pftq Creations Index

Collab between me and Waterflame from 2020. This track was a nightmare to get finished and is basically the most Frankenstein collab ever - everything from project tempos being off by fractions of BPM to random source files being panned off-center - but it was definitely worth it, and we feel like we pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic koto music battle - like something ou... »

Music, Animation, Movie | December 13, 2020 - January 1, 2022 | Last Updated October 25, 2021
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5

This is a peaceful winter-themed track co-composed by Waterflame and pftq. Ironically the song was named without any awareness to what day the winter solstice actually was, so it was just pure coincidence. There was a bit of a tug-of-war between the song going in Waterflame's happier direction and pftq's more haunting direction, and it eventually became something of a Nightmare Before Christmas ... »

Music, Artwork, Animation, Movie | December 17, 2021 - December 20, 2021 | Last Updated December 21, 2021
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, 8dio, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe After Effects CS5

This could either be an animation or short film. The imagery of someone walking upsidedown against the night sky is what stuck in my mind. »

Art, Graphics | February 5, 2019
Adobe Photoshop

Redesign of the Autodidactic I website with some help from Waterflame and Denny Schneidemesser. »

Art, Script, Web | September 6, 2018 - September 23, 2018
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Adobe Photoshop

Extension of the logo for Autodidactic I and its theme of Fate and Irony... Just a taste of what's to come... »

Art, Logo | September 3, 2015
Adobe Photoshop CC

Business card and logo designed for my newest project Autodidactic I. The beginning of many things to come... »

Art | July 28, 2015 - July 29, 2015
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Short piece I put together while brainstorming for an adventure theme of sorts. Themes of exploring, traveling to new worlds far from home. , SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube... »

Music, Artwork | October 11, 2014 - October 13, 2014
FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Experimenting with eastern instruments more. Some inspiration from Uttara-Kuru's East Wind album (ie Tsugaru) for the koto and some inspiration in the opening flute melody from Sega's games. The rest is improvisation. It was much more peaceful in my head though; I don't know why it ended up sounding sad and dark. I blame Halloween coming up at the time I was composing this. Originally ... »

Music, Art | October 20, 2013 - October 27, 2013
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Downloaded 63 times

No matter how far I travel, I can never seem to reach the stars. »

Art | July 27, 2013 - July 28, 2013
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Just a short, simple, admittedly repetitive tune that's been stuck in my head this past week. Makes me think of traveling or exploring the world a lot, as well as the anticipation and hopes that come with it. The first half gives you the sense of the initial dream and disappointment that comes with reality; the second half is the light at the end of the tunnel. Lots of frustration for me per... »

Music, Art | May 11, 2013 - May 12, 2013
FL Studio, East West, Maximus, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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I've been wanting to remake this song for a long time... or at least the climax of it. The Edirol VST I used in the original Darker Stormy just wasn't strong enough for the climax to me. However, it took me a long time to find higher quality samples (mostly East West) that would match the overall sound I wanted to keep from the original. The new song here essentially starts with a remix of... »

Music, Artwork | June 4, 2012 - July 11, 2012
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Downloaded 65 times

Short melody I've had stuck in my head for a long time. Put it down in notes back in September 2011 but never really got around to orchestrating it much. Only recently figured out how to play it with chords on the piano but not sure how to bring it out more (it's just the main melody with few supporting themes). The intro is also pretty boring - not sure how to improve the sound or melody the... »

Music, Art | April 14, 2012 - April 20, 2012
FL Studio, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Seems like I'm getting some inspiration back. Thought of this one while sitting bored and hungry during discussion section a couple weeks back. Forgot the song for a while before I could come up with a draft of it. It seems like a mix of "Trickling Winds" and "Raindrops". However, this deviates a lot from the style of my older songs; most obvious is the more heavy use of choirs and percussi... »

Music, Artwork | March 6, 2012 - March 19, 2012
FL Studio, Edirol Orchestral, East West, FabFilter, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Just playing around with a new major/minor key I'm becoming familiar with and managed to improv my way into playing this song. It's not mine and is a cover of a song that already exists under a similar name. Thought it was nice enough to keep even though there are obvious playing "typos" (is that the word?) here and there. »

Music | February 6, 2012 - March 1, 2012
Piano, FL Studio, East West, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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A business card design for a small card-playing club I founded. The intent is for the business card to look just like the back of a regular playing card. It is designed to be printed with rounded corners. »

Art | August 14, 2011
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Postcard design for a small card-playing group I founded. Had a lot of fun with brushes and vector curves. »

