Welcome To BryanDass.com
The official site of the Independent Artist Musician Bryan Dass.

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BRYAN DASS

Comic & Animation Artist,

Independent Businessman,

Art Teacher, Rock Star.

Bringer of Dark Truth.

Following in the footsteps of, Todd McFarlane, Frank Zappa, Stanley Kubrick, Bobby Fischer, Bill Gates, Kurt Cobain, Bruce Lee and Malcolm X - IN HIS OWN WAY, Bryan Dass is a multi dimensional artist of Visual Art (comics/manga & anime/2d animation) and Music - with a Purpose of influencing True Progress in society, via understanding Dark topics. His tagline 'Mentality Matters' points out that THIS is what all life comes down to. Mentality. His mission? To bring the world new, highest quality, truely independent creations - built from scratch - that make the world safer for our women and children. 'We must honor the abused women totally in order to recreate society from the ground up thus comes true progress.' And to do it all within the framework of a TRUE online Small Business - no lies - no gimmicks. Just BADASS VALUE.

I am the Creator of the #1 most Effective Comic Class on the planet ('The Badass Comic Class' Video Course coming soon to this website). It took 5 years to complete it and I believe it will be my best selling product. I am the creator of the Intellectual Property 'Old Man Joe' and the history making Graphic Novel Trilogy 'Old Man Joe Takes Responsibility' coming soon to Amazon, with its insane Soul Crushing Detail, Dynamism of Art and Meaning, pushing the Science of Comic Creation far (took 3 years to complete). I am the creator of the Intellectual Property 'RevFree' - the first True 2D Anime Animated Series of elite quality in the Caribbean (Coming Soon - Aimed at Adults) and the Progress Partners Mini Animated Series (aimed at Teens). RevFree's SCRIPT took me 10 years to complete. I believe in MEANINGFUL STORIES as the foundation.

I am the creator of the 'How to make Live Action Movies' and 'How to do 2D Animation' - THE GRASSROOTS WAY - (coming soon). I am the creator of 41 already finished Music Albums, ranging from so many different Genres of music (from Death Metal, to Heavy Electronics, Noise, Death Industrial and Darkest of Dark Ambient SoundScape). My last album is being completed now (Album #42).

Lastly, I will mention I am a True Entrepreneur. I work from Self Funding, not begging for funding - I never get others involved in my ownership and I am all about working on a business from SCRATCH and building it up from 'Zero to Hero' - This BOOTSTRAPPING way is the cold, hard way yet it is the path that pays off most - and gives true stable income, something almost impossible in the realm of monetizing art. In the Corporate Art Realm - I did Advertisements from scratch, meshing Animation with Videography. I have traversed every part of the so called 'Animation Industry' locally & many 'Industry Leaders' despise me why? Because I am the Real Thing. The opposite of them. I made a REAL business in the REAL version of the industry (not the fake one - the illusion they live inside of) and I went out n earned and starved to death if necessary to keep only earning from that. I accepted ZERO funding. The Industry Leaders keep the entire industry of Animation (and Comics) down in the Caribbean and even the lay 'normal' citizens just lack the vision and CARE to see it progress. This is a big reason why my target is indeed the International space, especially USA, where I am extremely aware of their environ.

I am no longer in the Corporate Art Industry. I have left it for good, seeing zero sense in being there - no money, no market, and I have learned all I could from it - to properly prepare me for my NEW PATH with my NEW COMPANY as seen on this website. My past in Corp Art consisted of 4 years working in the industry (both in Usa and Trinidad) and a whopping survival of 8 years with my own past business (TrinEvolve Studios Ltd) - in an environ where everyone else only lasted a couple months - I lasted 8 years. I learned about art as a business, - I learned about being able to create gigantic projects on one's own - I learned the dark truths that no one speaks of about society & I use all that for my future success with my Independent Art - The very thing I was born to do.

The BULK of my art/products has been completed. I am on the last lap of finishing it all & buying time working at Burger King.

I believe in earning your way forward no matter HOW HARD THE STRUGGLE. Discipline to the DEATH.

I believe in working on not just your art but more importantly, YOUR MENTALITY. Because all life comes from that.

I have worked & slaved for far below Minimum Wage & achieved far more than anyone else in my previous Industry despite my poverty.

I know that even the weakest of the weak (myself) can become the strongest of the strong in time.

My time is coming now.

