August 2010
August 22nd 2010 - Well, I finally did it; I created a blog! Look out, Andy Rooney -- Baron von Brunk is here to lead a new generation of half-assed rambles!
Now did you all hear about Reel Splatter? Our zombie short "Demonstration of the Dead" has been accepted into the Horrorfind 2010 Film Festival! The true ironicality of it all was that it was originally made to be an entry for George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead" competition in 2008, but we only made it to the semi-finals. Now, Mr. Romero himself is in fact a panelist at said film fest, and thus our underdog movie is making its second wind!
Be there AND be square.
Oh, and now the links page is fully operational!
July 2010
July 7th 2010 - Great Scott! Holy shrapnel! Son of a Bismarck! Mother Fokker! Have I got some totally whizzo updates for you kids out there:
Hey, what happened to the flash intro? Oh yeah, that's right; I couldn't think of anything zany enough to replace my outdated one from 2007, so I said, "To hell with it!" and streamlined everything!
When we last left off, I mentioned something about moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn, NY, then all of the sudden I sort of disappeared without a trace. What really happened? I (unfortunately) moved into a sub-par apartment with numerous strings attached -- one of the things I was promised was free internet access, which was not true. My only possible methods of getting online was by ways of quickly using public computers at the Manhattan library and Best Buy (iPads are terrible), all in all without being able to make major site updates.
I mean, the apartment itself was quite nice. In fact, it was a shared room in an upscale luxury apartment -- with greedy cheating landlords, degenerate drug-addict roommates, and a piss-poor neighborhood as well. After the two month mark, I was fed up and thus broke lease, by sacrificing my security deposit. As of July 1st, I painstakingly moved from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Flushing, Queens. I now live in a small residental house in a quiet suburb full of Korean people. My commute to midtown Manhattan is a bit longer, but at least my rent includes all utilities with high speed internet (and my roommates are actual working professionals, and not deadbeat reefer addicts).
A typical day for your average mutton-chopped Pennsylvanian New Yorker!
As far as digital art goes, I haven't really made anything of the creative sort -- I mean, afterall I now work as a professional graphic designer for a real company, so 99% of my time spent with Photoshop and Illustrator recently has been geared towards commercial stuff instead of anything interesting of my usual caliber. However, two months ago I did in fact manage to completely re-do the entire Reel Splatter website, at a point when my computer was magically able to have internet access for a brief moment. But to see some of my commercial, business art, always remember to take a peek at SitusJulius for all of my boring, serious stuff.
How I spent my Fourth of July weekend!
Instead of churning out quick web toons via Flash like I used to do in 2005/2006, I decided instead to from now on make long, detailed, elaborate pieces once a year or so. No more video game parodies and cheesy comedies using the Baron von Brunk character interacting with copyrighted people and such. Granted, my old cartoons had original plots and dialogues, but I want to focus on 100% original Brunk content, and with more time spent on my work, better quality is ensured. Don't get me wrong; I still wholeheartedly plan on making silly comedies and so forth -- only now they'll be more refined and elaborate! Also, recently I came up the ingenious idea of potentially starting my own talk/variety show in New York City public access. Think Jerry Springer meets Monty Python meets Conan O'Brien meets GWAR. I know, you're thinking, "What the hell could this possibly be about!?", but fear not, for I shall go into further depth by-and-by. Oh, and there will be strippers. I kid you not.
As I was in the process of moving from Brooklyn to Queens, MTV actually approached me (no joke) and offered me a chance to tryout for a reality series about troubled young people seeking living spaces in New York City. I submitted my hilarious 20 minute interview tape, and was rejected when the talent agent lady was too "freaked out" by my eccentric mannerisms (and my lack of TV-pretty boy charisma)! You can't change the world, but you can make a dent -- or in my case, scare the hell out of some boring people who fear originality and true talent!
Now as for some website updates: I'm going to remove the Brunkipedia for now, and possibly bring it back in the future when it's fixed and improved. It has very little activity as it is, and the adbots are running amok quicker than I can assess the situation. Also, you'll see several dead links atop the page. Those are place holders for new pages yet to come, such as the Funhouse of Justice and a future blog! Stay tuned, kiddies.
Most of my posessions are still in storage back and Pennsylvania, which I'll be soon picking up and bringing back to New York within the near future. My entire LEGO stash is included amongst my list of things to bring back to my new house, ergo you can expect to see new LEGO vignettes and dioramas in the page that bears that name! When I spotted the brand new 2010 Castle Kingdom sets at Target, I impulsively threw three boxes into my shopping basket!
March 2010
March 28th 2010 - Listen up, troops: Baron von Brunk here with some important announcements. First of all, this will be my last post from New Jersey. No, I'm not moving back to Pennsylvania -- You see, I recently began a fancy office job as a graphic designer in midtown Manhattan, therefore as of April 1st, I'll be relocating to Brooklyn, New York!
Speaking of graphic art, here's a new little picture I created one day at work! I'm thankfully to finally be working at a job I enjoy doing, in a field I'm good at doing in a city I enjoy living. I'm happy at last.
Now, I'd like to get hooked up with some freelance gigs in New York City. Anybody need some help? E-mail me!
February 2010
February 20th 2010 - You wanted a major update, and you've gotten it! Behold, a new commercial arts site made by yours truly:
Baronvonbrunk.com is my personal homepage geared towards my silliness and creativity, whilst Situs Julius is the strictly commercial page made for use of job interviews and resumés. I wanted to be able to play it off as being dead serious, but being able to maintain my cocky, imperialistic attitude. What do you think? It's not entirely done yet.
February 11th 2010 - Welcome back, loyal friends, fans and sluts! It's been several months since my last major update, but I can assure you it's for the best. You see, I've been a resident of East Petersburg, Pennsylvania since 1994, and on June 1st 2009, I officially became a citizen of Downtown Lancaster City. To my dismay, the new apartment/house thing I stayed in was very sub-par and dilapidated. Within just a few months, I became quite dissatisfied and opted to move again, but to a major city far away.
In the late winter 2009, I settled with the idea of relocating to somewhere near New York City to find better job opportunities. I began dating a quirky short-haired girl from Brooklyn in November, which means I rapidly became accostomed to the New York region. During November and through January, I regularly drove back and forth from Pennsylvania to New York on the weekends, and then on February 1st 2010, I moved to Jersey City, NJ!
Between May 2009 (when I updated last) and now, there have been many drastic changes in my life. Busy work schedules and new housing arrangements have taken their toll on my creative outlets, thus I have only created a few pieces of art here and there. The current site layout that you see now was actually first conceptualized and created in the spring of 2009, but was never actually used until now.
About a month ago, I came up with the idea of writing a book based on my past experiences and hardships. The novel is far from completion, but the work-in-progress of the cover art is available for viewing in the art section!
As far as cartoons go, I'm still in the process of working on the two that I started a few months ago before I moved. They're of course "The Lantern of Justice", a lengthy political comedy, and then "Little Dead Riding Hood", a little parody featuring Quasimodo as the woodcutter. Also in time, I'll make a brand new Flash intro to this site.
Other sites on here will be updated and fixed eventually as well. Sit back and let the usual progression of Baronvonbrunk.com take its course!