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andyvanoverberghe

Technique is nothing more than failed style.

About Me


R.I.P. Michael Turner
. .it would seem as though life passes us by one electromagnetic pulse at a time. we think we have control but we all are just trying not to fall off. i laugh because im not hypnotized by all the neon bullshit. "yes, its bright and shiney. i understand that." but its not real. its just an ideal of a fictional lifestyle. we as americans strive endlessly to become the characters we follow on television. ignorantly chasing "ideas" of happiness, but never actually finding what makes us a living body, mind, and spirit. the peace of true resolution. i am the jest of sarcasm. i am fortune's fool. a joker of chance. a riddle in a box, wrapped in paper with a little bow on top, set ablaze in the cold, dead night. a single burning ember emitting heat to the fortunate few. i'm an aries and the fire is coming. im just smoking right now, comtemplating my combustion. you know what i mean? if you don't im sorry. actually im not. i've never met an Aries i didn't get along with. when fire joins with other fire, the fire just gets bigger and brighter. anyway, i love anything tribal. i thrive on the concept of simplicity and instinct. break things down into its simplistic forms. we live life far more complicated than it needs to be. stop. relax. meditate. feel the blood pulse through your vains. don't just listen to music. feel it. don't just watch a movie. live it. im tired of bullshit people. which unfortunately is a very large majority of us. "don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?" i don't care if you don't like me, i never asked you to in the first place. i just ask that you recognize the truth. if you have to ask what that is. don't. the world is big. don't be so simple minded. all i do is think, write, and most importantly draw. i once had a girlfreind tell me i was crazy because i said that i think too much. now that just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. i admit sometimes i do think to much, but i say shes too simple minded to see the world around her. im not going to say anything else about that because i'll always love and respect her and wish her the best with her...husband (hes a coward). i work at my own pace and i get drilled constantly about where i'm going. im comfortable. sort of. lonely sometimes. but content. never unhappy. ive met very few girls that don't play games. and i'm not saying that guys aren't petty either. basically i'm saying everybody just tries endlessly to put a mind fuck over on other people so's that they can feel in control. Everyone wants to be the alpha. I wanna be the omega. because its fucking old. i wanna fuck everything up and make you all realize that it doesnt fucking matter...at all. i'm real. All i do is joke but i know when i need to be serious. i know my limits and no one can fuck with me. i have a passion for the female body. i don't mean that in a lustful way like, ooh i have a penis, lemme jerk off. i mean i am a guy but i'm not a pervert. i believe the female body is purely angelic. it is THE womb. it is the light of reproduction. soft. aggressive. passive. strong. powerful. tender. simply, purely, Angelic. if you truley know what that means. outside of overused and falsified christianity. basically what i'm saying is i highly respect us humans for what we have. it saddens me to see people cheapen themselves so easily. nudity can be shown beautifully. it is beautiful. after all that IS how we were meant to co exist. Clothes are a creation of human kind. According to the bible, adam and eve wore fig leaves because they were ashamed of being naked. Well im not. So does that make me better than Adam..... i love fine art/fashion photography. i do little photography but i dont call myself a photographer. but i draw and i do make videos that journey across the same direction. i'm always looking for models. but its hard to find people that trust. my art has to speak for itself. most people don't understand the concept of trust. i can honestly say that i do. no no no no. I mean seriously, do you truley understand what fucking trust is. i know. i can see the big picture, which most people in today's pill popping, aderol, anti-depressant, bullshit, 30 second commericial society lie to themselves and use excusses as to why they are stupid or slow or fat or skinny. i have an idea. try trying. no one said it would be fucking easy to change anything. i've been through more than anyone talking to me would ever believe. i don't ask for sympathy and i don't ask for a pill of an excuse to get out of my own head. i dealt with my demons by myself and on my own. i'm independent. i'm an Aries. fire. i don't ask anything of anyone. and for that, i am emotionally indestructable. but i'm not an ass hole, i can be if i choose, but i'm not. i'm complicated yet i'm one of the, if not the most, genuine, kind, humble, carring, truthful, repectful and honestly REAL people you will ever meet in your life. i promise you that. and i dont care if you believe me or not. I idolize Edmond Dantes....if you know who that is. But i guess i am crazy because thats only an idea right? wrong? ideas are anonymous. ideas are immortal. like Edmond Dantes. If you haven't read the book the count of monte cristo and have only seen the movie(s), go suck a fuck and do youself a favor and read the book. there is nothing about the movies that are remotely accurate to the book. if you have a problem fuck off, or i dont know...solve it...or cry cry cry and never learn that we all dont fucking matter when the absolute truths come raining down. We are SO divided. we will die. all of us. i just want to sit up high and watch because most dont get it. we can make it so fucking far. but we wont because you hate him and he hates her and he hates me and she loves him but he's fucking you and you love her and he wants me and three on the side lust with envy, so they join him in fucking you and now they're strong but really....they're weak and fragile. but now the sides are uneven. and the with their numbers they can rape at will simply...because...they can. forcing the others to form alliance even though they really just want to fuck eachother as well as them. i love you. i welcome change with open arms and i ask you this simply. can you live without envy, jealousy, pride, and power? can you truley live without desiring ANYTHING. glad that you exist at all. but willingly trade all that, to spare the life of the person next to you. OR,....does everything you own...own you.................... "now here's tom with the weather...."

