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Get Up

We are Well Aware that due to Our Last Post this seems rather Contradictory which isn’t Exactly the Case. Granted this is the Old FYB Style Post and there is No Denying it and We Wouldn’t any-fucking-way. So what the fuck is Going On One might be Wondering so allow Us to Briefly Explain. We are Not so Much Pivoting to a New Style, but are in fact Returning to FYB’s Original Concept. The Original FYB Concept was Solely a Creative Writing Blog which is Fun as Fuck to Do there’s No Question of That. BUT the Problem with Writing is it’s a Process that can take an Unknown amount of Time to Complete. This isn’t the Optimal since in this Day and Age People have the fucking Attention Spans of fucking Goldfish (3 Seconds) and Demand Constant Unending Content. With that said Nothing is going to Change Overnight as the Transition will take some Time to Establish a Viable Writing Only Format.

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post Featuring the Video GET UP by the Legendary Animator Lee Hardcastle. If You Don’t Know Lee Hardcastle he is an Insanely fucking Prolific British Animator/Film Maker who Specializes in All Types of Stop-Motion Techniques, and has VOWED NEVER TO INSULT HIS AUDIENCE with shitty Film Making!

Lee Hardcastle in His Own Words:

“My name’s Lee Hardcastle, a claymation degenerate from the UK who started a YouTube channel after graduating Film School. I make claymations that are not for children’s eyes, I specialize in claymation for mature audiences. If you’re under 18, you should leave.” -Lee Hardcastle-

It Is What It Is,

Presented By Les Sober

USA Nails – Am I Man Or Not

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the Music Video “Am I Man Or Not” by the Band USA Nails and Animated by Lee Hardcastle. USA Nails is an Underground Noise Punk Band from London and got Their name from an Actual Nail Salon. USA Nails Music Fuses Crushing Riffs and Frantic Speak-Singing to create Chaotic Soundscapes. And If You Don’t Know Lee Hardcastle he is an Insanely fucking Prolific British Animator/Film Maker who Specializes in All Types of Stop-Motion Techniques, and has VOWED NEVER TO INSULT HIS AUDIENCE with shitty Film Making!

Lee Hardcastle in His Own Words:

It is What it Is,

Presented By Les Sober

Mark Zuckerberg’s Acid Bucket Challenge

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring MARK ZUCKERBERG’S ACID BUCKET CHALLENGE by Lee Hardcastle.

Why? Because Fuck Facebook, Fuck Threads, Fuck Instagram, Fuck Meta, and Most of All FUCK MARK ZUCKERBERG.

If You Don’t Know Lee Hardcastle he is an Insanely fucking Prolific British Animator/Film Maker who Specializes in All Types of Stop-Motion Techniques, and has VOWED NEVER TO INSULT HIS AUDIENCE with shitty Film Making!

Lee Hardcastle in His Own Words:

It is What it Is,

Presented By Les Sober

KILL YOUR MAKER and SUICIDAL CLAY FIGURINE

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring a Stop Motion Double Header KILL YOUR MAKER and SUICIDAL CLAY FIGURINE by Swedish Content Creator Alex Unger who makes Stop Motion Animations as Well as Sculptures in His Free Time. Unger Posts His Videos to His Youtube Channel called Guldies which are Almost Exclusively Tutorials in Sculpting and Animation. But there are Exceptions to EVERY Rule and there is an EXTREMELY FUCKING Small Sampling of Surreal, Sick, and Twisted Animations (just take the fucking Titles of the Videos in this fucking Post for fucking Example). The Two Videos Show Two different Sides Styles in Unger’s Stop Motion Animation Videos. On One Hand SUICIDAL CLAY FIGURINE is Short and Direct to the fucking Point You simply take it at Face fucking Value. Then on the Other Hand KILL YOUR MAKER is a Surreal Little Mindfucker that You May take at Face Value (Due to it’s Bare Bones Presentation), BUT IF Think About it as You Edge Inch by fucking Inch Down the Rabbit Hole You can Find the Profound Meaning that Lies Beneath.

Our Thoughts: Short, Sweet, and Violent 17 Seconds of Stop Motion Morbid Madness and We fucking Love it.

