you just gotta let it go its banky 2023-04-03 | song: "I Need Some Sleep" by Eels"I have a recurring fear that when I turn around in a crowded public space, I'm gonna bump somebody and hurt them. And I told my therapist ... it feels like I've been turned into Shrek. ... [A]nd she said, 'You know, Shrek had friends. People *liked* Shrek.'"-- Abigail Thorn, "Men. Abuse. Trauma." (cn for discussion of suicidality)
the injury its banky 2023-10-19 | made in about two hours today. sometimes an idea hangs around in your head for a while and marinates for a bit, then one day possesses you completely and without warning until you make it.music is unknown / nth by hozier
foundation its banky 2023-03-04 | hitting rock bottompart 4/10song: impressions in c sharp minor by brian green
Line Rider: Bravado its banky 2022-12-21 | sometimes I just sail away---have had this idea rolling around in my head for a few months. definitely had some false starts because of the difficulty in terms of execution. getting a little better with editing tools, though some of it's a little intentionally rough around the edges. hope you like :)
Line Rider: Stitchers Jig its banky 2022-11-19 | made this one in a few hours because I heard the song and thought it sounded like the gentler version of a song a bard might play in a tavern, like it was being hummed by the village tailor the day afterwards while he worked on a jacket or something like that.
Line Rider: You and Me its banky 2022-11-17 | it's the way it has to be---trying a couple things here:- more complicated feelings- less complicated trackImogen Heap is, as always, amazing in this one. There's a lot going on here and it's very tough to find the balance of being specific enough with the track's movement to augment the story without being so specific that it feels kind of cloying or insincere, you know?
line rider: fruit punch (collab) its banky 2022-03-18 | it's a collab with Branches and pocke! Branches picked out the colors for each section in advance, and then pocke and I alternated making movement before shipping it back for visuals.songs are "Joy Spring" (solo) by Tom Harrell and "Joy Spring" (ensemble) by Clifford BrownBranches' channel: youtube.com/channel/UC_LhPtCyWXtrmhuS0WvCl4Apocke's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCeMnGYds0UhGl1lzFOnQ4Kg
LINE RIDER: BRING DOWN THE HOUSE its banky 2022-02-22 | george collier, eat your heart outsong: "strasbourg st. denis" (live at the new morning club)artist: roy hargove quintetsoloist: roy hargove
LINE RIDER: HOLD YOUR BREATH its banky 2022-01-14 | (WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN BY DOREEN KETCHENS)
Line Rider: Little Deer its banky 2022-01-02 | turn us back into the dirtmusic: "Little Deer" by SPELLLING
Line Rider: Live Like a Baby its banky 2021-12-23 | music: "Live Like a Baby" by Caspar Babypantsreject responsibility, return to baby
whats the point? its banky 2021-10-09 | an experiment in how much bullshit my audience will put up with----------Song: "Window" by The Album LeafArt: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteArtist: Georges Seurat
good bones its banky 2021-10-09 | Life is short, though I keep this from my children.Life is short, and I’ve shortened minein a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,a thousand deliciously ill-advised waysI’ll keep from my children. The world is at leastfifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservativeestimate, though I keep this from my children.For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,sunk in a lake. Life is short and the worldis at least half terrible, and for every kindstranger, there is one who would break you,though I keep this from my children. I am tryingto sell them the world. Any decent realtor,walking you through a real shithole, chirps onabout good bones: This place could be beautiful,right? You could make this place beautiful.-- Good Bones, by Maggie Smith (2016)
Line Rider: BEHOLD its banky 2021-10-06 | LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIRsong: Malagueña (Live in Edmonton)artist: Doc Severinsen
Aria 2: So Nice They Sled It Twice its banky 2021-07-11 | made in an hour to fulfill my inner middle schooler's power fantasy of making a track with, and I quote, "hella loops"song is "bank account" by louis cole
where a garden once grew its banky 2021-06-16 | a long time ago----learned a lot for this one! turns out the idiosyncrasies of generating noise are super complicated and it's really easy to make way too many lines. it's all part of learning how to tell a story, and the process was once again a delight. going for walks in the woods helped with "gathering references" as well. hope y'all enjoy this one, even if it's about death, decay, and the inexorable passage of time!
CAN YOU DIG IT? its banky 2021-03-04 | as always, the question remains---had this idea percolating around in my head for a while now! requires a little smoke and mirrors on the postproduction side, but yes, this is a single track file. did a small amount of programming to get things set up right, too.
