HOOGERBRUGGE

This is an image from Hoogerbrugge's Modern Living/ Neurotica series (you can find here, http://ml.hoogerbrugge.com/). He focuses on creating online flash animations, which are often quite dark as well as humorous. He uses himself as the character in his stories, as he is interested in creating a character that will age, and eventually will die. He says, "I wanted the character to have funny moves and gestures. If you loop those moves you've got neurotic behaviour... I like creating a character that is completely self- absorbed, someone that is keeping himself busy with something that is utterly stupid." He is not "suffering from actual neurosis, but its more like..you know, when you're bored and you're just sitting around doing something and suddenly what the hell it is that you are doing."
Visually these animations look very simple, with very few having any text reference in them. The majority of them are black and white, with some music incorporated in some. This is a very simple concept and there is something appealing about the animations even if they are a little strange.
For more of his work visit Hoogerbrugge's website: http://www.hoogerbrugge.com/