B1G CH0MP3RS
VERMIN CITY’S FAVORITE BAND

MADE WITH: Guitar/Voice, Logic Pro, Ableton, After Effects, Blender, Final Cut, Capcut, TouchDesigner, Runway ML, Bing AI, Illustrator, Photoshop, Inscape InkStitch, Brother se600 Sewing-Embroidery Machine, and a Whole Lotta Cheese
B1G CH0MP3RS is a band and alternate reality game that I started with my friends back in August 2022. Through our music, videos, live shows, and online presence we tell the stories of a group of musical rodents from the whimsical land of Vermin City…
ANIMATION
PROMO VIDEO
I made this to promote our single, “TRICKED YA!” The carriage is a blenderkit asset by Le Gur that I re-textured. Title screen design is by BÖNKERS STUDIOS.
LOOPING CANVAS
A lot of these animations revolve around rigs I built for the Ch0mp3rs characters (modeled by BÖNKERS STUDIOS) in Blender. I’ve been experimenting with adding simulated elements to the rigs. Eventually I’m planning to outfit them with additional features like facial controls, manual squash and stretch, smears, doubles, and 2d flourishes to give our animations a more exaggerated cartoonish feel.
For Ch0mp3rs, I’ve forced myself to work faster and be less perfectionist than I typically am with animation. This has led to a lot of fun experimentation (and difficult VFX cleanup)!
THE MUSIC
B1G CH0MP3RS fuse influences from punk, funk, hyperpop, surf rock, video game music, and digital hardcore. Their raw and energetic debut record, “D3V0UR”, loosely follows the story of the band’s formation and subversive outlook. Their music expresses a defiant attitude, a reckless pursuit of thrill and fun, and an impulsive need to be the center of attention.
“TRICKED YA!” is the band’s latest single, terrifying listeners with 167 seconds of relentless Halloween ska metal.
MERCH
For our first merch drop I embroidered hats with the logo from our EP, “D3VOUR”. I digitized the design in Ink/Stitch for Inkscape, embroidered them using my brother se600, and applied them to the hats as iron-on patches.