DESCRIPTION BY GULDIES: Things will just go around and round…

It is What it Is,

Presented By Les Sober

Shits and Giggles: STATIC BEEF

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the Original Version and the 10 Year High Quality Version of STATIC BEEF by Daniel Stetich. STATIC BEEF is a Stop Motion Project by Stitch and a Couple of Friends John LaMonica and Jeremiah Clark. Static Beef is Perfect for a Laugh granted You have a Rather Warped Sense of Humor. Static Beef is Short, Utterly fucking Absurd, and a Tad Violent which are all things We here at FYB are Fans Of. In Summation The Theater of the Absurd is Open for Business and Full of STATIC BEEF.

Original Version:

10 Year Anniversary High Quality Version:

It is What it Is,

Presented By Les Sober

Stop- Motion Sci Fi Horror Web Series: OPERATOR – EPISODE 3

Welcome to this Wednesday’s FYB Post featuring the Sci Fi Stop-Motion Web Series Directed by Sam Barnett OPERATOR – EPISODE 3! If You Haven’t seen the First to Episodes We Highly Suggest You Check them Out, and Just Your Luck Operator Episodes 1 and 2 have Already Been Posted to FYB.

When Asked about the Operator Series Barnett was Quoted as Saying the Following:

“I released Operator as a standalone short in 2013 and got much more recognition than I ever anticipated. I got inspired to make more and spent the next two years (between working other jobs) writing 14 new episodes. I got interest from a major studio to make it as a feature but it didn’t pan out. I considered working with a smaller horror production company that wanted to make it as a webseries but it wasn’t as good fit. After two years developing the series I decided to stop waiting for permission from studios and launched a successful kickstarter campaign to make Episode 2 which We released in 2017.”

Plot Summery: The Faceless Company Info Corp is Trying to Sustain Profits while Attempting the Ability to Control All Possible Futures. In Doing So Info Corp’s Workers who have been Afflicted with the Unknown Parasitic Predator Creature are Subjected to Cognitive Ability Assessment. If the Infected Worker Passes a Short Series of Tests They are Returned to a Work Room, But if They Fail the Cognitive Ability Test They are Forced to Euthanize Themselves via Lethal Injection. While the Test Administrators Argue over Policies and Protocol one of the Infected Workers doesn’t Self Terminate, and instead Escapes Through an Air Duct. To find Out what Happens Next You’ll just have to Watch and See for Yourself.

Enjoy.

Thanks For Watching,

Presented by Les Sober

Salad Fingers and The Local Teacup

Welcome to a the New Video Salad Fingers and The Local Teacup by One of Our Favorite Animators Mr. David Firth. The New Salad Fingers Video is the First New Salad Fingers Project/Video in Approximately 2 Years, and has a Micro RunTime of just a Mere 1:06 is Wildly Entertaining None the Less.

Whats Most Notable is this Time Around Salad Fingers Appears in an Animation Format Other than the Classic Cartoon like the Previous Salad Fingers Series. Salad Fingers and The Local Teacup was Shot using the Stop Motion Format Utilizing a Plush Salad Fingers Doll (You can Buy One if You want just wait Until The End of the Video to Find Out How).

For those of You Who do Not Know or May Not Be Aware David Firth is an English Animator, Director, Writer, Musician, Actor, Voice Actor, Video Artist, and Broadcaster of Whom We are a Big Fan of Here at FYB. Several of Firth’s works in Flash Animation, along with Multiple Music Videos and Works of Video Art, have Garnered a Large Followings.

Synopsis: Salad Fingers Rides the Local Friendly Teacup to an Unexpected Ending.

Enjoy.

Thanks For Watching,

Presented By Les Sober

Animation Abominations: I AM THE EGG MAN

For this Installment of Animation Abominations FYB is Happy to Present The Surreal Stop motion Horror by Sam Barnett who also served as Director.

