Oh man, that was amazing. I <3 Don Hertzfeldt.
*quality
*shortfilms

I'm not saying that this vid has the kind of graphics that would entice me to pay full price at the box office, nor am I throwing down high-fives for sup-par work or uncool people. I'm sure 110 days of rendering time could have helped to give it the kind of polish that could be up to today's standards, and yours.

I enjoyed this piece because I appreciated the story told by this animation. Better graphics wouldn't hurt, but it was good enough to carry that story.

There are countless examples off great storytelling and enjoyable animations that don't rely on billion polygon counts or dynamic lighting. Whether that's Don Hertzfeldt or Dottie Goes to School or Groundbreaking Music Videos.

Nevertheless, you are absolutely entitled to your opinion, and welcome to focus on what you like in videos and animations. I just wanted to share where I was coming from too.

Also, good for you for getting your name out there and getting work in your field. I know a lot of creative-types and I know it ain't the easiest line of work to get into.

peace
~N
>> ^kir_mokum:

i'm a jr. comp artist. it's a day job, not a passion, so i've had no need or interest in doing a pro bono project of any kind. the last film i did comp work on was the new karate kid (i did some roto for clash of the titans, but that doesn't really count). i'm currently working on eureka, which is a silly show, but lots of fun to work on.
comping all CG shots is usually easier as you (generally) don't have to roto, pull green screens, camera tracking, regraining, etc.
this is a whole other league, but it was done by one person and effectively no budget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hey Gabe. I marked that great Hertzfeldt video as notlong, since it's only the first part. If you want to post them together, you can pick up the embed for a playlist I made for both here.

You gonna lose that P! I can feel it.
Cool, thanks for the advice.

Hey Gabe. I marked that great Hertzfeldt video as notlong, since it's only the first part. If you want to post them together, you can pick up the embed for a playlist I made for both here.

You gonna lose that P! I can feel it.

Both are strongly reminiscent of Hertzfeldt's Rejected.

ponceleon got it. Also, it's spelled "Hertzfeldt".

Someone dupeof or discard it please.

Thank you for the promote.

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
*promote

Dead video replaced. Thank you for the link.

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
*dead, working embed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54TiN3t5_I

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by rasch187.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Don-Hertzfeldts-Ah-LAmour

Tags for this video have been changed from 'men, women, mars, venus, hand drawn' to 'men, women, mars, venus, hand drawn, don hertzfeldt' - edited by rasch187

Shades of Hertzfeldt.

"My anus is bleeding!"



I'd like to make that a hyperlink to a Don Hertzfeldt clip, but I don't know which one it was.