This... is amazing.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
The Body Revolution
Check out organizedORGANS.org!
This has been a rough couple of weeks. I feel like I have never put my body through so much - no sleep, not eating well, and just a little too stressed. This is all little ironic, because the newest campaign I am working on is about organs revolting against the body to stop binge drinking. This has taken up all my free-time the last month or so. But I'm loving the campaign, but who knows how effective it is? I've never even had a sip of alcohol.
Our idea is pretty much the personification of organs, giving them distinct personalities, and led by the liver, start a revolution to stop binge drinking. When I first heard that my capstone advertising class will be working on a binge drinking campaign, I was disappointed - cause it's impossible to come up with something awesome on such a serious subject. However, if I would have known I was going to be animating body parts to hilarious voices, I would have be excited from day one.
Anyway, we competed against 4 other BYU teams for a chance to represent BYU in the regional competition is SLC. We ended up winning and now we can compete! If we win in SLC, we will go to the nationals in DC.
This campaign was really fun, mainly because I took place in every stage of development. After lots of research and planning, we came up with our idea. A film director I know gave me some names of some voice actors that I contacted and they helped willingly - and added a lot to the campaign.
It may not look like much, but the animation took me days to finish. It was a great chance for me to improve my animation skills, I suppose.
I showed my mom and dad the campaign, and they didn't seem to like it very much... but they said they did, so that is all that matter right? So maybe college kids appreciate this kind of humor more.
You can download the campaign book here. On page 12, the creative executions start. Also visit organizedORGANS.org, to watch the webisodes.
This has been a rough couple of weeks. I feel like I have never put my body through so much - no sleep, not eating well, and just a little too stressed. This is all little ironic, because the newest campaign I am working on is about organs revolting against the body to stop binge drinking. This has taken up all my free-time the last month or so. But I'm loving the campaign, but who knows how effective it is? I've never even had a sip of alcohol.
Our idea is pretty much the personification of organs, giving them distinct personalities, and led by the liver, start a revolution to stop binge drinking. When I first heard that my capstone advertising class will be working on a binge drinking campaign, I was disappointed - cause it's impossible to come up with something awesome on such a serious subject. However, if I would have known I was going to be animating body parts to hilarious voices, I would have be excited from day one.
Anyway, we competed against 4 other BYU teams for a chance to represent BYU in the regional competition is SLC. We ended up winning and now we can compete! If we win in SLC, we will go to the nationals in DC.
This campaign was really fun, mainly because I took place in every stage of development. After lots of research and planning, we came up with our idea. A film director I know gave me some names of some voice actors that I contacted and they helped willingly - and added a lot to the campaign.
It may not look like much, but the animation took me days to finish. It was a great chance for me to improve my animation skills, I suppose.
I showed my mom and dad the campaign, and they didn't seem to like it very much... but they said they did, so that is all that matter right? So maybe college kids appreciate this kind of humor more.
You can download the campaign book here. On page 12, the creative executions start. Also visit organizedORGANS.org, to watch the webisodes.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
I'm Goin' To Mccann!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Nostalgia
So over the past few months, I've done a lot of things that has reminded me of my childhood...
The first thing I have done was face a fear that has followed me for 20 years. The movie Willow. It came out in 1988. I was four. Someone recommended that my mom take me. When the movie ended my mom asked if I liked it and I said, "It made my tummy hurt". Since then, I have seen bits and pieces of it, and each time it gave me a weird, unsettling feeling - sort of like being eaten alive by creepy dogs. Sarah and I were hanging out with friends and they suggested we watch Willow. My heart sank a bit and new it was time to face this fear. Anyway, we watched it - and I can say that I am still terrified of that movie.
The other day, I decided to swing by the old grocery store Reams. Now, I used to go all the time with my mom dressed in my superman pajamas. However, at the time I did not know they were pajamas. I thought it was a legit superhero costume. Anyway, this Reams is unique because its layout is kinda like a maze of dark hallways. Anyway, being well over a decade since I last stepped into that store, I decided to take a stroll. I was amazed on how well I knew the store. I especially knew exactly where the isle was with the shabby toy selection.