Art | August 14, 2011
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Simpler flyer design for a card-playing organization. Logo was the most interesting part to make, as I wanted to make it look fancy without making the design overwhelming. »

Art | August 14, 2011
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Business card I put together for a small filmmaking club I used to run. Too bad I made this a few years too late but it's fun seeing what you can do with old source material. »

Art | November 5, 2010
Adobe Photoshop CS5

The back of business card for a small filmmaking group I used to run. The scene is from actual film we shot. »

Art | November 5, 2010
Adobe Photoshop CS5

A lighter variation of the business card for my filmmaking group. Probably best matches the winter holidays. »

Art | November 5, 2010
Adobe Photoshop CS5

Trailer/Buildup intro I made for a club in high school, consisting of all the movies we did, each of them directed/shot/edited by me as well with the exception of the 2-sec stop-motion at 0:11. A breakdown of some of the shots follows after the trailer. Sadly, most of my video experience peaked at the end of high school with the Moviemakers Club I co-founded, and I haven't had much time or re... »

Movie, Animation | May 14, 2009
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3

An average hardworking man comes home one night to find in his house a dead body. This was created before Flash died, so it requires installing Ruffle now to emulate Flash: https://ruffle.rs/ The final product of almost two months' work with my club, filmed on 3 separate days and edited in 5 (with no sleep). 36 min. movie with more than 2 hours of outtakes. Serious and funny at the same... »

Movie | February 19, 2009 - April 12, 2009
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Encore CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4
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Video my club and I made for Christmas 2008. Filmed over a course of 3 days and edited by me in one. May not top our Halloween Little Kook in a Cabin, but it's definitely one of our favorite scripts. Music is not from me this time, but from royalty-free sources and a few artists I've received permission. This was created before Flash died, so it requires installing Ruffle now to emul... »

Movie | December 5, 2008 - December 17, 2008
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Encore CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4
Downloaded 230 times

Video I made in a club for Halloween 2008. Filmed in one day and edited in seven nights. First DVD we've made that's entirely copyright-free, everything produced by our own or from royalty-free sources. Songs from main menu and opening 3 min. I think you'll recognize from me. All video-editing and animation also from me, done in a single week before Halloween (time crunch!). Thi... »

Movie | October 15, 2008 - November 7, 2008
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Encore CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4
Downloaded 196 times

Entry to a contest at psoriasis-cure-now.org for the humor track. Entry on Youtube. Took 4 whole days to make it... Had to hand-draw everything, make the music, make the voices - first time animating and also first time making everything. Am pretty proud of it. Nope, that's not my real voice, but it IS me speaking. Just lots of filters added over. Music I made in FL Studio - pre... »

Movie, Art, Animation | July 29, 2008 - August 2, 2008
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 266 times

Poster created for promotion of a Movie Week event at school... Poster was done in one night, so not my best but it's pretty nice. Full size prints out to be about 44x34 (inches) »

Art, Graphics | May 13, 2008
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 230 times

Originally made back in March for a MESA web competition - but that got disqualified because they didn't want the whole site done in Flash or something. Then later used the video for Moviemakers Club instead. Everything created from scratch - music, graphics... Only thing borrowed is the video footage from a club I'm part of. »

Movie, Animation | January 3, 2008 - March 27, 2008
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 118 times

Poster created for my school's Christmas video showcase. Pictures provided by the school. Graphics and effects created solely by me in Photoshop. »

Art, Graphics | December 9, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 66 times

Creating a Coat of Arms for class... got a bit carried away. Yes, that's a duck. The original is 4400x3300px (22"x17") but I don't think you guys need to see that. The serpentheads I took most time in and are obviously my favorite part of this image. »

Art, Graphics | November 19, 2007
Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 87 times

Poster created for my school's entry into the Insomnia Film Festival 2007. »

Art, Graphics | October 18, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 67 times

Banner created for school club. Graphic effects are all done me. Fullsize banner prints out to 36"x24". »

Art, Graphics | September 17, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Downloaded 93 times

My Art teacher requested I enter Legischool's photo competition. They accepted photo montages and I was recommended to make one (all photos have to be mine of course). Received honorable mention. Photo showcased in 19th Annual Envisioning California Convention. »

Contest, Art, Graphics | April 11, 2007 - May 1, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Downloaded 425 times

Photoshop cartoon replica of a photo I took. This I created as part of an artclass assignment. The image began from nothing but a blank canvas - all of it was drawn by mouse. Hopefully it captures the surreal essence of the original. Compare with Original Photo »

Art, Graphics | March 23, 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Downloaded 273 times