anything that would have really made it easy to figure out what we were about, and the irony in our humor often threw ppl off from what the message was. They thought "oh, they're just kidding or, they don't take what theyre doing srsly". The record companies thought of us as just clowns and quirky & they'd put out press releases that would say "that quirky, zany band."

Fig 2. An image from a music video intended to parody the primal characteristics of man.

One thing i've learnt through researching this particular band is that besides having a solid concept that they follow, as opposed to a band like Gorillaz having one for the sake of it, their concept actually has a deep and important message with a purpose. In that it portrays their idea of things that are weird or interesting about the western world, produced ironically and in a parody sense.

So with the band I'm branding I really nee to cast themes important to the band in order to output anything visually (thinking for live visuals here).

Fig 3. Screen cap from a music vid of a band member working at a radio active power plant. This is from Devo's era during their progression into electronic-driven music that coincided with their persona's of being based in an industrial wasteland.

2010-09-03T17:03:00.000-07:00

Figured out how to post properly again. I am smart.
Aight so first call of action will be to study some bands that are conceptual. hopefully this will allow me to study elements of what has worked in the past etc. I sent out a facebook post asking people to cast their knowledge of concept bands. Feedback i got was quite helpful. thanks public. Here are some potential contenders listed:

- DEVO
- Spice Girls
- The Decemberists
- Beirut
- Bat for Lashes

I will study DEVO, Tape Man and one of the lower three.

REESARCH

2010-08-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

So this here blog has become my process work for honors major project. First things first, I've ditched pursuing the TIMOTHY idea as a main focus for major. What I've done is pushed him over to my OTHER paper (my post grad one) to THAT project which is on the study of hipsters. So triangle man may be fitting in mildly over on my tumblr. Thank god it wont be playing such a major part, that shit was getting stressful. My tumblr already had hipster stuff on it so it made sense not to start blogging about hipperz on here despite this already being TIMOTHY themed. IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE THIS WAY.

So from here on, my major project has taken an entirely new direction.
For all yew loyal fanatics who care:

Is it just me or has blogspot functionality changed? has it been THAT long since blogging that iv'e forgotten how to blog? this sucks, jiss wanted ti put the above statement in bold for impact.

So the pitch would go liek thiss: (so many colons already)
New ways in which designers can collaborate with musicians in a digital world (referring of course to how all music is now net driven and things like album covers are foreign and weird) what can be done? A noticeable trait of bands currently in the music scene is that more and more are becoming conceptual. Bands like Kazam Blam, Gorillaz or Tapeman use stage personas consisting of costumes, often accompanied by live projected visuals that help tell a narrative or add to the overall concept aesthetically. So with this in mind I want to state the importance of how designers can play a part in this by branding a currently existing band. The band being 47 Diamantes cawze they are kill dudes! This would include designing the overall concept which would include characters (potentially), live visuals and logo etc that all play a part in the overall output. So with this i will post investigative research soonz.

Pretty sure LIFE = PIZZA ;)

2010-07-30T11:30:00.000-07:00

OMG who ever thought the blog would come back! Just posting a sub-manifesto digital snap of how everything is relative. Maybe this is what life = pizza means? Not gonna explain that further. Is this sincere? it seems to be lacking abbreviations and cuteness. I might start using this blog as process work, as the original underlying concept to this blog which was a story if you hadn't noticed has become (or is about to become something other than my buddy flickr or fakebook/nah just jokes, love you fbook yor my boi) something bigger. Read from the start to get a jist maybe?! My intentions are still so vague though. How interesting is that? hypehypehypehypehype

SCREENCAP #80.5

2010-03-10T01:53:00.001-08:00

OH NOE IM TU EARLI 4 SKEWL (skewl skewl skeewrrl)

chewing gum pheatus

2010-03-03T20:52:00.000-08:00

Did you know?
A human embryo is much like a piece of chewing gum? you can bite into a piece and make the shape of a spinal chorde with your teeth.

AURA UNKOWN

2010-03-01T06:35:00.001-08:00

The hard thing about being straight up with people is that you are left in a vulnerable state. You can easily put on a cheesy persona to accommodate for enthusiastic conversation but at the end of the day you are not being honest and telling the truth.
How dark.

