Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Cyriak: Animation, Graphic Design, and Illustration

Main Website:  http://cyriak.co.uk/index.html
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak?feature=watch


Cyriak is a UK free-lance animator whose animations, more often than not, delve into the...strange, and sometimes disturbing. While he does not state if he uses Flash for his animation, on his about page he does state that he uses Adobe Photoshop and After Effects for most of his animations.

He does a variety of work, including commercial projects, television advertising and music videos. His website has all of his work, including animated GIFs such as these:

     

I believe that he designed his website himself, and it has some basic interactivity at points, though it's main focus is to give easy navigation to his works .

For the most part, I enjoy his work. It is admittedly bizarre, surreal, and some of it is downright frightening.  However, it’s the bizarreness, along with the strange humor, I enjoy about it and the craftsmanship is something to respect, especially with some of his more complex animations.

While he has a lot of work and it is very easy to watch them all and lose track of time, here are some of my personal favorites:

Counting Song (with illustrator Sarah Brown):  http://youtu.be/WXvsl8xgRxc


cows & cows & cows: http://youtu.be/FavUpD_IjVY

MEOW (with illustrator Sarah Brown): http://youtu.be/QNwCojCJ3-Q

Beggin'- Frankie Valli video re-mix: http://youtu.be/qN3kC_4xURA


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