#joose memes

[joosecat]

i just realized that i could post these here. guh

[mi4011amandithewarathanthri]

Assessment 1

2. conduct research into their life stories

Jack Stauber - introduction and inspiration

Jack Stauber is a 27 year old internet personality born and based in Pennsylvania, USA. He studied at the University of Pittsburg and graduated with a major in junior marketing and a minor in studio arts. He’s a very popular YouTuber, with most of his music and animated works being used in internet memes, and featured on Youtube, TikTok, and other social media services. 

He is best known for the Retro and VHS aesthetic feel to his animated work, as well as his constant use of mixed media. He often incorporates elements of live action, 2D animation, claymation, and crude 3D computer animation into his works. He is also known for his surreal, weird, absurdist art style that can at times be very disturbing. 

His music — both independent and the ones accompanying his animations — mostly falls under the genre of Avant-pop, synth-pop, hypnagogic pop, and indie-pop. But he often mixes elements of other genres like folk, jazz, lo-fi, and rock into his music. His style of singing is very varied and unique as well, being able to hit deep lows and high falsettos. This flexible vocal performance adds to overall feel and tone of his pieces.

His work often evokes a sense of anemoia (nostalgia of a time or place one has never known). The poorly drawn MS paint animation, morphing claymation, and quirky live-action shots fused together into a surreal fever dream is what makes his music videos so special. It's perfect to watch it at 3AM. It feels abstract and scary, but can be relaxing and meaningful at the same time.

Stauber's creations always evoke a deeply profound sadness, conveying all of the innate helplessness and dread we feel on a day to day basis, but in a way we can't ignore. Its the perfect medium for the kind of stories he wants to tell. 

Jack spent most of his childhood surrounded by vintage items from the 80s and 90s, which would later serve as a big inspiration for his art style and music. He also says he was influenced by many of the cartoons and tv shows he watched as child. One big example is Rugrats, which Jack claims was his favourite cartoon growing up, and he used to really love Klasky Csupo's art style in the show, especially in the pilot episode. Klasky Csupo’s influence in Stauber’s work can be most seen in  “five” and “hot dogs.” Stauber has also included some audio clips from Rugrats in his work as a homage to Csupo.

Stauber also claims that his favourite movie — Pink Floyd's “The Wall” — was a big influence when it came to his creepy and surreal art style. Some other cartoon influences include pink panther, merry melodies, and Fleischer Studios cartoons. When it came to his claymation work, Jack says that Bruce Bickford (a famous claymation animator known for his surrealist art style) was a big inspiration.

A lot of the music that Jack listened to growing up were also a big inspiration behind his music. Jack said that he listened to a lot of "campy alt" music from the 80s from his mother, and a lot of "good ol' dead and jazz funk" from his father. Jack also said that in high school, he used to listen to a lot of art rock and experimental pop

He initially started creating music on Soundcloud in early 2010,  and also joined an band known as Joose, where he became the lead singer.  

[reonlyn]

Thank you again so much @shaklyart for this amazing video 😭❤️

[rosieoerin]

[alzigrida]

Overfilled Capri-Sun :333

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[surreal--memes]

meme man eats tomat joose

[joosecat]

smbw talking flowers i love y’all <3

[joosecat]

Hellooo pinned post !! 📌

Just realized I’ve never had a pinned post here and that would probably be helpful to newcomers hah. Anyway!

I’m Joose ! I also go by Jos, Miles, Dan/Daniel, and Toad. I’ve been doing digital art since late 2018 and tend to keep my stuff relatively cartoony.

My carrd has all the fandoms I interact with, but I’ll put the main ones here:

CURRENT MAIN INTERESTS THAT I’M ACTIVELY INTERACTING WITH: raysfire, Super Mario, TMBG, Lemon Demon, Object Shows (mostly BFDI, II, and hfjONE), and Dog Man

I mostly use Tumblr for art posting but I do sometimes reblog stuff and make other posts, so if you want to see just my art, make sure to check out my art tag ! I’ll also have any other tags of mine listed below on this post.

That is all! Check out my carrd for extra information!

[joosecat]

:P

[rosieoerin]

erin you’re hurting my fucking feeelings omfg i’m logging off

i am not as bold as the colors you striped me across your canvas.

i am not a confident line stroked with master’s skill down fragile tracing paper.

i am indentions of old erase marks holes scrubbed away too harsh torn edges and stray finger prints never meant to smudge over that line.

i am a patient piece requiring prep work

please do not rush me please do not quit on me.