A FEW VIDS TO START OFF

The Badass Comic Class

Let's start with my Comic Class. It took 5 years to create and went through many changes to come to its ultimate most effective form. This is the BADASS COMIC CLASS - The sweet true science of Visual Storytelling Through Comics. It prepares you for everything from live action movie making to 2d Animation to Game creation. It is the true foundation that I see an entire NEW Art Industry being built by, as I introduce the artform to NON ARTIST ADULTS - my target audience. This is a Revolution. All music and art by Bryan Dass - Check the video out because it doesnt only explain the class (which will be in the form of a Video Course on this website soon) but it also explains some of the MENTALITIES i teach related to this industry and artform. Alike Bruce Lee, I did not just want to go Back to Basics with the artform, but then innovate it - and bring its true essence into the world (because it isn't there right now at all). I am so proud of what this class will achieve that I name it as my Star Product.

My Old Small Business in Corporate Art

(Now ended)

12 years in that industry may not have paid off in money (though of course i made SOME goddamn money not zero), but it did pay off in WISDOM about the industry and COMPETENCE in my skills as a true creator. I incorporated animation into my ads and movie making into my video productions. I handled more than 100 clients and refused to eat a grain of rice unless it was bought by me, BY making money in the actual TRUE version of this so called 'Corporate Art Industry' - I wanted to find the truth even if i had to die for it. And i most certainly nearly did die MANY TIMES but that sacrifice and starvation built a discipline in me that no other experience could. The 8 years that TrinEvolve Studios Ltd was in full swing are what I refer to as the years of WAR. It is also why i cannot see myself as anything other than a soldier now. Notably I started my whole career in 2009 and watched year by year all my fellow 'soldiers' fall away. One by one. And there was betrayals too - But I kept going.

I learned about contracts the hard way - I learned about pricing the hard way. I was taken advantage of all over the place and I lived at a certain poverty level that most people wouldn't dare but hey - i didn't mind - it was all survival. Thankfully, even after achieving gigantic wins, I realized it just was not financially responsible to stay and I exited quietly. But please know - Trinidad had one of the ONLY TRUE Corporate Art companies that was a true Small Business helping other businesses with ORIGINAL media made from scratch. There was no A.I. - no downloading this and that - it was all made by me and I never just sped past anything even though yes I became the FASTEST in the nation at what I did. I always focused on elite level service to my clients, at minimal cost - and worked WITH them in a very personalized way. I was seen as 'family' by most of these people despite also 'falling out' with many of them. If you look at the world of advertising now - it is boring. It is weak. It doesnt even exercise proper storytelling. People just show off big money and big expensive camera shots. That whole industry will be taken by A.I. and I am glad because I'm out. I also had certain experiences toward the end that showed me it would be best to leave for good and yes now I work at Burger King.

Note that in this demo reel - the music was also made by me from scratch.

2 examples of past work

One of the main things I got into doing was Digital Billboards and believe it or not, at one time, Trinidad was running my billboard ads ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. In fact, I still see some of my ads come up even today. Port of Spain, Sando, Chaguanas. I think they still run the cricket ball animated ad I did, on the Digital Billboard outside facing South Park's carpark. Anyway - here you see how I managed to capture a LOT in a tiny space of time with the MileageMack ad. I didn't storyboard it - but i used awareness of visual storytelling to capture 'on the fly' cinematic video shots at the location. I used to work at GISL TV4 and was the fastest news editor at one time and utilized that into my stylish cut style in many of my later productions. I melded video with 2d animation by animating the mileage mack logo strong man. I did not make the music for this ad.

Though I have done a tonload of my own Voice Over work for my productions, I did not do it for this one and neither the music - But i did do the ENTIRE VISUALS all on my own from 100% scratch. A lot of people seem to think i 'didn't achieve my goal of animation' during my career so quit out of frustration. Well the reality is I actually DID achieve everything - For instance, here i achieved making SEVERAL of these mini productions of FULL 2d animation - done in a very intelligent way (not cheaply yet not going too overboard with frames) and I did it for some very okayish money. I was able to do productions like this for $7k and get it done in 1.5 months. That took INSANE work ethic and learning my artform. Becoming one with it - From character design to storyboards to animatic to actual main key frames to in between frames to inking to coloring to editing and final output with effects. Please know that when others tried this - they took a year.... and their results were maybe 1% the quality of mine.

