DOPAMINE
There are far too many emo kids, or friends of emo kids who are misinterpretting this video. Clearly it is just a clever idea, delivered to the extreme. I could find myself making the same type of thing without suicidal ambitions. Don't listen to the "noobs" talking about art-this, funny-that, random-this, or violent-that. The only way to describe it is dopamine, and I can't wait to see more of your stuff.
integrity....to the borderline of genius
i dont know.. maybe others cant appreciate the concept of art as a whole, and understand that anything created by man is in some way a replication of emotion of man. there was nothing unatural or even 'too much' about 'self portrait' i loved it. it was risky yet very self defining of you as an artist, and i mean that in a good way. youre not afraid to take chances with your creativity and talent, and youre not afraid to reflect very real feelings though they may not be your own and yet so many others'.
kudos... karma-jade
okay...
the graphics were good, but the music and what just happened in the flash is enough to fuck up even the strongest of willed person.... use your flash genius to NOT fuck people in the head. and it isn't funny or cleaver to name your Thearapests, from this i can tell you need another one.
I'd be lying if I said I never intended to fuck with people's heads, which is what I think you meant when you said "fuck people in the head" which seems to suggest "squicking". Either way, I am not in the least surprised that people have used to the term "mind fuck" specifically or other phrases that suggest some sort of cerebral fornication because my goal (at the risk of sounding pretentious) was indeed to make people stop and think.
As for therapists, those people listed in the credits each play a different role in my life, be it mentor, friend or lover, but my relationship with each of them provided some sort of therapeutic stability in my life around the time I made this animation so I figured "therapists" was the most appropriate way to collectively describe their role in my life and in the film. In fact, almost none those people saw the film until it screened in a theater full of people, so their contributions to the film were more on an indirect interpersonal level, hence the "therapists" label.
Incidentally, I have never actually seen a psychotherapist because I tend to be very outspoken to the point of almost stream-of-consciousness so I tell anyone and everyone, even complete strangers, things about myself that most people would only tell a therapist bound to doctor-patient confidentially. I guess that makes me weird (or maybe even crazy) but I think I'm pretty successful at finding ways channel my craziness into creative outlets (like animation).
Thanx for the comment and all apologies if you sustained lasting discomfort after I fucked with your head.
make it bleed!!! awesome grafix
nice work! you have made the journey more interesting through the years.. keep em coming!
kids, dont try this at home
this is nice and short, and very well executed...was that a freudian slip or a terrible pun? i love stuff that looks pen and inky like this.
make more...joshua, we are gonna need a funny violent fix again real soon.