I used to be a dinosaur fanatic as a kid. For some reason, lately, my desire for dinosaur knowledge has re-kindled and I'm hooked on dinos again. But as science has progressed, dinosaurs become less and less cool as they used to be. A perfect example of this is the velociraptor. When Jurassic Park came out in '93, they were mind-melting awesome. Being 6-feet tall with large claws, they were the perfect nightmare for a 10 year old boy. However, their portrayal in the movie is not accurate. Turns out they were 3 feet tall and had feathers. So just picuture this little guy in the place of those raptors is JP, and the movie would be a comedy.
Anyway, turns out dinosaurs were dumber than I thought and there is no such thing as a brontosaurus. It's actually called an apatosaurus.
Even though re-learning about dinosaurs is a little depressing sometimes, I've decided their awsome-ness factor still ranks higher than anything else (robots being #2 and jets being #3).
All of this also reminds me of a TV show David and I used to watch. Dinoriders! I've seen a couple episodes on youtube, and it doesn't dissapoint. How can you go wrong strapping laser guns to dinosaurs? Hollywood needs to take note. It's the formula of sucess.
The first thing I have done was face a fear that has followed me for 20 years. The movie Willow. It came out in 1988. I was four. Someone recommended that my mom take me. When the movie ended my mom asked if I liked it and I said, "It made my tummy hurt". Since then, I have seen bits and pieces of it, and each time it gave me a weird, unsettling feeling - sort of like being eaten alive by creepy dogs. Sarah and I were hanging out with friends and they suggested we watch Willow. My heart sank a bit and new it was time to face this fear. Anyway, we watched it - and I can say that I am still terrified of that movie.
The other day, I decided to swing by the old grocery store Reams. Now, I used to go all the time with my mom dressed in my superman pajamas. However, at the time I did not know they were pajamas. I thought it was a legit superhero costume. Anyway, this Reams is unique because its layout is kinda like a maze of dark hallways. Anyway, being well over a decade since I last stepped into that store, I decided to take a stroll. I was amazed on how well I knew the store. I especially knew exactly where the isle was with the shabby toy selection.
I used to be a dinosaur fanatic as a kid. For some reason, lately, my desire for dinosaur knowledge has re-kindled and I'm hooked on dinos again. But as science has progressed, dinosaurs become less and less cool as they used to be. A perfect example of this is the velociraptor. When Jurassic Park came out in '93, they were mind-melting awesome. Being 6-feet tall with large claws, they were the perfect nightmare for a 10 year old boy. However, their portrayal in the movie is not accurate. Turns out they were 3 feet tall and had feathers. So just picuture this little guy in the place of those raptors is JP, and the movie would be a comedy.
Anyway, turns out dinosaurs were dumber than I thought and there is no such thing as a brontosaurus. It's actually called an apatosaurus.
Even though re-learning about dinosaurs is a little depressing sometimes, I've decided their awsome-ness factor still ranks higher than anything else (robots being #2 and jets being #3).
All of this also reminds me of a TV show David and I used to watch. Dinoriders! I've seen a couple episodes on youtube, and it doesn't dissapoint. How can you go wrong strapping laser guns to dinosaurs? Hollywood needs to take note. It's the formula of sucess.
What's been goin on...
I just finished fall semester! I only one more to go! As of now, I am signed up for 17 credits.
I got called into the primary (Sarah got called into nursery). I have taught the 9 year olds for the past two months. My team-teacher is a ghostbuster. I just found out I have been switched to start teaching the 6 year olds starting January. I guess the material for the valient 9s was over my head.
Christmas was great. We split our time between Sarah's family (visiting from Vegas) and my family.
I got called into the primary (Sarah got called into nursery). I have taught the 9 year olds for the past two months. My team-teacher is a ghostbuster. I just found out I have been switched to start teaching the 6 year olds starting January. I guess the material for the valient 9s was over my head.
Christmas was great. We split our time between Sarah's family (visiting from Vegas) and my family.
robotoBoy.com
So, I ended up choosing robotoBoy.com The website is still not 100% complete by all means, but there is at least some stuff on there. Use Firefox please. I have a feeling I may re-design it in a few months. I may want something more simple. Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think. Also, make sure you put your mouse on the logo in the top right. The roboto boy does a little dance.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Website Domain Name
So, in the immediate future, I need to buy some webspace and make my very own design portfolio webpage. It pretty much be an online tutorial that will display my work. These days, ad agensies and design studios don't want to see a printed book, as much as they want to see a website with the work.
