https://worryingistheworst.com worrying is the worst Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:13:59 +0000 https://worryingistheworst.com en https://worryingistheworst.com/GREENGLASS-MANOR-ANIMATED Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:46:39 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/GREENGLASS-MANOR-ANIMATED <img width="938" height="1538" width_o="938" height_o="1538" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e474eb538e6cb9f9bf465911f7732cdf55e7da92c82022f3ebe7c4d5a4223e2d/gibson_greenglassmanor_1_medium.gif" data-mid="207225422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/938/i/e474eb538e6cb9f9bf465911f7732cdf55e7da92c82022f3ebe7c4d5a4223e2d/gibson_greenglassmanor_1_medium.gif" /> GREENGLASS MANOR, ANIMATED! (MARCH 2024)&nbsp; i was listening to Gordon Lightfoot’s Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald when an image-feeling came to me of a soupy green sea overlaid with black roiling lines. old steel ship siding and rust kinda changed into spooky old churches and detective mysteries. eventually i was drawing bowler hats on morton. the animation process began with modeling a 3D version of the house based on my earlier drawing. i then animated the scene in cinema 4d. this video served as a basis for a lot of frame-by-frame rotoscoping (thanks to Brynn Squires, Mary Thompson, and Sophie Houghton for the help!), done at 24 frames per second (because i’m insane). many details were animated in after effects, including the characters (morton uses the fantastic RubberHose plugin). the original still image was drawn in procreate. i have received very little formal education as an illustrator, so i like to think that my work retains a bit of character from my teenage days of drawing skeletons in college-ruled notebooks. <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/658c053d8da41a4df0f7d0181b385b19c68c136d777f1311fa0f3ca85ef067b2/lil-church.gif" data-mid="207226167" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/658c053d8da41a4df0f7d0181b385b19c68c136d777f1311fa0f3ca85ef067b2/lil-church.gif" /> <img width="1400" height="1400" width_o="1400" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/044bebc036de50f73cf02d2aae49a404d58034bbd39cd4d1330be79b1a2f06c7/Manor_House_Study.png" data-mid="207225619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/044bebc036de50f73cf02d2aae49a404d58034bbd39cd4d1330be79b1a2f06c7/Manor_House_Study.png" /> finally, here are a couple sketches from my initial explorations.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/SPIDEY-SENSE Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:13:59 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/SPIDEY-SENSE <img width="3840" height="3956" width_o="3840" height_o="3956" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a71917b731c17d48c303673f57fbd1fc835cf4c4b8c475e815c8e1bbf8f64b7/gibson_spideysense.png" data-mid="207226428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a71917b731c17d48c303673f57fbd1fc835cf4c4b8c475e815c8e1bbf8f64b7/gibson_spideysense.png" /> SPIDEY-SENSE (FEBRUARY 2024)&nbsp; i will always be drawing comics about anxiety. https://worryingistheworst.com/PAC-MAN-MUST-DIE Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:22:26 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/PAC-MAN-MUST-DIE &nbsp; <img width="1296" height="10045" width_o="1296" height_o="10045" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5610bb629caa98d781a4242482853502eb0e113bd02b73ed69b71771984c071f/pac-man_r7.png" data-mid="192407523" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5610bb629caa98d781a4242482853502eb0e113bd02b73ed69b71771984c071f/pac-man_r7.png" /> PAC-MAN MUST DIE (OCT 2023) i don’t know why we’re rooting for pac-man at all. what is he, anyway? a dismembered bird’s beak? a demon cheese wheel? by the sound he makes, some sort of duck spirit? the game leaves it up to you, the player, to decide.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/SUSPENDED-ANIMATION Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:47:00 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/SUSPENDED-ANIMATION &nbsp; <img width="1400" height="2178" width_o="1400" height_o="2178" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/486424dcfaaa0383a1d94b3382d06a8bddc80db39485bfb0827aeefe538e1637/lukegibson_suspendedanimation_64col.gif" data-mid="180847730" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/486424dcfaaa0383a1d94b3382d06a8bddc80db39485bfb0827aeefe538e1637/lukegibson_suspendedanimation_64col.gif" /> SUSPENDED ANIMATION (JUNE 2023) The challenge here was to create an experimental piece that uses contrasting methods of depicting the passage of time. I chose to combine the traditional format of sequential art with motion design. Articulate movement, panel arrangement, and fixed dialogue cues were key tools in conveying a lucid narrative. Instead of requiring viewers' attention for a fixed duration, the 3-second loop rewards a wandering, curious eye. The story itself depicts undead characters Morton and the Ghost as they discover an abandoned cryogenic chamber. They debate whether to open it, and the result is... juicier than expected. &nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/BAD-PERSON Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:40:28 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/BAD-PERSON <img width="1124" height="3111" width_o="1124" height_o="3111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9e68118a08303463eb2a423249b9a26c8db80c7a75177412005f5317d17ee03/bad_person_4.2021.png" data-mid="180846980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9e68118a08303463eb2a423249b9a26c8db80c7a75177412005f5317d17ee03/bad_person_4.2021.