This is simply astonishing. Watch twenty seconds and you'll be sucked into the world of Usman Riaz, an immensely talented 23-year-old Pakistani musician who will change your perception of how a guitar can sound and be played. What's more remarkable is that this Berklee College of Music whiz kid learned much of his dazzling guitar technique by watching YouTube videos at 16.
That's Usman Riaz.
He's a 23-year-old Pakistani artist who is a classically-trained pianist, who taught himself to play the guitar by watching Internet videos, and who is a TED speaker and senior fellow.
Yes, that's right. I said he was 23. Sorry.
He's also KickStarting Pakistan's first-ever hand-drawn animated feature, The Glassworker. It's a pretty clear homage to Hayao Miyazaki, both visually and thematically (and even musically).
A hand-drawn film about a young glassblower who discovers that life is beautiful but fragile, like glass.
BACK US ON KICKSTARTER - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manostudios/the-glassworker-an-animated-film-directed-by-usman Debuting on the TED 2016 Fellows Stage - Teaser for 'The Glassworker' A hand-drawn film about a young glassblower who discovers that life is beautiful but fragile, like glass. Pakistan's first fully hand drawn animated film. A story about a young glassblower who discovers that life is beautiful but fragile, like glass.
Attribution(s): Usman Riaz at a TED Conference via Visualhunt.com (CC BY-NC).