My Interests

art. all forms. think free. i like animation. As long as its not the over rated american computer animation i can pretty much tolerate it. That goes for american 2d animation as well. Except family guy, simpsons, aqua teen, classic spawn, invader zim, samauri jack. that sort of stuff. i dont like anime exept if its incredible animation like akira, ninja scroll, steamboy, FFVII advent children (even though it was retarded, the animation was great), blood, and so on. I enjoy well done photography. And by well done i mean not this trend of digital "oh i think im a photographer now" bull shit. digital is great if you know anything about photography and computers. I personally use digital photography for photo collage and drawing, so i don't consider myself a photographer. I draw and do animation. After Effects and Maya are the best tools. Tool is the best band. Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones. Do you know what i mean? If you don't,...meh. I enjoy the sharp contrast of white and black and i dont mean color only. Im very sarcastic and i try to portray that through my work. Pure,....but evil. halo,.....but chaotic. fuck,......but life. soft,.....but finger nails digging into your spine (or something digging into your spine). fire,.....made purely from ice. sorry but not .. ... .... ..... ...... right....... lightning...nothing is better or beautiful...er. lightning changed my life. i'll tell you about it sometime. probably not though. MY INSPIRATIONS Alex Grey, H.R.Giger, M.C.Escher, Dave McKean, Micheal Turner, Gvsav Klimt, Claude Monet, Tony Scott, Tim Burton, Mel Gibson, Darron Aranofsky, Alberto Vargas, Salvador Dali, Cam deLeon, Shintaro Shiratori, Adam Jones, Hunter S. Thompson, Edgar Allen Poe, Maynard James Keenan, Dimebag Darell, Max Cavelara, and of course... Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci

I'd like to meet:

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My Self Portrait

Add to My Profile | More Videos"la Portrait de Andimo" I made this self portrait for an expiremental animation class at school. The class blew because the teach was a real fuckbag. He argued me for three weeks about an idea i had for MY OWN self portrait. After no progression I cranked out a brand new idea in the two weeks before it was due without consulting fuckbag. In the end i leveled with him and this is what i came up with. Hes was surprised and most of all...pleased. So please, enjoy me.

Gambit: Bishop's Journey

Add to My Profile | More Videos"Gambit: Bishop's Journey" This is a teaser for a project that me and my freind Nick are currently engaged in. Its only a teaser and the final product wont be finished now for a couple of months even though it says spring 07. We ran into complications. It will be well worth the wait and we know our xmen. trust me. It stars Nick Wray, Alex Gill, Meg Richmond, David Power, Dustin Marciniak, Tony Corr, Steve Rupard, and myself right now with appearances by others we may pick up along the way. lemme know what you think. A full trailer is on the way soon.

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Music:

...and many many more icluding system of a down, a perfect circle, serart, pink floyd, the epic, mushroomhead, simon & garfunkle, the doors, plastikman, led zepplin, live, ,lacuna coil, katatonia, dimmu borgir, matisyahu, wolfmother, shit this is taking too long, does anyone really care.....anything tribal, most experimental, ambiant, trance, heavy metal.........

Movies:

movies that makes you think. any type of artisticly made movie. foreign films. independant films. fantasy/mythology. just about anything with a great epic story. movies that take your head through a fucking whirlwind and leave you in the middle of no where. movies with balls. comic books push the boundaries of imagination. endless imagination is the key to a great movie.

Television:

is the root of all that is wrong with the america. cartoons tell truths. Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons, Aqua Teen, South Park, Invader Zim, Ren & Stimpy, Robot Chicken, Wondershowzen,...hmm
i do watch history and discovery channels. but usually i go straight for IFC but if its after 11 then its all adult swim.

Books:

the best story ever... The Count of Monte Cristo
Anything by Edgar Allen Poe. I particularly like "Ligeia"
The Giver,
Rum Diary,
Lord of the Rings
Breakfast of Champion
The Sirens of Titans
Cat's Cradle
anything Vonnegut really.

Heroes:

BUBBLES. shes cute. shes funny. and she colored the city with crayons when the evil mime made everything black and white. can you taste the passion. the drive. the devotion. isn't she great. and how can we forget the time when she put on Mojo Jojo's helmet?

GRR is great too!

My Blog

Epitaph: Bishop’s Mission

okay. great news!!! its been a while but ive been working like mad and with a brief (like 9 month) break away from the project ive been able to mold time back to focusing on 'Epitaph: Bishop's Jour...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:47:00 PST

Heath Ledger as Joker in "Dark Knight"

To start off i must say, "Why so serious?" If you havnt seen Dark Knight yet, GO SEE IT!!!! If you dont like comic movies, it doesnt matter. ignore the rest of the movie, because honestly, the rest...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:40:00 PST

Michael Turners death

I'm a few weeks late discovering this news but that doesn't change the dramatic impact the death of an inspiration can have. After about a decade of battling cancer, Michael Turner died a few weeks a...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:03:00 PST

Hunter S. Thompson’s suicide note

"Football Season is Over" "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. N...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PST

Europe is Orange

Europe is turning orange and if you know why then you are okay in my book. i just makes me annoyed that america can not embrace soccer the same way the rest of the world does. i want to be with thes...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:40:00 PST

something beautiful

if you came across something truly beautiful, would you know it? more importantly would you know what to do with it? is it a representation of everything that you believe in? what if instead of a p...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:20:00 PST

Holding Virginia

i challenge anyone and everyone to show me a photo better than this one. its called "Holding Virginia" by Sally Mann. ...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:38:00 PST

truth in a nut shell

A Message by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, ...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:43:00 PST

i know the pieces fit...

Tetris is a computer game involving a sequence of falling tetromino pieces which the user must first revolve into a desired position and subsequently pack into an increasingly dense rectangular array....
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:19:00 PST

the greatest music video ever made

This is the greatest music video ever made evolution by Pearl Jam. the video was made by Todd McFarlane. if you have any great music videos send them my way. not good songs that have video...
Posted by andyvanoverberghe on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:21:00 PST