I want something memorable and creative. The hard part is that every time I think of something, it is usually taken. If you go here, you can check to see if it is available . I've just spend the last 5 minutes thinking of names and the following are available for me to take:
unpossibly.com
scootra.com
robotoboy.com
scadattle.com
swmeyer.com
funkovitch.com
sunphaser.com
beamage.com
unwizardly.com
dinomind.com
uphomey.com
-I say, "go to uphomey.com" they say, "whats uphomey?" and I say, "nothing much, what's up with you!"
ahshucks.com
explodingsubconscious.com
Here is a concept that may look like what the home page of my website will look like:
Which one is the best? If they are all bad, help me come up with something! I feel like some of these are close... but the perfect website name is out there and I still need to find it!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Married!
Yes, its true. I tied the knot and I am married. The experience was amazing and I was so surprised how everything came together. Seriously, nothing wrong happened, which I am a little saddened about, because I have no hilariously embarrassing stories to tell. Oh well.
Now, this is one of the reasons I have not updated my blog. I feel like this has to be an amazing post because it was such a significant experience. Well, because the time keeps slipping away, I'm going to settle for a mediocre post - involving a list of sorts.
1 - On August 16th 2008, at exactly 3:37pm, we got sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
2 - It took me less than 15 minutes to shower, shave, get dressed in a suit, and run out the door.
3 - My "wedding haircut" was one of the top 5 worst haircuts I have ever received. It ranked up there with my nasty part in 4th grade, flat-top in 5th grade, and my buzz I received on my mission. Good thing it grew out a bit before the wedding.
4 - Sarah and I had known each other well over 2 years by our wedding date
5 - I talked about video games and Battlestar Galactica more than once during my reception.
6 - Despite being August, the weather was freakishly in the low 80s.
7 - I only had a tiny bite of the wedding cake. In fact, the nibble Sarah and I took off was the only piece of the cake anyone had eaten all night.
8 - Even though my suit was awesome, I was really self-conscience because the pants we really baggy. I probably could have smuggled a small family across the boarder in them.
9 - The night before I got married, I was up with my old roommates playing computer games till 2am. That was my crazy bachelor party. It was scandalous and amazing!
If anyone wants to look through 100s of pictures, you are welcome to. Go here. The password is "meyer" and the email is sarah.sibio@gmail.com
Now on to the honeymoon:
1 - Cozemel Mexico - It was the first time both of us have been south of the boarder.
2 - I finally had a sold swallow of alchohol. It was really gross. That's how I reconized it. I guess you have to be really specifc when ordering from a bar, not to have alchohol. Who would have thought??
3 - There was a swim-up bar at the swimming pool! The benches were under water. I have never been more amazed....
4 - We saw a nurse shark. It was a such a crazy story, I have sold the rights to Paramount and they will make another Jaws movie. I get to star as the shark.
5 -Our horseback rider tour guide was sneaking off by himself to drink some booze when we weren't paying attention
6 - We ate two dinners a night. One at a nice buffet, and another scheduled sit-down resturant.
8 - Sarah fulfilled her life-long dream of swimming with dolphins. My life-long dream is to be an astronaut, but that didn't happen in Cozemel.
9 - Sarah and I got two henna tatoos each! I got a shark with Sarah's name under it! I also got a tiger on my wrist. I had to make sure I got the most fearsome animals on land and on sea. But every happy story has a sad ending. It turns out, that 1 out of 1,000 people are alergic to black henna tatoos. I had to be the one. I got a horrible rash and I can still see a fait scar of the shark on my arm. I am always the unlucky one. I just looked it up, and the odds of Sarah pregnant on birth control are just the same.
10 - I have never dreamt of zombies before my honeymoon. I had two zombie dreams. Sarah happened to put her arm on top of me during one of my creepy zombie dreams. I picked up her arm and threw it away - twice! (hey... I thought it was a zombie arm!) I felt really bad, but it seriously makes me laugh everytime I think about it!