GANGPATCH# Locusts

2010-02-16T05:07:00.001-08:00

The Second in a series of gang patches featuring ambiguous words unrelated to the imagery.
(best viewed large).

FILM REVIEW: Free Willy

2010-02-14T03:10:00.000-08:00

My Film review/analysis of a light hearted story of an orphan boy and orca whale.

Willy is free - he gets caught by marine people
Jesse is free - he is caught by police
Willy is put in an aquarium
Jesse is put in a foster home
Both the whale and the boy meet (orphan - orca. connection?)
Jesse is angry cause he has no parents
Willy is a sad whale cause he's away from his family
Jesse likes the colour blue
Willy lives in the ocean (also blue)
Jesse plays with the harmonica that makes weird wailing noises
Willy makes weird whaley noises
Willy is another name for penis
Jesse has a penis
Willy moves majestically in waves
Jesse spray paints majestic wave designs
Willy makes waves with his tail
Jesse has a mullet
Willy is restricted in his tank enclosure
Jesse is restricted in his foster home
Willy has a floppy fin
Jesse falls in water and becomes floppy from nearly drowning
Jesse throws fish for Willy and feeds
The bonding begins
A friendship is formed - two lonely mammals united as one
A social structure is important to an orca
A family is important to an orphan
Orcas love to be touched
Orphans... never mind
I wonder if they purpousfully kept Willy in a small enclosure to make his fin flap over whilst filming the movie. Some people do sick things to animals for their own personal benefit. I saw a clip on youtube from the 1960s of a scientist giving a cat LSD. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Would a whale be affected by LSD?
Willy and Jesse clearly have a special bond. Their friendship is exploited when Willy's owner wants to gain profit from merchandise between the two entangled love-mammals.
Willy is non-responsive and ruins show.
Jesse is confused.
Willys life is at stake as Willys owner tries to kill Willy to claim insurance money.
Jesse takes Willy
Willy is grateful
Jesse frees Willy
Willy has found a family
Through hard work and the cooperation involved in freeing a seventeen hundred pound whale, Jesse has formed a social structure around him of all those willing to care for him.
Two lonely and disconnected beings helped each other to become wholesome.
AWW.

I think there used to be a cartoon of free willy where the whale talked. They did the same thing with bill and ted and back to the future. Whatever happened to cartoons made from successful blockbuster movies.

Coming to terms with death.

2010-02-08T01:04:00.000-08:00

I managed to grab the most important thing I've seen in a movie for a good while.

SCREENCAP #2012

2010-01-25T20:49:00.000-08:00

yours + mine = lion fruit

E.T. finds a place in your heart. To try. Harder. At failing. Dishonesty.

2010-01-19T17:51:00.000-08:00

Here's a wee sculpture I made with the assistance of Circa Diana/Ginger Carrington.
The Rayner Brothers (neat old fullahs who run a gallery in Whanganui) distributed these ET ceramic figures to a whole bunch of artists for them to decorate. I took the head off mine and put it on a waving Lucky cat (it actually waaaves. Thanks Chinatown in Melbourne).

See rest of the entries here:

Example of Cat head on ET body coming soon.

So cool!

2010-01-04T23:25:00.000-08:00

My dad is in my hard drive.

GANGPATCH# SPORT

2009-12-29T23:46:00.000-08:00

The First in a series of gang patches featuring ambiguous words unrelated to the imagery.

SCREENCAP #2009

2009-12-29T07:05:00.000-08:00

This is a screen capture from a neat little cartoon/80s anime entitled:

Ulysses 31

If you are a VJ or like visuals, download an episode or two of this and prepare to have all aspects of your brain go into a gasm ;)

BRAIN MATTER

2009-12-14T21:54:00.001-08:00

This is an image i made from a crystal garden tree shaking spurratically :)

TIMOTHY TIMOTHY typeface

2009-12-13T22:33:00.001-08:00

Look mum! I made a trendy typeface!
Here is the poster for it. Why is it in eye exam form? You must be blind not to see how trendy this shit izz. Thanks Glassons :]

HOLY MOUNTAIN

2009-12-13T22:26:00.000-08:00

SCREENCAP #80

2009-12-13T22:20:00.000-08:00

OH NO IM L8 FOR SKEWL (skewl skewl skeewrrl)

SHRINE = STEREO

2009-12-13T04:33:00.001-08:00

Here is a photo of my newest shrine I made from my view-master projector. Using the Lucky power of cat, it tracks down and will projects different stereoscopic imajizz for me.

