Voltaire Stop-Motion Reel: MTV station IDs

[SerenityM16]

The dude in the egg reminds me of the skeces (I'm probably totally misspelling that) from The Dark Crystal. Inspiration from that classic?

[eXpLodingj2ice2]

Now is it so fucking wrong that they cant bring Voltaire's stuff BACK on TV?! god... plus, I think more kids are watching MTV cause they butchered Scary Movie 2 with blank audio and movie cuts...

[xcalipoppychildx]

Absolutely love this. Hieronymous Bosch is one of my favorite artists. The Garden of Earthly Delights is an incredible painting and you made it come to live. Incredible.

-Alysia (we talked while at cafe 331 in Jacksonville/crash's gf :p)

[jaknife99]

damn what else has this guy done?

[itschrisperry]

@jaknife99 A better question perhaps would be "What hasn't he done?" ;)

[guysmileyiv]

Is that woman on the right from the last MTV ID really Alexandra Wentworth?

[phoenixanna]

I always loved these! Cool, I loved your stuff even before I knew it was yours!

[melanchoii]

ah yes... back when MTV was still Music television

[skullythebloger]

@melanchoii in canada alot of it is music....just shit

[rcmontecalvo]

oh wow i remember these. creepy and amazing at the same time

[bicabornato]

omg you made all those creepy cool mtv stop motion animations!

awesome, as a kid i was so frigthened and fascinated by them

[Vlyger]

I remember these back in the day. Loved these station ID bumpers. I miss MTV.

Now all we have is Empty-V.

[sordidxaffair]

Okay. Thanks for making me spit out my water. Thanks much. You're about to be friended, sir.

[sordidxaffair]

I have too much humor, actually. Want some? I have tons of glorious, sarcasmic comments to spare. Besides, no one ever wins with internet fights. You only look like Captain Handicap when you do it.

[sordidxaffair]

lay off, haha~ I ran out of character space!

[sordidxaffair]

I've never had any hope for my older siblings' generation especially seeing as it's in charge of shows like "Jersey Shore" and "Life As Liz" (which aren't only terrible ideas but HORRIBLY scripted/acted). I can only hope that soon my generation will step up to the plate & bring back a style with an essence from the things we loved most. Unforch, I doubt this will ever be. Too much money to be made off of the impressionable youths. Best of luck to what's left of the- somewhat- thinking mass.

[skullythebloger]

XD britany spears parady in related vids

[sordidxaffair]

Unfortunately, MTV will never be this cool or entertaining again. I lost hope when they came out with Real World I.

[stopmotionmagazine]

I've always loved those Station ID's. Brilliant!!!

[afinendale]

The first one was actually a very nice recreation of the "Hell" portion of Heironymous Bosch's trytich 'The Garden of Earthly Delights" <3 Voltaire

[sordidxaffair]

First off, I'm sorry that no one has responded to this. I see it now, and that just made me giggle oh so hard! I had to do a report in humanities and I chose that piece- it's awe inspiring!

[jochemlol]

@afinendale Voltaire=All...I mean...He does the impossible..He makes music, he is art teacher ((OR atleast so i've heard) In an American university, he does stop motion, he worked on a movie here and there, he makes toys AND he looks good....I wonder if he's got a crapload of money, but i think he doesn't care much about money though.

[PoeMikami]

WONDERFUL!! WOAAA!!

[WednesFri]

Get out of town! These blew my goddamn mind when I was a teenager. I had no idea (until recently, obviously) that they are the work of Voltaire. I guess I'm not as late to the Voltaire party as I thought.

[livedandletdie]

I love these ones.

[salmonandafro]

the vulture in the egg totally looks like a skegses from that old film the dark crystal. Honsestly anyone whos seen it should back that up

[kisukeurahara13]

I like the reference to "The Garden of Earthly Delights" in the first one.

[adcomamps]

look up mollusk id . that is scary . :={

[SpamNapkin]

Wow, I had no idea YOU did these. Neat.

[sinistralwing]

Heh, I'm old enough to remember when MTV was actually groundbreaking and showcased real creativity like this...so sad to see what it's turned into.

Love your music and your art. <3

[darksenseofhumor]

Hey isn't that the one of the characters from chi-chian in 0:18?

[jacklover015]

Awsome!!

[PJKDraco]

ahh MTV when there was music and really cool Station IDs, i barely remember these but i have seen them before, very nice work.

[WildPlumFarm]

Those are fantastic!

[ice1flame]

Amazing!

[PianoKirby]

Great vid. Great Music. Keep it up!

[Vicemary]

Dude that first one, I so love that painting man!

[marsmissionmaniac]

this is brilliant for you.and i mean BRILLIANT +infinate stars.Ahh,voltaire,my true idol

[XethBan]

Great work, I especially liked the first one! Keep up the good work and all that stuff.

[molokodude]

i actaully remember one of them. odd considering how i shouldnt considering i was less than 4 for one of them

[cawoo14]

Veeeeery cool ! you're a master, voltaire !

[BrainEatingMeteor]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

You are a MASTER

[felic70]

wow those are fabulous

[coollovespy]

nice ones V like this as well (i like all you do)

[MortosSoulStealer]

I can't imagine the time and effort put in to this, stop motion is so time consuming, good job as always V :P

[voltairenyc]

Yeah, me too! heh heh

[MaddestOfThemAll]

this brings back memories, V!  Good job.

[GerardHasGoneFishing]

I agree! Its totaly sweet, V!