A Simple Plan by Gary Hesketh

An original song written and performed by me.
I think I'll let the quotes below do the talking this time.
:o)

Fall seven times; stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb -

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
- Henry Ward Beecher -

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.
- Gandhi -

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?
- George Moore -

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.
- Unknown

Cheers for watching.
:o)
Gary

A Simple Plan

I am a simple man, I have a simple plan.
Ill tear my heart up, to put you back up.
Ill take your mind a while, and place a flower.
Itll wrap its roots in you, make fear a coward.

You stride alone inside, the stale thoughts that you hide.
Feel vivid petals strain, against the misplaced shame.
You have some bite in you, and its eating through -
The hollow silhouette stare, the fibres that dont care.

Its not over until you think it is,
Time to make other plans.

Two steps up I can hear the wind tear at the sky.
One fall down you can feel the dirt start to stick.
Your shadow stacks itself along the stairs.
Your brave shadow and you behind.

I am a simple man, I have a simple plan.
Cause a crack, and shine a light, and let some hope in.
Let that flower breath, sweeten all thats sour.
Itll wrap its roots in you, make fear a coward.

Its not over until you think it is,
Time to make other plans. X2

I am a simple man, I have a simple plan.
Ill tear my heart up, to put you back up.
Ill take your mind a while, and place a flower.
Itll grow its roots in you, make fear a coward.

Copyright © 2009 Gary Hesketh
All Rights Reserved.

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[merrycenci]

I m sorry... I m sorry I haven t listened to this song before, but I promise I m going to do it at least once a day till I ve got enough (that s to say: when I m dead or deaf...)

Thank you Gary to color my days

[smartbluecat]

@merrycenci That's OK, I have quite a few songs up now so I'm not surprised there are a few you haven't seen. Glad you like this one. It was in many ways a tech test for what later became Create Myself (animated textures and all that). Come back as often as you like.

:o)

Gary

[LukasVideosify]

Hey, Gary!

How did you actually make the black 3-D character?

I mean: The grass/hair looks absolutely like being made in Maya but

most other compoments (esp. background) look like being animated with After Effects CS3. Did you render the finished 3-D character out and then put it into AE or did you maybe even all in Maya?

And most of all: How did you actually synchronise it so perfectly?

(To me synchronising seems to be one of the most difficult things at all)

Greets, Lukas ;)

[smartbluecat]

@LukasVideosify Hey man. I rendered out the background separately so I could effect it in post using AE as you guessed. To sync it I filmed my face singing not moving my head at all for the head texture, animated the flower in AE, I attached that to my character and did a playblast to check the thing had lined up OK. (create myself was a harder) I timed all the the background shifting with AE in post using colour tools etc distorting the basic Maya render. Hope that helps.

:o)

G

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

i almost forgot how brilliant you are. inspiring ♥

[smartbluecat]

@SomebodyIusedtoknow Thanks so much! Come by any time.

:o)

Gary

[merrycenci]

@smartbluecat ;- D

[merrycenci]

I m sorry.... I m sorry I haven t listened to this song before, but I promise I m going to do it at least once a day till I ve got enough (that s to say: when I m dead or deaf... )

Thank you Gary to color my day

[LukasVideosify]

Thanks, Gary. :)

[54321bb]

Thanx gary bril love it.5*****