Videos
The Bikin’ Blues
Lyrics: C.P. Sharpe
Music: Renzo Calma
Vocals: Tasos Lazaris
Video: Jan Jyn
From the Antidote to Road Rage eBook.
As you can see, there are (count ’em) two versions:
The first one has the original lyrics, along with quite an effective live action video. Honestly, it has decent editing, footage of cool-looking bikes, and even an atmospheric sunset. It’s actually very nicely done.
The second one has rewritten lyrics, so there’s more of a story, along with a rather lovely animated video. Also very nicely put together, and I’d like to commission more of these.
Is it True, You Can Paint a Grey Sky Blue?
Story and narration by C.P. Sharpe
Illustrated by Happy Rose
Scored by Yaroslav Zadorozhnyi at Nearbysound
Pick Your Red Nose
Story and Narration: C.P. Sharpe
Illustrations: Oussama El Mardi
Score: Soroush Abedi
Cover Graphics: Harsha Priyamanatha
From the Pick Your Red Nose eBook.
‘The World of You’ is a cartoon strip, with the humour focused on observation, satire and sarcasm. Although the content can certainly not be described as ‘explicit’, some of the themes explored are somewhat ‘grown-up’, so this collection is not intended for children.
Only 25 strips have been completed, so not enough for a full eBook. Instead, I threw what I had into this oddly cheerful video. Let me know if you’d like to see more though. I expect it can be done.
Written by Yours Truly, and illustrated by Montania Draw, this short(ish) video even has a quirky, upbeat score, from Yaroslav Zadorozhnyi at NearbySound.
I also did some fairly rudimentary videos for my Days of Our Lies title. Unlike the music videos, I edited these myself, and boy does it show. Still, I reckon the enthusiasm comes through, which I realise counts for little in our immediate-satisfaction-demanding modern society, but at the moment that’s all I really have.
As I say, these Lies vids are somewhat ‘home-made’ (in a very literal sense) but I did stuff some toe-tapping background music in there, so you can always play them while you’re doing something else, like, I don’t know… drywalling?