Statement / Terry Terry Larry Berry

Artist
statement.

Terry was in the margins first. This is the file on why.

Gutter life, to the one who looks at the void and sees the light.

Why.

To explore storytelling and product using a team of characters. I explore as many mediums as I can during a lifetime where I never stop creating: sketchbooks street art apparel zines animation 3D the web.

Why I do it.

Because the characters were already there: in the margins of closed sketchbooks, scrawled in back alleys, stamped on trash cans. Leaving them there felt like leaving work unfinished. Every medium is another way to let them out.

If a kid sees a weird face in an alley and starts drawing their own, that's the whole thing working.

Influences

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Moe, Larry, Curly, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Ralph Steadman, Dr. Seuss

All the famous Terrys, rolled into one crazy story.

What it means to be young, dumb and indestructible, in one frame.

The crew.

Four hand-drawn figures standing shoulder to shoulder: one in a bandana, one with a wide grin, one wearing a chain medallion, one smiling with eyes closed and holding two knives
The crew.

  1. Terry #1

    Just a normal dude. Insecure. Trying to do his best given the circumstances. Half his decisions were made by his shadow self, the other Terry, who engages in every manner of sin and depravity.

  2. Terry #2

    Bandana. Everything Terry #1 wants to be. He might not be real. The audience is never sure. Only Berry knows the truth.

  3. Larry

    The boss, always with a get-rich-quick scheme. The middleman. Terry flip-flops between good and evil, Berry is consistently 100% evil, and Larry, like his Stooge namesake, takes the blows from both sides and is the butt of most jokes. A man of great ability and perception who always sees the larger picture. The solution architect. The true hero of the story, even though Terry takes front stage.

  4. Berry

    A homicidal maniac. Solves problems with violence. An absolute psychopath, 100% crazy, doing the most murderous and destructive things possible at all times, happy in destruction.

What it's for.

A lasting impact on a viewer I'll never meet. To make a young person ponder how I made a product. An unsettling or exciting experience, for me and the viewer.

Made for my own personal enjoyment, and as a way to keep creating and learning about art and product development.

The mark.

The mark, drawn.
A faint, pale version of the same mark on a metal pole, black and white film photo
The mark, on a pole.

Small. Easy to miss. Spotted anyway.

Filed under:
Terry.

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