Here are a few examples of his stop-motion work:
I love this style. Transrexia (the second video) reminds me a bit of Clash of the Titans, which really is not surprising considering Sinbad was Voltaire's initial inspiration to start doing what he does. At the tender age of eight. I wish I had the patience to do stop motion because the results can really be beautiful. I am, however, so happy that the art hasn't been put to the grave yet (this year's Coraline was beautiful beyond words and I highly recommend it...which is saying a lot because I was expecting to hate it going in).
Voltaire has also done a lot of spots for channels like SciFi, Cartoon Network and TLC:
Hmm.. sensing a theme here...
And finally here is Voltaire's song and video for Happy Birthday (my olde friend):
I must say that his voice reminds me of a certain skeleton king's. Can you guess to whom I'm referring?
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i have a mini obsession with stop motion films. check out http://www.eatpes.com/index.html . i think you'd like their stuff. have a good weekend, girly!
ReplyDeleteI love your Friday Movie Mornings! :) Ooh, and I agree with Mon, PES is awesome!! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI've definitely seen Voltaire play live several times, Dracula's Ball, Blacksun Festival... I've also taken my picture with him and stuff. He's extremely approachable and nice. Also when I used to go goth clubbing almost every weekend freshman year- I would see him around. He's just another dude.
ReplyDeleteHe also did spots for MTV. His animation style reminds me a lot of The Brothers Quay and Jan Svankmajer who's the granddaddy of them all.
Very cool stuff- thanks for posting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfCOCIv_DU
ReplyDeleteJan Svankmajer- one of my favorite animators ever.