Here are the latest examples:

SS 1

SS 2

EKMBVSVF (EPIC KAIJU MONSTER BATTLE VHS STILL VALID FIGHT)

2009-12-09T21:28:00.000-08:00

Here is the poster for my end of year degree project. (click to enlarge theh photo).
Underneath is the video. (dont click to enlarge theh video, just play theh video).

Oh nooo! CGI and HD and other gross unrealistic forms of design are sucking away our imagination! Luckily lo-fi is better and is well worth spending hours on making costumes and sets over. a video!

SCREENCAP #JENNIFERS 21ST

2009-12-06T01:28:00.000-08:00

To fill the time-void. Here are some more screencaps. I'm not sure if these ones are evil or not:

SCREENCAP #3001 (7)

2009-12-06T01:26:00.000-08:00

SCREENCAP #b! extreem! bb! xtreem! (treem)

2009-12-06T01:22:00.000-08:00

Tools of the trade / Weapons of choice

2009-12-03T06:49:00.001-08:00

Ever wonder how I make all my inventions?
With these! My Tools of the trade / Weapons of choice
YES! Designers have weapons! I might just throw a pen tool at you

By the way does anyone know what this trend is called?

Example:

http://www.miekewillems.com/products

hint: click on the image in the link to scroll through rest of examples. clckclickclickclicklikclikclikk

NEW TOY!

2009-12-03T06:36:00.001-08:00

Herez= is a toy i made from bolsa wood. Its about cosmonauts (german astronauts) that are in a situation. Hence entitling the piece:

ITS A COSMONAUT SITUATION

this took me weeks.

DREAM BIG WITH YOUR HEART POWER

2009-12-03T06:34:00.000-08:00

This shrine makes a loud humm i put my finger in it

NEE-NAR NEE-NARGH NEE-NA - NEENAHHR macmaaaaaaanz

2009-12-03T06:27:00.000-08:00

This be a pikchur of a toy i made. You too can glue pieces of macaroni to yor face and make a mask like macman, everyones favourite pasta-faced protagonist :)

I M SORRY THAT TEH PIKCHUR IS BIGG :[

Here are some resluts:

SHRINE = PANDA

2009-11-08T03:18:00.001-08:00

HERE is a photo of my PANDA Shrine. I havint decided what it does yet. Here are a few options:

A. Wellington
B. Cosmic Rapper
C.

Keep your eyes peel / any suggestions? (it could be you)

Click to enlarge theh photo

EVIL SCREENCAP # MARK TURNER

2009-11-06T03:07:00.000-08:00

EVIL SCREENCAP #666100985-555-7-1. Px3MUHMEHKRL

2009-11-03T01:41:00.000-08:00

EVIL SCREENCAP #B33F

2009-11-01T21:57:00.001-08:00

2009-11-01T21:56:00.001-08:00

EVIL SCREENCAP #8900

2009-11-01T21:43:00.000-08:00

Don't pay any attention to these!

VILLAIN + PLANS TO TIME MACHINE = EVIL CHLOG

2009-10-21T23:42:00.000-07:00

He is threatening to build his own Time Machine. Don't follow his chlog!

SPOOKEY NOTE

2009-10-21T23:24:00.000-07:00

I got a note! A spooke not. The person leaving me death threats left me a note informing me that they have stolen my Time Machine (apparently me yelling to not get too close wasn't enough).

TRIANGLE #1

2009-09-22T22:48:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my Triangle Crop died and only ONE managed to grow. Here it is!

DEATH THREAT!