The Plot is rather simple as it centers around Nondescript Man who is Isolated in a White Room with some Odd Black Lines that make a vague symbol of some kind. The Man Tears Himself apart Piece by Piece as each Piece rolls itself into an “Egg” that rolls into an Adjacent Room. In the Alternate Room there is a Mutant Creature who Devours the Eggs Enthusiastically, and then produces Blood that is collected in a small Pool that has a couple of Tubes extending out from the Wall above it.

As the Isolated Man sacrifices His Feet, Shins, and Thighs He opens a Cupboard where a Fetal Being is Lying Motionless. The Man Connects a Tube via a Huge Needle to the Fetal Being where the Tube pumps Blood into the Fetal Being. In an Unforeseen Twist the Man Rips off His Head Off (having already having used BOTH his legs) and pinches His Neck assumably to keep from Bleeding Out. The Man’s severed head rolls into the Adjacent room, BUT instead of being Eaten by the Mysterious Egg Eating Mutant Creature it ends up Impaled on a Microphone Stand which is sitting in the Middle of a Stage. A single Spot light shines down to illuminate the Head and Mic Stand as the Sound of Static (or Dead Air as its called sometimes) before an Unknot Person removes the Head and exits the Stage. The Camera lingers for a few additional seconds before adding too Black.

So what the fuck is going on Here, What’s the Point Really? Our Best Guess is it’s an Artistic Representation of Life and Death. The Old Sacrifice Their Actual Lives Physically/Emotionally/Mentally to Help Raise, Educate, and Bolster the Next Generation coming after it. Think of how much Parents personally Sacrifice for the Betterment of Their Offspring. In the End the Parent(s) have dedicated (or given) Their entire existence to the Child from its Birth until The Parent’s inevitable Death. Enjoy.

Thanks for Watching,

Presented By Les Sober

Animated Abominations: Operator Episodes 1 and 2

Welcome to Another Installment in the FYB Series ANIMATED ABOMINATIONS! We have a Special Treat in the Two Episode of Stop Motion Sci Fi Horror Madness of OPERATOR by Sam Barnett.

In the First Episode Our Nameless Main Character reports to Work at the Corporation InfoCorp. He Toils alone in a Utility Room of Sorts with a Robot on a Loud Speaker Barking Commands at Him constantly. During the Course of the Work Day Our Main Character tinkers with some sort of Ports. All of a Sudden one of the Ports starts to Leak BLOOD, and Then from the POOL OF BLOOD a PARASITIC MUTANT Emerges. The Creature Attacks the Main Character, and Temporarily Gains Control of His Body.

Luckily The Main Character manages at one point to Unplug the Creature and thus Regaining Control of His Faculties. Unfortunately while He is Apparently Hallucinating the Main Character is ATTACKED AGAIN! This Time He Loses causing Him to start Mutating . Next the Main Character Exits The Utility type Closet and…Well Hell We aren’t going to Tell You. We will say this though Episode One sets You Up, and It’s Episode Two that Knocks You Down. Enjoy.

Hope You Enjoyed The Animated Sci Fi Insanity of Sam Barnett’s OPERATOR as Much as We Did.

Thanks for Watching,

Presented By Les Sober

FYB Presents Animation Abominations: BOBBY YEAH

This Installment of Animation Abominations features BOBY YEAH By the Extremely Talented Artist Robert Morgan in Association with Blue Light. Morgan’s Various Works of Art would make Maynard James Keenan (and The Rest of the Members of Tool) Green with Envy and Clive Barker Blinded by Jealousy.

Plot Summery: Well what could I possibly sat about Bobby Yeah other than it seems to be a Tale of The Main Character Bobby’s search for Love/Friendship/Comfort in His Own Surreal Personal Inter Dimensional Hell. Along the Way Bobby encounters Monstrous Mutant Creatures Some Aggressive, Some Insane, and Some I have No fucking Idea What They Are Honestly.

If I had to make an Educated Guess I’d say Bobby Yeah is a Social Commentary on the Alienation, and Longing People Feel as They haphazardly Navigate Through (the Highs and Horrors) of Life looking for Companionship and Affection.

We here at FYB Hope You Thoroughly Enjoyed Robert Morgan’s Insane Odyssey BOOBY YEAH as much as We Did/Do.

Thanks for Watching/Viewing

Presented By Les Sober