After doing the “Maisha” video for Just A Band early this year, I swore NEVER to airbrush a video again. Over the past two weeks, I found myself doing just that for Atemi’s new (and first) music video for her single “Speechless”.


It was a first time for all of us; her first time to shoot a video, my first time to shoot a video for someone else – but I think it’s turned out OK. I incorporated a bit of stop-motion (which turned out to be as exhausting as I’d heard), a little rough 2.5-D animation, some random painting and – eventually – some still photography (kind of).

Atemi was cool about letting me go a little crazy. It may or may not be on TV soon, I’ll do my bit to get it onto YouTube soonest. And now, for the record, I’ll say it again. I WILL NEVER AIRBRUSH ANOTHER VIDEO AGAIN. EVER. The results are cool, but Jesus; it takes forever.

Here’s a couple more screenshots.

I’d love to hear what y’all think. Feedback!