For all the fanboys and fangirls out there: No, I haven’t broken up (sorry to disappoint you), nor am I planning too. That side of my life is going on great, and it will continue to do so.
This is more about my life after my decision to leave the band. Well, many are still wondering why I left. I got bombarded with questions like “you guys are doing great” and “you were one of the founding members..” and so on and so forth. So, for the second time, I’m not telling! What is done is done and I didn’t regret my decision for one nanosecond.
Well, It’s been one hell of a rollercoaster ride for me. I’m concentrating more on my business and my projects that are somewhat connected to it. This idea sounds more practical in the long run, since it’s all connected somehow.
1. Business
Everyone’s asking about it. “What are you doing now Clarence?” I almost ended up saying “Well, I’m sitting with my thumb up my ass”, but that’s not what I’m doing, plus it really doesn’t sound like me (Okay, it does, but it doesn’t sound polite-oh jeez who am I kidding!).
So this is what I’m doing now: right now me and my business partner are handling a group of companies that does ICT related business, ranging from computer sales and services, networking right up to graphics and multimedia designs. Yes, we’re the computer guys (with an occasional “Jesus work”). I’m the primary for the design side, in which Bald Squirrel Studios comes to light. It’s my company, registered and all, where we specialize on graphics and multimedia designs - namely company profile designs (logo, concepts - the whole works), Flash presentations and profiling, graphic designs for printed (banners/ buntings, books etc.) and non-printed media(soft copies), and websites. In short, we do design works. In future we will branch out to animations, comics and movies (more on that later).
2. Side Projects
I have a few side projects in the works, but all in all, it is all connected with the business that I am doing. God willing, once these side projects goes to full swing, it will become a cash cow for the company.
- Movie
I have written a screenplay for a short movie starring me (yes yes laugh it up), and in the process of securing some financial assistance to make it happen. The project is aimed at showcasing my talent, as well as providing a foundation in movie productions for Bald Squirrel Studios. Once this movie is done, I’m aiming to send it to various movie festivals around the world. Yes, big dreams, but got to start somewhere my friends. There are two other screenplays that I have in my mind, but I’ll start slow by doing this one first.
- Comic/Graphic Novel
This one came from a competition that me and my business partner saw over the net. Using an old idea that I had in mind (the original was supposed to be a radio drama), we managed to work up a digital comic from that idea. Although we didn’t make it to the competition, the comic plan sounded like an interesting idea (and a profitable one if we do it right), so we’re taking this project to a new level, making it a primary objective for Bald Squirrel Studios. At the moment we are correcting the concept ideas for the comics, learning from our mistakes, and hopefully we can publish it as a digital comic as a start, while looking for suitable publisher to publish the works in paperback format. If everything goes really well, we might end up publishing it ourselves. The comic will be in English, with options to translate it to other languages, and no, we are not doing any of those fight up action comics that are spreading like wildfire here in Malaysia. The idea is different and unique: we only hope that you are ready for it. So far test subjects have given praise to the idea, so we’ll see how far can it go from there. Watch out for Avin Riedlebeck, P.I. (some concept drawings are available in my photo gallery of my profile).
So there you have it. Hopefully this will reduce the questions next time.
See you all soon!
Clarence