A Love Most Ardent: A Line Rider Waltz its banky 2021-02-20 | to be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love--This piece was directed by my partner, Barbara Gilchrist! I asked her what kind of track she'd like to see, and gave me the song, laid out the main idea and gave specific instructions for the middle and the end. It was a joy to make and a delight to share with the world.
The Little Lab Rat & The Big Escape: A Line Rider Adventure its banky 2021-02-07 | reject humanity, return to monkeIn all seriousness, this is the first time I've been able to complete a big project (longer than 3 minutes, not including Aria, which was functionally a big scribble + took a couple hours) and it feels AWESOME. Start to finish, this track was a blast to make, a joy to show to my friends, and it still makes me feel giddy to think about how much it felt like each new hurdle was worth the effort I gave it. I started listening to Snarky Puppy more and more as winter set in, and when I got to "Binky" by complete accident, I had two simultaneous thoughts:- "This would be a *really* cool Line Rider track."- "I wish I had the attention span to make it."Turns out, with a little bit of planning and some friends to talk to while I worked, the time taken to make this track flew by with a startling efficiency. My sincerest gratitude to anyone who joined me on my weird little journey into the architecture of the lab and the world in which it resides.
...and then I freaked it its banky 2020-10-12 | everyone asks how to make gravity wellsnobody asks is gravity well=========this one was fun. how would you visualize a song so meandering and full of wacky vocal moments? gave it a shot here.=========recorded/edited by the illustrious bevibelsong: "lowcoup" by r.a.p. ferreira
Somewhere Else: A Line Rider Love Letter its banky 2020-06-14 | far away, but not for long-----this track is a love letter! I'm a year out of college, and my partner just graduated, so we've been apart while I did job hunting and she finished college. (she got three (!!!) degrees and landed a sick job out of college -- I'm so proud of her.) I made this as an expression of what I thought commitment might look like while we can't be together all the time. it's based on a metaphor we've used as a way to explain that commitment -- that if our lives can branch in so many ways, commitment is the continual choice to grow our branches together.the track itself has a complex history. rabid (Ben) made the track to be scened by someone else. it got bandied around for years, and finally, I said "hey, mind if I take a crack at this?" and they were more than happy to send it my way. I realized quickly that the song rabs had picked was a dead ringer for the way I was feeling about my relationship and the physical distance between us, so I got to work in my usual, fiddly way. if you want to support rabid's excellent artistic journey in concrete ways, you can become their patron here: patreon.com/rabidsquirrelusually, it's hard to settle on an intended audience for a line rider piece, and I spend a lot of time worrying about what people might think about the things I make. this one's different. my audience is one person. if you got something from this video, that's awesome and I appreciate that, even if it wasn't made for you.
Line Rider: The Road Less Travelled its banky 2019-07-22 | robert frost, eat your heart out.visuals by techdawg: see transcendentalcover of avril 14th by josh cohen
The Junkyard: A Line Rider Tumble its banky 2019-07-04 | what's at the bottom of the trash heap?------secret music credits: the last song is "Snare" by Disasterpeace, from the "It Follows" OST.this is a prequel to this track: youtube.com/watch?v=iCD9jtwTV44I like tying up some loose ends. Don't you? Here's one of them. This track was also meant to be made quickly, but time, as always, got the best of me. I made liberal use of some userscript mods to make this track's detail-intensive bits. Shoutouts to David Lu for making those. And also to Ben Harvey! They're an absolute genuis when it comes to framing.Lastly, to Barbara: you're loved dearly.
PETROGLYPH: A Line Rider Animation its banky 2019-06-24 | the writing's on the wall-------------short project made in a couple hours. implementation of moiré animation in Line Rider. turns out there's more than one way to skin a cat—er, make animation in Line Rider.the original diagram was created by brusspup. you can find the source here: youtu.be/zdW7PvGZ0uM?t=57
lineridercommunity.mp4 its banky 2018-10-12 | This motion picture is protected under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries throughout the world. Country of first publication: United States of America. Any unauthorized exhibition, distribution, or copying of this film or any part thereof (including soundtrack) may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. No person or entity associated with this film received payment or anything of value, or entered into any agreement, in connection with the depiction of tobacco products. No animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
Shortcuts: a Line Rider Triptych its banky 2018-08-27 | from whence we came....This is a short triptych in Line Rider! I think each of the three parts is a wholly different experience, but I hope you enjoy the way I connected the three of them.You can catch me over at Line Rider Review (eventually) with rabid squirrel. I'm on twitter @OTDESSB, though I primarily talk smash there.love y'all.