I achieved making animation - hell I even got my 'dream job' TWICE - but guess what? They all failed because that industry simply has no 'place' to go. It is dead and buried and while I did grace it with my presence before - that ain't happening again. What were my dream jobs? Firstly, I was going to be doing the first TRUE Children's Show with WINTV - meshing animation with live footage sort of like Blue's Clues. What happened? WINTV ended. Secondly, I was going to be put as a 'Head of Animation' at the GISL (Government Info Service Ltd) TV4 station. What happened? GISL TV4 ended. I learned the harsh reality of that 'industry' the hard way - which is to never put hope in it - which is partly why I made my own business in the first place -

In my opinion now, it is just way TOO UNSTABLE no matter how good you are - (I'm the best) and I'm not talking about people getting in to big high positions while doing nothing (or just outsourcing all the work n taking credit for it) - I'm not talking about graphic design people with cushy jobs where they don't get even 1% of the TRUE industry experience in their sheltered soft employment - I'm speaking of the REALITY. Nevertheless - I enjoyed all these productions - and I am so proud of them and all the people I worked with. It was HELL at times sure - but we got through and I have not a single client who wasnt 'drop dead happy' at the results I gave them. My fav client will always be CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE at UWI - without them I would have starved to death.

TURNING AWAY FROM CORPORATE -

EMBRACING MY INDEPENDENT ART

'A part of me died in the production of that Graphic Novel Trilogy.... because I wanted to ensure I created something that made history - and would be rememebered as one of the best of the best long after i passed away." - It took me 3 years (part of where I admit I was actually unemployed - to create this trilogy to its 100% completion. It is now ready to be uploaded to Amazon when my new Indie Art business begins. I will never be able to sacrifice my health in the way I did for this project, ever again in my life - nor do I want to. I will never be able to accomplish the soul crushing detail in anything I do ever again either - nor do I want to. It was to show myself as a master of the craft of comics - and not just some 'teacher' who didn't pay REAL DUES in the craft itself (outside of just corporate art).

I did this book also as a JOURNEY INTO SELF - for men especially - so they can BREAK THE 'SSADBOY' mentality that plays victim about life. Old Man Joe Takes Responsibility OF HIS MENTALITY during this WILD RIDE adventure inside his mind - and into other dimensions - I utilized extreme symbolism and hid so many things into the art - I combined comics with magazines with paper games and puzzles - with each chapter having its OWN DEDICATED ART STYLE. I honored all the most powerful godfathers of comics and art with this book - and it will stand the test of time forever. I dedicate it to our making the world a safer place - by us first working on our MENTALITY. I put the real work into making EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH which is where I teach 'everything comes from stick figures' - and I show TONS of behind the scenes work in every single book - No other graphic novel on earth is as dynamic.

SLOWLY WORKING TO ONE DAY

HONORING MY CALLING OF MUSIC

& SPREADING IT WORLDWIDE

41 past albums and the 42nd is being completed now. I leave music for LAST only because I am painfully aware of how limited it is in actually making money and I mean a REAL LIVING type of money - especially doing it MY WAY - again - without ANY corporate funding - just as my OWN BUSINESS - This means it will only 'take off' when I build the rest of my business up to fund its being spread. There are no TRUE ROCK STARS anymore - and that's why I feel sorry for the youth. People now use 'rock' music or anything music wise really just to fit in and be popular - gone is risk taking and the TRUE PUNK mentality - NOISE MUSIC is the new true punk - mark my words - ANyway - I could speak a whole book on music (which is why i wrote a book on it too) - but i need to sleep now so I will just say - The few tracks I share below are from the last album - I DO NOT JUST DO ROCK MUSIC - I do HEAVY ELECTRONICS TOO - I have been very influenced by everything from Old School Death Metal to Black Metal to Experimental Noise and Dark Ambient to Soundscapes and oneo f my fav genres TRANCE DANCE yes - TECHNO - I made EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH. Let me repeat myself - I MADE ALL THIS MUSIC FROM NOTHING. I took the time to program the drum BEAT BY BEAT - I played the bass out of my guitar - I did the guitars - I am the vocals - When I am dead and gone - people will know a REAL MUSICIAN lived who actually dedicated himelf to the goddamn music instead of just being fake about it - REAL MUSIC.

Ok - that's all i have time to show. You get a WHOLE ALBUM FREE there to listen to. The rest of this site is part of its old build & you can feel free to view if you want but now you know me somewhat at least.

THANK YOU - BYE.