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THE FIRE WITHIN| VR
I made this for the “Art for Peace” collective who are developing a Yoga App. This is my contribution to the collective and their amazing idea of introducting yoga in virtual reality for the members of the collective.
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That having been said: since I started my VR Animation journey in January 2019, I am awed at the possibilities this offers, in content creation as well as the acceleration of productivity. Then there is the combination of render engines to achieve real 3D look.
As a die hard 2D Animator, I still prefer the vector look which the raw VR file generates.
These notwithstanding, no kind of render an compare with the briliance and immersive feeling one gets watching these in real VR spaces.
Come by if you are in Berlin, put on the headset, see this in virtual reality and allow yourself be taken to a totally different journey
Main sound “cyberpunk urban walk” by freddy fool | edited. Duely licensed through freesound.org
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My vr account on Instagram ➡️ @omenkaulonka_vr seeks to connect with VR artists and creators globally, hence will follow back all such, as well as sound designers and musicians. Get my attention here/there please so we can connect.
THE FIRE WITHIN| VR
As a painter, die-hard 2D animator and tech buff, who always wished for a more organic approach to 3D art, the advent of virtual reality and the abilitiy to create art in such a space holds for me the absolute magic which finally gives me the much craved freedom of artistic process in consideration the diverse art form which I practice..
Still [excitedly] exploring this medium and many others for creation or art in vr space.
My vr account on Instagram ➡️ @omenkaulonka_vr seeks to connect with VR artists and creators globally, hence will follow back all such, as well as sound designers and musicians. Get my attention here/there please so we can connect.
The Legacy of Rubies
Not just that, he is given a mandatory assignment which he has to fulfill before he can either accept or reject their offer.
MARCAS DE AMOR | LOVE MARKS
Una reflexión sobre la violencia doméstica) | A reflection on domestic violence
EN: A child socialized into the culture of accepting domestic violence as a sign of love plans her marriage
ES: Una niña socializada en la cultura de aceptar la violencia doméstica como un signo de amor planea su matrimonio.
A collaboration between me and the spanish VFX and VO artist Jess Poveda who spoke the child with no filters applied
AURORA | VR ART
As a painter and die-hard 2D animator, who always wished for a more organic approach to 3D art, the advent of virtual reality could never have been more welcome from any artistic point of view.
Still [excitedly] exploring this medium and many others for creation or art in vr space.
My vr account on Instagram ➡️ @omenkaulonka_vr seeks to connect with VR artists and creators globally, hence will follow back all such, as well as sound designers and musicians. Get my attention here/there please so we can connect.
Insight Germany | Deutsche Welle TV
Materials, permission and copyright: Deutsche Welle TV 2012
ANNA BLUME
GERMANY / BULGARIA 2007
The short is about the lustof a man chasing a woman. Desire and veiled longing bring the two to a point where loveturns out lonely, strange and warped.
Winner of numerous prizes including the Robert Bosch Foundation promotional prize for Animation, “Anna Blume” is from the Poem “An Anna Blume”, written by the German Poet Kurt Schwitters in 1919
ARTS 21 | Deutsche Welle TV
Materials, permission and copyright: Deutsche Welle TV 2012
LOve in the age of the EU
This piece was done in the same constellation in 2014 and took the first place out of all the entries.
Written by the German Author “Björn Kuhligk” in 2005, this piece still represents challenges of migration and the mediterranean sea.
RED FRUTIS | MUSIC VIDEO
“Red fruits” is an animated music video of the song of same title by the Austrian Band “Kiss Me Yesterday” from the Album “Radio Flapper Beats” released in December 2015
smedLAB 2013
In 2013, in partnership with the Goethe Institut Lagos, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development Research of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (CEDR) and Shrinkfish Ltd: I developed and co-ordinated Nigeria’s first ever animation course (smedLab Animation Course 2013)
We had a four weeks intensive on-location followed by further months of online teaching, mentoring and assistance.
This clip is still a brief insight and effect of the course through the testimonials of the seven course participants
THE WONDERBRA
A bird receives a present from her boyfriend, who helps suggest its use…
BACK STORY: Sometime in 2016, a facebook friend Sonja Knyssok posted an illustration, so silly I so much wanted to animate it. Co-incidentally, the submission deadline for The Dumbest Sht I Ever Saw Anti Festival was in 4 hours. On receiving an instant go ahead from Sonja, I sat up the rest of the night.. Not just did I make the deadline, it was dumb enough for the festival
THE MAN WHO FELL UP
From the fiddle-faddle poem of same title written by Ebele Okoye “The Man Who Fell Up” explores the illogical as an abstract form of logical expression.
World Premiere: DOK Leipzig 2016 (New German Animations)
die verrückte a the lunatic
It was written and discarded by best friend and my then flatmate, the German Author Simone Kanter (who is still convinced it was a horrible piece whereas for me, it was the stepping stone into life as an indeie animator.)
I also had the priviledge of having Rita Ringheanu, the most sought after female VO artist in Germany to speak the original German version.
It later ran at the DOK Lepzig amongst other prestigious festivals
JURY AT WORK
In 2016, I was a jury member of the maiden edition of the Poetry Fiom Prize Weimar, Germany.
My other jury members were Dave Bonta of Moving Poems and Stefan Petermann, a German Author from the Weimar region.
This is a time-lapse Video I shot during our decision making porcess
AFRIFF Promo Animation
Latern 2018, for the 8th edition took place in lagos and as they liked the clip so much, it was my pleasure to change the balloon which says “Welcome to Porthacourt” to “Welcome to Lagos” to fit the location.
CLOSER N' CLOSER | MUSIC VIDEO
“Closer N Closer” is an animated music video of the track of same title by the Nigerian reggae singer Ketchy Dons.
When the musician approached Shrinkfish to animate a track from his Album “Fortune N’ The Slave” the track “Closer N’ Closer” caught on instantly due to the message it carries.
It was as a result of this message that I decided to create a story of a “forbidden attraction” between two teenagers from different social classes around the music.
The Essence
A CRAZY STORY: On 6th of March 2010, “Hafeez Oluwa”, a then medical student and a poet who just connected with me on Facebook approached me with a plea. He had written a piece for the International women’s day and wanted it animated so he could present it at the celebration on the 8th in his university.
I could not say no!
That was how I anmated for 16 hours nonstop to upload, with enough buffer time for download as the Nigerian internet was still in the stone age those days.
Hafeez and I have worked together ever since then.