Cyriak
Cyriak Harris is a British freelance animator better known by his first name Cyriak, and his B3ta username Mutated Monty. He is known for his surreal and often disturbing short web animations.[1]
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[edit] Animation
A regular contributor to the British website B3ta since 2004,[2] Cyriak displays a surreal animation style with a distinct British theme. Many of his animations are based on Z-List celebrities, television shows and his hometown of Brighton. Cyriak's work has recurringly featured cats, cows, and sheep, among other themes. He has noted on his personal YouTube page that he uses a combination of Adobe Photoshop and After Effects for his animation and visuals along with FL Studio for original music pieces alongside his videos.
Cyriak's YouTube account features a compilation of his animations, which have been popular throughout the blogosphere and noted by Wired's Eliot Van Buskirk,[3] and he was featured on the front page with his animation MOO.
As a freelance animator he has been commissioned by Coke for a Coke Zero advert,[4] the video sharing website sumo.tv, and a music video for Grand Popo Football Club, among others. Some of his work is set to his own electronic music compositions of which he creates in Image-line's FL Studio.
On 1 January 2011, several of Cyriak's YouTube videos were used in a special New Year's event on Adult Swim. Cyriak has also made several bumps for Adult Swim and Cartoon Network..[5]
[edit] Awards and recognition
On 3 December 2009, Cyriak was announced as the winner of the 2009 E4 E Stings competition.[6]
His work has been noticed by the BBC which resulted in a short interview,[7] and the airing of his animation DeadEnders (based on the long-running soap opera EastEnders) on the BBC3 comedy series Comedy Shuffle.[4] He also received a special mention in the results of a Photoshop competition run by the technology series Click.[8]
In November 2011 he won Best Budget Dance Video[9][10] at the UK Music Video Awards as director for "We Got More" by Eskmo.
[edit] Lottery prediction
On the 9th September 2009 Derren Brown claimed to predict the lottery numbers live on TV. Cyriak uploaded a possible explanation to his YouTube channel which gained half a million views within a week and attention from National Press.[11]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (31 March 2010). "The surreal YouTube genius of Cyriak". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/mar/31/cyriak-youtube-online-animator. Retrieved 20 July 2010. "growing cult following for his brilliant bursts of surrealism and drollery ... notably winning awards for his sting designs for E4, and for TV ads ... miniaturist genius"
- ^ "B3ta member profile". B3ta.com. http://www.b3ta.com/users/profile.php?id=29846. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ Van Buskirk, Eliot (2006-10-20). "Friday Fun: Cyriak's Animation Mix". Wired.com. http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/10/friday_fun_cyri.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ a b Cyriak Harris. "Cyriak's website". Cyriak Harris. http://www.cyriak.co.uk/info-deadenders.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ http://cyriak.co.uk/blog/?p=189
- ^ E4 Finalists
- ^ "BBC news interview on YouTube". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3IkbDvteQ. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ "Click Online competition results". BBC News. 2006-05-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4946120.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ "Cyriak's blog". http://cyriak.co.uk/blog/?p=214. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "UK MVA winners". http://www.ukmva.com/content/winners. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Connolly, Lucy (2009-09-16). "How Derren Brown fooled you in Lotto 'prediction'.". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2639151/How-Derren-Brown-fooled-you-in-Lotto-prediction.html. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
