Vice, despair and a bafflingly fertile imagination from Brooklyn-based Milton Melvin Croissant III

Date
28 June 2016

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There are lots of things that are brilliant about Milton Melvin Croissant III – the first being obvious, in that he is actually called Milton Melvin Croissant III. The other things are to do with his rather amazing animation work, created primarily in open-source 3D modelling software and aiming “to build and explore worlds layered against our own,” he says. Based in Brooklyn, Milton’s work is deliciously peculiar, showcasing not just a huge amount of software skill but a bafflingly fertile imagination.

Among the highlights of his surreal Vimeo offerings is his music video for London-based musician Rubik’s song Duet, “The work uses Fantasia inspired imagery to traverse an allegorical landscape of vice and despair,” says Milton. The result is a dizzying narrative of happy endings, eye-stalks clutching sex toys, anthropomorphic violins and all kinds of other oddities. His Arcology Series is more sombre in colour palette but no less impressive, taking in monstrous instances of man taking on machines and other horrors.

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Rubik, Duet video (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Rubik, Duet video (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Rubik, Duet video (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Rubik, Duet video (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Arcology Series (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Arcology Series (still)

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Milton Melvin Croissant III: Arcology Series (still)

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Emily Gosling

Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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