My dude, it's because you're ambitious.
Also the fact that you're never satisfied about your achievements & are always blinded by constant envy towards everyone else.
Follow And Feel's always been one of my fav Saosin songs besides Voices & Seven Years, I used to binge-listen to them since college.
One time I sang Follow and Feel to Havana by Camila Cabello, and later, thought of making a similar-sounding music to it when planning this Saosin cover but it still sounds generic-pop-ish. Feels odd covering a rock song into... well, this, just cuz Garageband doesn't have enough rock stuff T~T
For the artwork I've initially thought of a lady wearing a cloak spying on someone beheading a third character, supposedly a king, based vaguely on the song lyrics. But I kinda got confused and felt like drawing other things, and ended up with snakes spying on a bunny with its eyes on the biggest apple on the tree. Since this is also partially based on Havana, I picked the color palette from the music video & drew everything in shades of blue with the bright red apples sticking out like Camila's dress.
Second cover of the year, another favorite song since college that I've been binge-listening in the office (and one I know how to play on the piano). Replicating the instrumental was kinda difficult this time, I had to listen even deeper to get the drum beats right.
Artwork is done in Procreate, another app with a timelapse feature. It's neater than Sketchbook Pro, I gotta say. I don't know why I drew this to go with the song, I couldn't really find the perfect theme to draw to depict contagiousness or attachment but I've got a thing for eating brains and sucking the life out of it. And the girl turned out kinda like Noodle from Gorillaz too, my friend was the first to point that out.
Meet the queen who's literally crappy and a man who's literally bananas XD
And she's probably never married due to her toilet personality, but Banana Guy over there seems to see the good underneath all that layer of poop.
Recorded back in May 2013, this was the continuation of the convo Tina & I had after "How To Grow A Cat", probably explains the theme continuation with pot & cats.
And BOY we were high af. Probably on medication cuz I was sick that time, & so was Tina, cuz she was coughing. She's probably confused here cuz either I talk too fast or the audio isn't really coming through in Skype. Sowwy Tinushka :(
Also in the beginning I wore a Soup.io shirt & she wore a Tumblr one, and at the end she has a Soundcloud shirt on while I've got a Chirbit shirt.
Enjoy this 1-year-late video which was supposed to be uploaded exactly last year but I got caught up with work so I only got to finish it now!
Though I don't consider myself a Youtuber, back then my head was bursting with lyrics since one of my online friends (who happens to be a Youtuber) did her own Roast Yourself diss track, and to me, she kinda bridged the gap between popular Youtubers, and practical nobodies like me and I had to accept the challenge. Plus, people say I talk too fast IRL, so hey why not? Self-deprecation has always been my thing since 2007-ish. I'm a generally embarrassing person, and these are just some of the traits people laughed at me for.
This one's a remake of the song I wrote in one day last September. I just went with the art style for the song's cover previously, added some lyrics, and some parts improved though some other parts de-proved.
Fun fact: I've showered about 10 times since making this video.
also 00:53 - The Lonely Island reference
Starting off 2018 with a cover of Bastille’s song about one of my favorite Greek myths (which I keep making fun of) all because:
• I just learned to play this song on the piano two months ago, cuz
• it was one of the songs I repeatedly listened in the office, and
• I was trying out Garageband on the iPad for fun, and it’s easier to use there compared to using it on the laptop.
I was originally gonna record individual piano parts but doing it in Garageband was easier, though I’ve only limited the instruments to piano-only, ‘cept the bass guitar at the back. Plus I don’t have to clean up more audio.
Drawing timelapse is done in Sketchbook Pro, also on the iPad. Previously I tried streaming my screen with VLC Player but it refused to record (probably cuz my Macbook is already 6 yrs old & outdated) and then I found out Sketchbook Pro has a timelapse feature. Alright.
Can't believe I wrote a song about peeping at someone in the shower/bathtub. Ah good ol' voyeuristic inside jokes from 2007... can't believe I finished writing AND recording this in one day too.
The lyrics were gushing out from my head this morning, and I was in the middle of working on the Sin Cakes song, but oh well, I went with this first. Bg music is made in Garageband. And pardon me if this sounds like TØP's "Tear In My Heart" or any other familiar song I forgot about.
Listen on Chirbit: http://chirb.it/n2z5fE
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VGGxl3gG_o
Last month I released a new song for this year
https://twitter.com/Chocoreaper/status/745440986512297988
I haven't posted it here yet cuz I'm gonna make a lyrics video for it, but since it's gonna take time, this raw recording will do. Lucky I didn't throw away the Audacity file so I still have the instrumental.
Recorded by Faye, she brought up the idea of recording me singing first cuz the song was stuck in her head. Also props to her backup vocals! \m/
[Btw the guitar is just a prop. I wasn't actually playing it]
If you remember my old =3 (Ray William Johnson) parody comic http://chocoreaper.deviantart.com/art... there's a video of a screwed-up tampon commercial. This year I decided to animate it & make it an actual video.
