If you haven’t yet seen “Touch” by indie rocker Battleme, you are missing out my friend. Enjoy the catchy falsetto vocals, darkly funny visuals and the killer pimped-out ride. Be sure to watch for our big moment starting around 2:25! Check out the video here, and the writeup on MTV Buzzworthy.
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Director Adam Kurland provided us with still photos of the ill-fated feet. After a somewhat nauseating photoshoot involving a pound of raw meat, we were ready for a little digital surgery.
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Legs were chopped at the ankles, meat slapped on top, and computer-generated tubes carefully placed on the ground. All that was missing was a little “Photoshop magic”. Actually, it is not really magic at all, but a lot of hard work! We call this step digital painting – where fine details are painstakingly drawn in by hand. By drawing in tiny edges and shadows, we added the final touch of realism to the piece.
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Finally, the retouched image was submitted to the Lead CG/Technical Director Sam Sparks, who added moving elements like blood vessels and cells to finish off the little guys.
We are proud to say we’ve played with a rocker’s tootsies and had a bloody good time doing it too! (Come now, DIGITALLY of course!)
I guess that puts us halfway to groupie status already, right?