matt hackmann - web developer - artist - nerd

Snail mail spam is a pet peeve of mine, especially those damned credit card offers. My mom tipped me off some years ago that one can curb these offers by using their own self-addressed stamped envelopes against them to have oneself removed from their mailing list.

Using the power of a form letter, I've done this with great success over the years. However, I've been getting a little more personal and creative lately, putting my box of Rejection Crayons to good use. These are the latest in my wave of "stop the spam" mail campaign.

Incidentally, Squid Girl is an awesome show and you can expect to see my review come year's end.

Received this message on Facebook from a buddy of mine today:

Did you see (and I am NOT making this up) OCTOSHARK on SCI-FI last night. I mean the (so called) special effects were anything but! You with a crayon and a piece of paper drawing the title creature could have made a scarier one.

I'm never one to turn down a challenge like that, so I give you the terror of the deep, Sharktopus!

Trailer for the horror in question can be seen here.

A thirty second commercial for Crayola crayons (now in glorious HD!). Real crayon samples (created by myself) were used as the basis for every asset in this project. I also performed and recorded the music myself, though it is composed by Tea for Three.

Assets created in Photoshop, animated in After Effects, recorded and mixed in Audacity.