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I think I started working on this about 2-3 years ago? It’s been so long I don’t remember! The oldest file on my PC with “netpunk” in the name is from 2024, so it must’ve been something like that. It was around the time I got my first electric guitar, a Yamaha Pacifica 112J in light blue. I’ve been practicing guitar ever since and it’s really hard, but a lot of fun as well. My fingers sure have grown extra layers of skin from all that playing.
This is also the first time I’ve ever used a vocal synth! I love Teto so much… I’m kinda terrible at writing lyrics so I’m really happy I got help from retraceyoursteps! She perfectly understood the type of girlfailure energy I wanted to write about. Read the lyrics below!
A clumsy robot forgets about their girlfriend’s anniversary, scrambling to find something to do for the date, eventually concluding they should watch a movie. Of course the movie is in high demand, so the tickets have sold out. Ultimately they resort to piracy, and things spiral out of control…
This was originally going to get a bigger music video, but the scope was a little bigger than I could handle on my own. Stellazium and I came up with a big storyboard, but unfortunately she got occupied with other work. I actually learned Blender and made a ton of assets using it, but they didn’t end up getting used this time. Maybe they’ll be useful for future projects though!
Eventually I decided to reduce the scope of the video and make it more manageable for one person. I think it still ended up pretty nice, despite cutting out a bunch of our ideas.
We figured out the song’s narrative, and I had to come up with a character design that reflected the clumsy idiotic nature of the protagonist. I brainstormed a bit with Avolicis and our initial iteration looked like this:
I tried modeling this in Blender. Blender however, is way more difficult than it seems. Getting the mesh right was quite a challenge already, but then getting the rig working was even worse! To animate a 3D model it needs to have a skeleton (also called a rig). That skeleton will then deform the mesh when you move the bones around. This was far more work than I first thought, as I kept running into issues like the mesh not deforming correctly.
The original design had a skirt but I had to ditch it because it wouldn’t bend the way I expected. My friend Niko has a lot of experience with Blender so he was able to help me a lot with the technical stuff. Thanks to him I gained a ton of knowledge about the type of things that are easy or hard to do in Blender, and adjusted the 2nd iteration of the character accordingly.
Ghosttra.in helped me a lot with the model revision, giving me feedback on the proportions, hairstyle and outfit design. This time we went for a crop top and bodysuit, along with shorter hair that’s easier to animate.
I also used{" "} a base mesh by KeyframeChef{" "} to make sure I would get the mesh deformation right. Using that as a starting point I sculpted the model more towards my reference. I recommend watching{" "} their video about low poly character creation!
The character looks way better than before, and it’s easier to animate as well. I’m very happy with the way this model turned out!
Similar to{" "} Internet Exploder’s music video , I got help from humanbydefinition for the textmode graphics. They made{" "} a tool{" "} that lets me interpret videos as a grid of text symbols, also known as textmode art. I used this tool for the backgrounds in the music video, by feeding it footage from my camcorder, glitchy scenes I made in Blender and more.
To celebrate the release of my debut album I’ve made something silly… This may seem random, but I’ve always wanted to design a papercraft figure from scratch. And now that I’ve learned Blender I was finally able to do it!
Big announcement: You can build one yourself too,{" "} get the template here!!
Lyrics written by Sunnexo and retraceyoursteps, performed by{" "} Kasane Teto SV
I just woke up
My head in the clouds
I've got one shot
To figure it out
But there's one problem
The tickets sold out
What the hell am I gonna do? (Oh god)
I'm running on an empty charge
You know my heart is still at large
I can't believe I'm such a mess
My head is yearning for more rest
An anniversary forgot
Because I stayed in bed to rot
My mind is about to blow up
My time is running out
(♫)
Now I'm searching the internet
Gotta see if they have it yet
It's a new film, no resales found
Need to figure something out
So I'm trying to pirate it
But this website looks kinda shit
Now out of options, I've got no choice
But to take this chance
My antivirus uninstalled
I sense my data all dissolved
I can't believe I screwed this up
Can barely even make a sound
My head is feeling all abuzz
Because my code is all for naught
My mind is about to blow up
My time is rŗ̶̢̧͉̤̼̮͚͍̳̯̪͔̥̐̈́̄͒̌͗͆́̉́́͝ư̵̧͉͐̔̾̀͋̀̓̔̓͂͒̕͠n̷͚̬͉̦͒̐̈̈̌͌͂̉̑̃͛̒͝͠͝n̷̡̠͈̲̪͙̤͈͔̭͔̞͖̻͖̑̍́̍̒̉́̑̊̊̓͌̈̚ͅǐ̷͓n̵̢̙̉͐̆͑̈́͆͗̏̅͗̇̒̐ǵ̸͎̻̤̬͗̅̃̈̀̃̾̓ ̵̻̟̖̦̠̥̮̄͂̈́͛̉̎̌̽̒̕͘ő̵̞̯̱̼̼̭̲̘̳͑͛̆̅u̷̢͍̮̤̖̼̼̽̀́͒̆̂̃̒́̏̂̓͝͝͠͝t̶̨͇̮͓̦̯̞͍̬̮̯̞̼͖̊͌̈́̇̂̒̈́͋̚
(̵̻̱̣́♫̷̦̈́̍͝)̸̺̓͑
Alright I've got an idea
Think I know what I gotta do (oh yeah)
I'm thinking of a better plan
I know the time I have at hand
I may have hit my head real hard
That might've made me really smart
So tickets for the local fair
A dinner date with time to spare
Some scented candles and the rest
Today will be the best
(♫)
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