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Sebastian Soler
Filmmaker . Artist . Producer
What inspires you to do art?
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What got you into pixel art?
“I started doing it for fun as a kid and I got back into it now as an adult, just to get my mind off of stuff. It’s very relaxing but definitely not for everyone. It’s very methodical and slow but I enjoy it. I really enjoy creating mirrored images and having these characters inspire to make them into pixel art.”
What’s your creative process like?
Infinitely Bitter Figures-Sebastian Soler
Synopsis: The figures go to war against their owner, new arrivals, and a threat that has hidden in the shadows since before their arrival...
Tremendously Bitter Figures-Sebastian Soler
Synopsis: A climactic showdown commences between an elite battalion of action figures and the toys who must defend their home until the very end.
Extremely Bitter Figures-Sebastian Soler
Synopsis: A group of action figures must unite to stop a new rogue figurine from unleashing certain doom upon the household.
I am a self-taught stop-motion animator. I animate and edit my own short films, as well as complete sound editing and compose the score. I began this project on January 11th, 2021 and completed it on June 11th, 2021. The total number of frames running at 16 frames per second was 5,582. This was by far the most challenging animation/short film I have ever worked on. Incorporating myself into the production was an immense challenge, besides the fact that I had to complete the film before a deadline. However, this provided me with the opportunity to learn new special effects techniques such as “masking,” as well as learning how to properly use green screens and lighting effects. The music was another fun part of this production, as the score is over 14 and a half minutes long and incorporates several different genres of music. This is the final animation out of three, from a short film trilogy called “Bitter Figures.”
Black Panther Pixel Art
The Terminator - Pixel Art
“This project took 5 hours to complete. It is composed of 1,566 beads placed on a pegboard and fused together with an iron. The colors I used were: Light Brown, Brown, Dark Brown, Orange, Light Orange, Sand, Dark Red, White, Light Gray, Gray, Dark Gray, Black, and Black & White Striped Beads. The completed project measures 10.5” inches wide and 11” inches tall. I’m really fond of how this iteration of one of the most well-known science fiction characters was completed. This is one of my main products on my new Etsy Store “Relos Designs.”
Square/Squid Game - Pixel Art
“This project took 3 hours to complete. It is composed of 1,065 beads placed on a pegboard and fused together with an iron. The colors I used were: Pink, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Dark Gray, Black, and White. The completed project measures 7.25” inches wide and 8” inches tall. I am a fan of the new Netflix hit “Squid Game” and it was an enjoyable process to re-create one of the most ominous groups of characters in the entire series. This is one of my main products on my new Etsy Store “Relos Designs.”
Venom/Carnage Pixel Art
“This project took roughly 6 hours to complete. It is composed of 2,707 plastic beads total and was created by placing these beads on a pegboard and heating them with an iron. The colors I used were: Black, Dark Gray, Gray, Light Gray, White, Dark Red, Red, Dark Brown, Brown, and Light Brown. The completed project measures 10.75” inches wide and 9.75” tall.”
Captain America / Falcon Pixel Art
“This project took 4 hours to complete. It is composed of 1,493 beads placed on a pegboard and fused together with an iron. The colors I used were: Dark Blue, Red, White, Gray, Dark Red, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Black, Brown, Dark Brown, and Gloss Pink. The completed project measures 8.25” inches wide and 12.25” inches tall. I personally love this depiction of one of my favorite heroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, because of the vibrant colors his new uniform displays. This is one of my main products on my new Etsy Store “Relos Designs.”
Music
“I gained the inspiration to compose this song from listening to fast-paced music while exercising over the summer months of quarantine in 2020. The jolting rhythm is meant to “hype up” the listener so-to-speak. I deeply enjoy composing songs with a higher tempo. The developmental process is just so much more invigorating and active in contrast to composing a song with a more mellow tone. Furthermore, I don’t normally work with vocals, but I had a pleasant time incorporating the clips into this piece, as I felt that they flowed smoothly with the overall energetic tone the composition portrayed.”
“The compositional process for this particular piece was difficult for several reasons. At first, I thought this song was going to belong to a different genre, but my creative process took over and it essentially became a complex blend of traditional music and dubstep. I used instruments such as the kalimba and bongos and mastered them digitally to enhance their overall quality sound and have them transition more smoothly with the electronic aspects of this composition.”
“What’s Your Damage?”
“This composition was inspired by a project I was assigned in my Music Technology in high school. We had to research the #1 hit Billboard song of the year for every year in a decade of our choosing, and write three aspects from each song that struck us musically. Naturally, I chose to research the 80’s. After completing my research and carefully examining the ten hit songs from the decade, I took the characteristics from these songs that I had written down, and applied them to a composition of my own. This is the final product.”