Anyway, since the marrige/honeymoon, things have been great. Marrige is really fun. Way better than the single life (which is tough to beat). It's perfect to have a best friend to come home to each day.
Monday, August 04, 2008
This thing:
I saw this on my sister's blog, and thought I would do it too: because I know everyone finds my life fascinating!
20 years ago I was:
-Wearing cowboy hats and riding on my toy horse
-Learning works like "no", "food", and "Deinonychus".
-Begun my lifetime relationship with my blanket
10 years ago I was:
-Hitting my awkward teens, while staring 8th grade
-Began playing football for Farrer Middle School
-Playing computer games and laser tag with the neighbors
-Was well into my 6th year of my paper route.
5 years ago I was:
-Just graduating Provo High and thinking about the mission.
-Starting to get into computer multimedia - especially animation.
-Working in a metal shop - welding, smashing, bending, and cutting stuff.
3 years ago I was:
-In the city of Annandale teaching people who couldn't speak English to recompense themselves with the atonement. They never quite understood me very well.
-Hating to fill out paper work each night and adding numbers without a calculator.
-Wondering what it was like to not have someone who dressed like me follow me wherever I went.
1 year ago I was:
-Dating Sarah and moving out of condo row.
-Switched my major (3rd time) to pre-advertising.
-Working at the CTL trying to act like I knew photoshop to impress the people I worked with.
So far this year I have:
-Found out that Sarah wants to marry me too.
-Somehow got into the creative advertising program.
-Read one book. Well... 3/4 of a book.
Yesterday I:
-Got released from being a elders quorum instructor
-Ate dinner with the fam and Sarah
-Realized the AC in our new place was broken
Today I:
-Tried to fix the AC at our new place. Didn't work.
-Dropped off some stuff at DI
-Got a couple of claims on the Corolla for the damage the UTA bus inflicted. Turns out if I play my cards right - I may get some cash when all is said and done!
-Drew a robot for an advertisement at work. It's not gonna fly...
Tomorrow I will:
-Go to work.
-Join the Airforce.
-Elope. 2 weeks seems far away.
In my lifetime I will:
-Build a time machine and visit the dinosaurs.
-Be an astronaut.
20 years ago I was:
-Wearing cowboy hats and riding on my toy horse
-Learning works like "no", "food", and "Deinonychus".
-Begun my lifetime relationship with my blanket
10 years ago I was:
-Hitting my awkward teens, while staring 8th grade
-Began playing football for Farrer Middle School
-Playing computer games and laser tag with the neighbors
-Was well into my 6th year of my paper route.
5 years ago I was:
-Just graduating Provo High and thinking about the mission.
-Starting to get into computer multimedia - especially animation.
-Working in a metal shop - welding, smashing, bending, and cutting stuff.
3 years ago I was:
-In the city of Annandale teaching people who couldn't speak English to recompense themselves with the atonement. They never quite understood me very well.
-Hating to fill out paper work each night and adding numbers without a calculator.
-Wondering what it was like to not have someone who dressed like me follow me wherever I went.
1 year ago I was:
-Dating Sarah and moving out of condo row.
-Switched my major (3rd time) to pre-advertising.
-Working at the CTL trying to act like I knew photoshop to impress the people I worked with.
So far this year I have:
-Found out that Sarah wants to marry me too.
-Somehow got into the creative advertising program.
-Read one book. Well... 3/4 of a book.
Yesterday I:
-Got released from being a elders quorum instructor
-Ate dinner with the fam and Sarah
-Realized the AC in our new place was broken
Today I:
-Tried to fix the AC at our new place. Didn't work.
-Dropped off some stuff at DI
-Got a couple of claims on the Corolla for the damage the UTA bus inflicted. Turns out if I play my cards right - I may get some cash when all is said and done!
-Drew a robot for an advertisement at work. It's not gonna fly...
Tomorrow I will:
-Go to work.
-Join the Airforce.
-Elope. 2 weeks seems far away.
In my lifetime I will:
-Build a time machine and visit the dinosaurs.
-Be an astronaut.
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