2009-09-21T02:43:00.000-07:00

This is an image of someone who hacked me. They left me a clue of their face and a death threat. It gave me a good spooke.

FTTDIWBD = Tape! Tape! Tape!

2009-09-09T06:47:00.000-07:00

My Time Machine that is now equipped with a SHRINE Lo-cater, stumbled across this one someone made 2 years ago. It seems it was in honor of this man made entirely out of Tape:

I was so inspired that I made a "FTTDIWBD" Campaign to the soundtrack of another man made entirely of tapes song. But I think he died. Video!

THIS

EAGLES 1 & 2

2009-09-04T23:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the plans to the Fresh Air Machine I'm working on.
Using colours from passed-eras, it locates fresh air for me to plant my Triangles in.

Examples of Triangle Crop coming soon.

The Turpentine Man

2009-09-04T23:23:00.000-07:00

The friendly/neighborhood Turpentine Man was busy hosing down the streets when he found a secret passage into 8-bit realm. This image is a result of his cleaning.

SCREENCAP #202

2009-08-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

Another picture of my Aura.

SCREENCAP #200

2009-08-29T09:07:00.001-07:00

Fox head Terror Alert = High

2009-08-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

I wrote a life history of a personified version of the typeface Futura, loosely basing it in the style of a hypothetical Wes Anderson character, inspired by this:

www.vimeo.com/4526218I

I then designed a commemoration to his life in this poster.

SCREENCAP #37S

2009-08-18T23:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of my AURAR!

Incase you were wondering, this is what I look like!

2009-08-18T23:36:00.001-07:00

PILLS! PILLS! Wangle

2009-08-16T04:52:00.000-07:00

My Time Machine is now equipped with a SHRINE Lo-cater. It stumbled across this one someone built. I was so inspired that I made this stop-motion animation. This video is made from felt and Grace Jones, filmed on top of a pane of glass balanced between two chairs:

Everybody loves

2009-08-14T22:49:00.000-07:00

Frank M. Reynolds' look on life and his wise words. These are brilliantly illustrated within this book I found on my Dad's bookshelf:

"These young people have heard that drugs are where it's at. They want to turn on."

Here are some interesting slange words to be aware of:

Acidhead
Ball (Absorption of stimulants and cocaine via genitalia)
Cokie

TRILOGY VISION!

2009-08-04T02:31:00.000-07:00

Beware of TRILOGY VISION. It will split your mind into 3.

SCREENCAP #77

2009-07-31T19:41:00.000-07:00

This island is home to the all-fearing Gargoyle Gang.
Upon hearing this I yelled "don't get too close!".

HANDS OFF!

2009-07-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of the stamp I got at hospital for having one hand hairier than the other. I loved it so much i went around licking the mits of all the other kids who got them, then pressed their wet hands into a book. See examples below:

Some give phone numbers!

SCREENCAP #??5

2009-07-29T01:39:00.000-07:00

Someone threw a rock at my Time Machine!

not an alien.

2009-07-29T01:24:00.000-07:00

In lieu or not of the new Alice in Wonderland Tim Burtontastica coming out, I've noticed there aren't any pictures of what the ALMIGHTY CATERPILLAR will look like. From this I can only assume that he wont be played by Michael Keaton and will merely be A LOT OF PIXELS. I strongly believe that instead of this, the caterpillar should be played by THIS BOOK COVER.

SCREENCAP #199

2009-07-16T00:03:00.000-07:00

So I set the co-ordinates on my time machine and it sent me back a screen-cap (it took a picture) of where it wazz.I hope it sends me more...

PURE BROWN = YUMM

2009-07-15T23:58:00.000-07:00

So some colleagues and myself have started this company where basically we have started bottling the local Wanganui river water and will be selling it nation-wide.
It tastes sooo good for you coz it's full of tings like batteries and fish heads.

blue prince

2009-07-14T07:19:00.001-07:00

Here are the plans for the Time Machine I'm working on.
I can finally go back and kill that whale.

WELCOME WELCOME hi

2009-07-14T06:54:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Life = Pizza of TIMOTHY TIMOTHY titus.
Be astonished by the creations and experimental findings to come.
Enjoi.