Hyde’s Lovelies is the freelance graphic design, animation and art of Bret Syfert


In A Minute: The Series


During the concurrent pandemic lockdown and intensified racial violence of 2020, Derrick "Fatnice" Jackson and I collaborated on the "In A Minute" project as a way to process the stress on our mental health that we were experiencing.

We agreed to commit to a daily routine of creative expression. Each day, Derrick recorded a vocal for his puppet persona, Puppet Nice. These vocals could be anything that inspired him in that moment. Sometimes he sang a song. Sometimes he read a piece of literature. Sometimes he rapped. The only restriction was that it had to be one minute or less.

Then, I acted out that vocal in front of a camera and through the puppet, combining the footage with whatever music, visuals and DIY special effects I could fit into one day. By the end of that day, we would have a one-minute video to post on social media. By the end of that summer, we had produced 66 videos.


Bill Withers: 5 April 2020
Carribean Queen: 6 April 2020
The Shogun: 7 April 2020
The Crown Prince: 8 April 2020
Kanday: 9 April 2020
Jules Winnfield: 12 April 2020
It’s Like A Heartbeat: 13 April 2020
Sailing: 14 April 2020
Landslide: 15 April 2020
You Can Win: 16 April 2020
The Enemy: 17 April 2020
Way Out Way Out: 18 April 2020
Brand New Funk: 6 June 2020
Not Falling For It: 20 April 2020
Watch Out George: 21 April 2020
My Wonderful Starship: 22 April 2020
A Word From Reverend Brown: 29 April 2020
Time After Time: 24 April 2020
Play A Little: 28 April 2020
Get On Board: 28 April 2020
All I Do: 29 April 2020
Tingling: 30 April 2020
Here He Comes: 3 May 2020
Searching 4 Fishnets: 4 May 2020
The Devastating: 5 May 2020
Take The Fall: 6 May 2020
Patience Is Key:7 May 2020
Listen To Your Homeboys: 11 May 2020
What’s Your Function: 12 May 2020
Orphans Rock: 13 May 2020
Bus Stop: 14 May 2020
A Okay: 15 May 2020
LeRoi Jones: 18 May 2020 
Earth Is Boring: 19 May 2020
Leader Of The Hawks: 20 May 2020
Listen To The Kola Nutas: 21 May 2020
The Mothership Has Landed: 27 May 2020
Kingston: 29 May 2020
A Word From Mr. Baldwin: 30 May 2020
Radio Raheem Revisited Again: 31 May 2020
This Is Human Nature: 1 June 2020
America Has A Problem: 3 June 2020
Someday: 4 June 2020
The Hate That Hate Made: 5 June 2020
The Blackness: 8 June 2020
A Brown Girl Dead: 9 June 2020
Change Is Here: 10 June 2020
Going On What Is: 11 June 2020
The Whole Story: 12 June 2020
Be Devoted: 15 June 2020
Degabah: 16 June 2020
Keep On Pushing: 28 July 2020
No Zombies Allowed: 29 July 2020
What’s Next: 30 July 2020
Proud To Be Black: 31 July 2020
No Justic No Peace: 3 August 2020
What Is It?: 4 August 2020
This Crazy World: 5 August 2020
The Darker Beauty: 6 August 2020
Alabama: 7 August 2020
You Are Wonderful: 10 August 2020
The Chairman: 11 August 2020
People Unite: 12 August 2020
T.I.M.E.: 13 August 2020
Live And Direct: 14 August 2020
Body Rock: 15 August 2020
Fifty: 5 February 2024
Happy Holidays: 24 December 2024


In A Minute: The Movie


A continuous narrative made by editing all of the above “In A Minute” videos together and adding some new footage. For me, this film paints a clear portrait of the experience of living through 2020.