Animated with 1/3 Toon Boom, 1/3 After Effects & 1/3 Photoshop (yes, PHOTOSHOP) because I feel as if each part requires different techniques that I can do with these three softwares, so why not.
A short animation done by Tina and her friends in UMS as an assignment for Basic 2D Animation class. Done in Toon Boom studio.
http://myoo89.tumblr.com/post/72837493626/asas-animasi-2d-basic-2d-animation-class-final
I was messing around with Final Cut Pro & added the filters Rotated Tile (fourfold) and LiveToon and this was the product. It looks like one of those semi-ordinary tablecloth patterns people use in stalls and covering glass windows :D
https://heello.com/ThatsRidicarus/5538136
At one point there I realized it resembles the Nazi swastika somewhere (or just the ordinary swastika, I forgot)
https://heello.com/ThatsRidicarus/5538237
Trying to do something like http://elinar.org/portfolio/formspring-slideshow/ since Formspring and Ask.fm are alternatives. She deserves all (if not most) of the credit.
May I present the Powerpuff Demigod, Flying Nutjob and Oracle of Bad Omen. Again, using these guys as an excuse for more animation practice. They're showing off bits of their powers here.
dA: http://chocoreaper.deviantart.com/art/Flight-Psychic-and-Superstrength-343907819
Soup: http://thatsridicarus.soup.io/post/292496907/Powerpuff-Icky-Cass-Herc-again-showing-off
Heello: https://heello.com/ThatsRidicarus/6628868
Hercules the Animated Series (c) Disney
http://chocoreaper.deviantart.com/art/JumpinJackFrost-340440516
Haven't watched Rise Of The Guardians yet, but I just had to. Besides, the internship did get me to practice refining my animating skills... or at least I tried.
Repostable Soup link (gif): http://loserificus.soup.io/post/289701929/Jumpin-Jack-Frost-Lol-some-people-do
Decided to make an ident animation out of a magazine idea I used once for a Screen Design class assignment. Also, practicing movements & keyframing in AfterEffects.
Music done in GarageBand
Made one of these again because they remind me of college assignments. After Adocu, I figured Soup would be next on the list. BECAUSE SOUP, THAT'S WHY.
Music done in GarageBand
MP3: http://loserificus.soup.io/post/280294215/High-Strung
Thought I'd make a lyrics video for this song... and I sorta like the flower vs leaf theme, which I initially made up to match the purple & green.
Featuring my OC Seattle. A seafruit is sort of a fictional fruit I made up, cuz I've always wanted to eat some sort of bluegreen fruit. This is an experimental animation and I should've been doing this in university sometime ago, but I was busy.
Sort of did a similar animation to Luka Megurine's song "Secret" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZ6V0RCfFE (including the sequence). The maker of the video serously deserves all the credit.
And also, a tribute to Fall Out Boy & Owl City too if you pay attention to the melody, because Seattle likes Owl City & FOB. And the albatross is there cuz of the song Hello Seattle.
And the albatross. HOLY CRAP the albatross. It looks like a duck. OTL
Seattle (c) me
song (c) me
Softwares used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Toon Boom & AfterEffects. GarageBand & SoundBooth for the music.
Since this site isn't that popular, I thought I'd make some kind of explain video (cuz I'm still learning & practicing to make one).
And I'm not even sure what the correct pronounciation of Adocu is :P pardon me. But if you guys want to try the site out, go for it & add me http://adocu.com/chocarus91
Music created with Otomata http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata
Bet you never tasted Listerine-flavored Oreo before. Tasty cookies that you can also use to clean yer mouth.
Starring my ickle cousin & sister.
A parody of the Indonesian Orange-flavored Icecream Oreo commercial.
Sunday Carousel live in Monophone 2010 @ Limkokwing University performing their cover of Owl City's "Fireflies".
Pardon the low phone camera quality.
some Sunday Carousel stuff:
http://www.myspace.com/sundaycarousel
www.facebook.com/sundaycarousel
Just dicking around with AfterEffects while procrastinating.
True story, that's what Tumblr has become nowadays (not bashing on it, only sort of pointing things out)
KARMA BITCHSLAPS YA. IN THE FACE. TUMBLARZ.
song: Forgive Durden "Life is Looking Up" from Razia's Shadow
I decided to animate this pic http://chocoreaper.deviantart.com/art/Razia-s-Shadow-tower-212510224 I drew a couple of months ago. People have been telling me this resembles the ending credits of DuRaRaRa (which I didnt know at first cuz I never watched it). I chose Life Is Looking Up cuz... well, the song sounds magical, and it's the only Forgive Durden song from RS that has a music video.
Razia's Shadow (c) Forgive Durden
texture (c) ~valkiria-stock on deviantART