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/TENTACLE-CULT Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:39:36 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/TENTACLE-CULT <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53f3cff444417326b62bcdf16de08cc31afb61c302d1ebc6004d41bfb55f9dcf/tentacle-cult.png" data-mid="180845555" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53f3cff444417326b62bcdf16de08cc31afb61c302d1ebc6004d41bfb55f9dcf/tentacle-cult.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/DESERT-DRAWING Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:38:18 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/DESERT-DRAWING <img width="3003" height="2396" width_o="3003" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f01caf26b9cf5eb0ac8bc2e089ddafd9be3a3bc0480c49a05fbca56c924083e/desert-drawing.png" data-mid="180845500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f01caf26b9cf5eb0ac8bc2e089ddafd9be3a3bc0480c49a05fbca56c924083e/desert-drawing.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/YOUNG-CTHULU Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:35:59 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/YOUNG-CTHULU <img width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9970f5b6b81fd5b1f5f9cd6e07612592ec1e069758f0d9310b419d23ecc6f5e8/young_cthulu_animated_v3_square-500.gif" data-mid="180845410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/9970f5b6b81fd5b1f5f9cd6e07612592ec1e069758f0d9310b419d23ecc6f5e8/young_cthulu_animated_v3_square-500.gif" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90a11125fcded5f090ae6d3ccb04d81125efc9300efea8e4a8d9ad40f5869193/young_cthulu_.png" data-mid="180845406" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90a11125fcded5f090ae6d3ccb04d81125efc9300efea8e4a8d9ad40f5869193/young_cthulu_.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/SOME-DRAWINGS Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:33:51 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/SOME-DRAWINGS <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e12229aec360c290e6aa079232db067ea5a8cfdf5da3007f4b8cc03079cbfe62/Only_You_Can_Prevent.png" data-mid="180845300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e12229aec360c290e6aa079232db067ea5a8cfdf5da3007f4b8cc03079cbfe62/Only_You_Can_Prevent.png" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2c8421f72a1156c04a9dd73a9e5909349277c0a2c85859748c905acab487d3e/How_Stressed_Are_You-2-2019.png" data-mid="180845297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2c8421f72a1156c04a9dd73a9e5909349277c0a2c85859748c905acab487d3e/How_Stressed_Are_You-2-2019.png" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c903fb700f4fac29570a36878020f61c985e839bc5fd7e3f6a4eeb1a28c4441a/wood.png" data-mid="180845323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c903fb700f4fac29570a36878020f61c985e839bc5fd7e3f6a4eeb1a28c4441a/wood.png" /> <img width="1633" height="2055" width_o="1633" height_o="2055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3adb9843c14ab0baeb7e85343ccaf9f754889df494d798be1f72df524c313559/flashback.png" data-mid="180845315" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3adb9843c14ab0baeb7e85343ccaf9f754889df494d798be1f72df524c313559/flashback.png" /> <img width="4000" height="4000" width_o="4000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02b0571098e6f644aaaf9cb8b656076c6e5aec8b10da66130edba0e64894eede/wicked.png" data-mid="180845318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02b0571098e6f644aaaf9cb8b656076c6e5aec8b10da66130edba0e64894eede/wicked.png" /> <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5d9e9efa1c4c6c1f73db46aa5aee780fd7fc7f8a4bec5439988a3ba96e57125/lego.png" data-mid="180845362" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5d9e9efa1c4c6c1f73db46aa5aee780fd7fc7f8a4bec5439988a3ba96e57125/lego.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp; https://worryingistheworst.com/STAIRS Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:40:27 +0000 worrying is the worst https://worryingistheworst.com/STAIRS <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc1eeb1c921bfab41d4645ee468b06e46971bdaedb339dea0c9647186cd9e3ee/witw_stairs.png" data-mid="180711166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc1eeb1c921bfab41d4645ee468b06e46971bdaedb339dea0c9647186cd9e3ee/witw_stairs.png" /> A CONVENIENT TRUTH (MAY 2013)&nbsp; this is probably the earliest example of morton and the ghost being themselves, in that the ghost is making crazy shiz up in an attempt to seem mysterious and interesting while morton is too trusting to realize it. i think it’s a fun dynamic.&nbsp;