So people say I'm unbalanced.
But I like a good mushroom explosion, goodf or keeping the mind open.
Andbefore you leave comments about my work being disturbing (which won't earn you any favours, by the way) If you want to see the work of truly unbalanced people, you need only look at children's TV, in particular those aimed at preschoolers. As my baby generates teeth at an alarming rate, he likes nothing better than to snuggle with me and watch 'In the Night Garden*', which I used to think was disturbing, before I saw waybaloo. I also disagree with the though of someone with only 5 neurons teaching my child science (AND her name isn't really Nina!) and there is nothing, nothing to redeem 'dirtgirlworld' which, as far and I can discern, features a freakish being that has a pornstar name and spends a good deal of time talking to an earth worm. And we all know what those look like.
*he has now found both Igglepiggle toys put aside for Christmas. He loves Igglepiggle above all others, emitting a cooing noise when he comes on screen. Note how I have watched enough 'in the night Garden' to know the characters names instead of referring to them as 'blue mutant thing' and 'Mr turd head'
Friday, 13 November 2009
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I don't find it disturbing. I like it a lot. I find the BBC news disturbing!
I like the whimsicality, the motion, the sense of growth and release, the (something... wait it will come to me...) colour(!), the sense that it carries on off the page and is part of a larger movement of mushrooms.
Thoughts are often like mushrooms I think - growing in the dark...
Cool
Jayarav
hahahahaaaa at Mr Turd Head! My toddler used to think that makkapakka's tail was a willy ;-)
I am sooo glad Missy dislikes just about everything shown on BBC/cBeebies. Disturbing would be an understatement.
I do however, quite adore your mushroom explosion!
jayarava- I absolutely meant it to be all those things, I in no way had the though 'would be kind of cool to drawmushrooms exploding out my head. nuh-uh. If I even need an artists statement, I'll get you to write it for me.
Lader- your toddler is foolish, the penis comes out the FRONT. His 'tail' makes him look like he is coiling one out. Obviously I called him turd head before I saw this 'tail'
Debz- the young master is not keen on many shows, though he remains passionate about in the night garden and friends (he likes all the high pitched shrieking. No matter how upset you are he's broken your internet connection, he can only be repremanted in normal tones, hysterical 'MY INTERNET MYPRECIOUSLOVELYINTERNET WHAT HAVE YOU DONE>' only elicits laughter)
Sadly I have been exposed to much childrens programming at other peoples houses and while hoping to find and ITNG I haven seen 10 times already.
Love all the mushrooms and ink splodges. Nicely composed and not disturbing at all! :)
Hi.I thought you might like to know , from the Australian creator, what dirtgirlworld is about , where it's heart is and why it looks the way it does...so here goes.
This is my first blog reply and I am hoping it's a wise choice..
We live in the middle of nowhere Australia and are first time TV creators...so you can imagine how excited we are.
When dreaming about dirtgirlworld, we always envisaged something truly beautiful.
A photomontage world that blended the real with the unreal, a world inhabited by characters that celebrated life outside and connected with children in a profound way.
We wanted simple sustainable stories; to create a show about the things we know and have really come to love .
We wanted to share our love and thoughts about the future of our planet, from a hopeful and positive place and we wanted it to be fun...and weird....and with heaps of music.
Not ‘worthy’ and wholesome but layered with humour and fantasy,
We wanted characters with heart, characters that were real and genuine and spoke directly to and engaged the children who tuned in....what we wanted was live action with a twist.
This is why we chose to go down an untrodden path in preschool animation.
The technique is somewhat ground breaking...and experimental...I am sure as an artist you apreciate the risks and boldness required to attempt something new.
The incorporation of real mouth and eyes allow our characters to tell a heartfelt story, encapsulating all that is great about the human range of expression and the quirkiness and fantasy that animation brings to a story world.
The bodies are real bodies.
Combined it brings a connectiveness and physical fluidity to the performance ...creating ‘gorgeous’... with an edge.
And we like big heads!
It’s pure silliness and a bizarre art form, blowing away convention and hopefully introducing our audience to a rich visual palette
in which to excite imaginations and inspire action.
We want dirtgirlworld kids to take what they experience on TV and step outside
into their own equally fantastic rich worlds and get amongst it.
It's really for the older preschool set.
It’s a contemporary look, has a music video feel, is stylish, innovative and engaging ...and more beautiful than we ever imagined.
The result of many hearts and talents coming together with a single focus....across many platforms.
We are creatively driven, positive dreamers who are committed to the planet and daring enough to believe we can change the world...just a little bit.
Dirtgirlworld is an opportunity for us to be our best.We know not everyone will like it.
dirtgirlworld is based on the idea that from little things, big things can happen.
We want to encourage and inspire the next generation of
compassionate (and passionate!) earth dwellers.
We would like dirtgirlworld to help create an environment for social change
and to move children and those who care for them from simply 'viewing' to really 'doing'
We protect what we love.
We hope that we inspire children to love going outside.
We hope that by instilling a love of the environment and a sense of empowerment,
that this new generation become active carers of the planet,
creating a world where nature first is second nature.
With dirtgirlworld we have an opportunity to do all this through a family of beautiful characters,
a collection of memorable stories
and great music that will touch hearts and rock planet earth.
Thanks for the conversation.
Cate
Cate, I'm really sorry I dissed your programmenow! Thanks for your reply. There is clearly much to redeem it, and though I still don't like the name, perhaps that is a cultural thing. I still can't believe that they name a film 'the last mimsy' but then I guess mimsy is not a suggestive word in America.
Mushrooms r good.
They've been called the flesh of the Gods. Food for thought, that.
Here's a couple I painted: http://sonofincog.blogspot.com/2006/03/amanita-muscaria.html
Cheers!
Son
great concept. very cool illustration!
Wonderful illustration..and so interesting about the latest in preschool tv..very interesting read about dirtgirlworld too. My kids grew up during the Teletubbies hullabaloo..I didn't understand the excitement, and was happy that my kids didn't enjoy it either. We've stuck to the ol' fashioned knock-em-on-the-head Tom and Jerry/Scooby Doo kind of stuff. Good luck to you! : )
This is beautiful! I LOVE pen & ink - keep up the good work!
I am so impressed you got a reply from dirtgirlworld - am still trying to get my head around it but as Cate says it's new stuff, and we all take time to adapt to the new.
Meanwhile I will tell Lader and you what I tell Jude, on a regular basis, as he suffers from the same confusion as master Lader... "tails at the back, winkies at the front" nice and simple. we don't bring poos into it. yet.
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