Line Rider: Clothesline its banky 2017-12-09 | made in about 6 hours as a way of figuring out my mental healththanks to rabid for teaching the art of quick experimentsmusic is "infinite mint" by IGLOOGHOST
Dangerous Cargo: a Line Rider Space Opera its banky 2017-12-05 | we gotta get outta here.-----------A line rider track long in the making, despite my goal to have this be a fast one. Got a bit involved in the editing.-----------Join the Line Rider artist's discord here to talk about art with me and other line rider artists: discord.gg/j6TFaDQ we don't bite I swear!-----------Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/OTDESSBI make quick reviews of Line Rider tracks with Rabid here: youtube.com/channel/UCnQSRcB4ptAfSendQEUz3ZQ
Babel its banky 2017-07-18 | first track in a while oh boya scenery track collaboration by rabid and I for the 2017 line rider track jam. made in two days.song is ad claritatem domine by jean-michel blaishave fun folx
And Yet its banky 2016-07-31 | Experimenting with voices and arrangement.Made in 4 hours.Credits:Music: Iron Infidel by Samm Neiland~~SIDE 2~~Both pieces taken from "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A"Syncs largely inspired by Colorblind by rabid and structurally inspired by Sunlight and Moonlight by Instinct.
Line Rider: Braggadocio (ft. Rabid) its banky 2016-07-07 | This was a helluva project to work on. RIP LRA. This clocks in at almost 75000 lines, in no small part due to the ridiculous amount of lines it takes to animate. Shoutout to rabid for working hella fortnights on this track with me.Rabid's Patreon: patreon.com/rabidsquirrelHave fun!
Preview For The Greatest Line Rider Track Of All Time its banky 2016-07-06 | It is quite simply the best there is.
[Implied] Line Rider its banky 2016-03-31 | a bunch of sentient scarves desperately try to escape a youtube window.
Line Rider: PETA its banky 2016-03-30 | music: only time by enya"postmodern emotional track, awesome!"
Line Rider: Daisies its banky 2016-03-29 | A large collaboration with the illustrious Ben Harvey!Visit weridethelines.com for more Line Rider content!Ben's Line Rider channel: youtube.com/user/rabidsquirrel117If you liked this, consider supporting Ben on Patreon: patreon.com/rabidsquirrel?ty=c
NIGHT RIDER // TRACK JAM 2016 its banky 2016-02-14 | Where did Bosh get his sled? This video holds the answer you seek.-------------------------Made in 48 hours for Line Rider Track Jam 2016.
the forest under the earth its banky 2016-02-03 | Bosh is old. His village has sent him to see the forest under the earth, where he will spend the last moments of his life watching the forest under the light of a lone lamp.music cred: "...And The Forest Began To Sing" by Royksopp
Line Rider: The Gorge its banky 2016-02-01 | Bosh has lost contact with the crew of the underwater submersible shelter, otherwise known as the USS Unkino. With only the help of his trusty sled, Bosh must brave the depths to retrieve the secret documents and live to tell the tale.Learn more about Line Rider (and this project) here: http://iridethelines.forumotion.com/t11561-the-gorge#183374
Uncle Unkino OTDEs DuhLICIOUS Line Rider Emporium For Salty Boys its banky 2016-02-01 | Why, hello there, kiddoos! I have baked for you upon this GLORIOUS day, nothing but a delicious dinner meal! I hope you will enjoy its MANY flavors! Stay salty, boys!
this is FRIENDSHIP by OTDE and gaoyubao its banky 2016-01-17 | A track spanning two oceans, three continents, and a little bit of time.
Funk Remastered its banky 2016-01-11 | For those of you who want more high in your def. For those of you who want more Fs per S. For those of you who would prefer the '80s funk-pop amalgamated stylings of Chromeo. For those of you who prefer your videos to be Tubed to You. For those of you who wanna check out that logo in the beginning that is both totally rad and a new standard in future videos. For those of you who may be born with it, but in some cases could perhaps be said to bring "it" about via Maybelline. All of you people who are any one of these, and even, yes, all of you who don't: the 2 minutes of alt quirk dickery that follows is for you. Treasure it. Savor it. Hold it close against your chest, like a sleeping child. And finally, enjoy.Or don't, I'm not your dad. ;)
Sonata its banky 2015-12-11 | Hey guys, I've been working on this one for a long time! It's my first time doing anything related to highspeed, but I think it turned out well!Make sure to let me know how I did in the comments! Any criticism, especially constructive criticism!Music-- Soon it will be cold enough to make fires by Emancipator
