Comic book artist Jim Woodring cites hallucinations and the pull of his own subconscious as the source of inspiration for his Frank series. Gerasimov reckons that many people relate to his videos because they were based on the reality of these nightmares.Īrtists have always sought inspiration in dreams and hallucinations the paintings of William Blake and Salvador Dalí were famously influenced by dreams. Toilet nightmares continued to plague Gerasimov, and he was advised to find a way to fight with the toilet heads, even virtually. Near the end of the animation, a hand extends out of a toilet it wasn’t until later on that Gerasimov started having nightmares involving “heads coming out of toilets.” Gerasimov told me that the viral series was originally inspired by a vivid, recurring nightmare.Īn early, Skibidi-esque animation from Gerasimov saw the animator examine real moments from his nightmares, with a healthy dose of humor. What Really Inspired The ‘Skibidi Toilet’ Series? There’s more depth and artistic integrity to the series than many assume, and Gerasimov took a great deal of inspiration from his own subconscious when crafting the series.Īccording to Gerasimov, the viral success of his series came as no surprise, as he experienced a prophetic dream that predicted the Skibidi Toilet takeover. The idea would never have emerged from a corporate, family-friendly media company, but the success of Skibidi speaks for itself. Gerasimov has a point whatever parents think of Skibidi Toilet, the series has a distinctive tone, an approachable simplicity and a surprisingly strong narrative. Gerasimov reckons that Gen Alpha have embraced his work because it is genuine and “doesn't feel generic or corporate.” Today’s kids grew up immersed in a chaotic, endlessly derivative internet culture they are used to seeing references that they don’t recognize. These aren’t cultural touchstones that Gen Alpha are familiar with, but it doesn’t matter. Like GMod videos, Skibidi contains many references and assets from popular video game franchises Gerasimov cited Half-Life 2 as one of his biggest inspirations, along with Michael Bay’s Transformers movies. Gerasimov has been using the tool for 9 years and praised its simple interface. In 2012, Valve released Source Filmmaker, a 3D animation tool that is used within the company to create video game cutscenes. Gerasimov praised the “huge community of independent filmmakers surrounding Garry's Mod, which influenced me and helped develop my own style.” I don't think the games included why the principals were making monsters (at least, they didn't explain the need to have them as manpower), only saying they had to conquer other schools (second principal mentioned this in Creature Feature).Garry’s Mod is an open-ended sandbox game that allowed players to create their own animations using the assets of video game company Valve, famous for the Portal and Half-Life series. So, both schools have secret labs underground, with the purpose of experimenting the green goo, and using it to turn kids into monsters. She became a monster after soaking in the green pool of goo, extracted from the 3 kids-turned-monsters in her lab. Moving onto Kindergarten 2, it ends with Penny's mom (2nd Principal) dying in the form of a monster. I think he died at the hands of a monster he created through experiments. From a laboratory used to research the monsters, which Jerome's dad (1st Principal) had access to. The first game ended with the player saving Billy (or maybe not, since my memories aren't clear).
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