About 8LS
Photo by Paulianne.
Hey everybody! I’m “Cloverman” Joe Carlson, mainly I’m an artist, but here, and 8-Leafer Studios is my creative baby. I was born with a gift for composition and creation, and I apply that gift everywhere from drawing, and painting, to stained-glass, and sculpture. I have always been a hobby filmmaker, ever since I made my first hand-drawn cartoon at the age of 6, using the pause and record functions on a VHS home-camcorder and paper cut-outs. With that unshakable hobby in mind, I decided to go Into Directing, because it is a wide medium, wherein I may apply all of my talents, or optimally, direct such departments to produce such effects to a certain standard. I love using my artistic side when I can. I often draw, paint, and sculpt, having sold many projects. My work is spread out from Hawaii to New Hampshire, with some jewelry and sketches that may still be floating around in Germany. My most well-known projects, lately, have been my clover-paintings. If things ever truly take off here, I’d like to create my own cinematic universe, stepping off with a big production, but I still want to continue the stories of my current characters, so we’ll see what the future holds.
Lucky Sight – SOLD
There’s an interesting story behind the logo and general theme here, and the reason for that is one of my odd traits: I have an uncanny ability to find 4-leaf clovers. I can find so many so quickly that it violates every 4-leaf clover statistic I have ever heard, and I use those clovers in my artwork, preserving them into patterns under varnish. My production logo for “8-Leafer Studios” features the silhouette of my 8-leaf clover. Under this Flag, I hope to take my Narrative, Artistic, and Musical endeavors to the big screen, Directing and guiding such departments and scenes to the creative ends of the team, and I do these film projects to understand all the finest aspects I can. That’s why there’s an experimental element to every project, and sometimes they don’t work. In the future I dont want to ask people under me to be doing things I haven’t at least familiarized myself with.
Film, to me, is one of the greatest art forms. It can bring so many talents and dimensions to what is, ultimately, an enhanced experience. Film requires so many creative minds and mediums, all packed into one shining final product. An old Disney classic, to me, is far more impressive than the single-frame intensity of a renaissance painting, and It’s still a dream of mine to be part of a project like that.
My film background started when I was around 8-years-old, when, using only the pause record function on a home VHS-Camcorder and some paper cut-outs, I wrote, drew out, and voice acted in my first crude cartoon, portraying a Transylvanian News Station. As a Scorer, my musical chapter started at age 17 while still learning to use the “Fruity Loops” program. You can also see my music featured under the “Work” page’s “Music” tab, along with everything else I have my hands in. Film has been a large part of my life, though, and I began my Film education with a bachelor’s degree in digital Cinematography through Full Sail University, FL. I’m limited only by time and hardware and can accomplish a lot with very little capital, and my wide skillset paired with my unique perspective makes me feel like this is what I’m meant to be doing.
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