Comments on: Infinite Jest – video by Manuel QuiÃ±ones

By: DramaKing

DramaKing — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:19:01 +0000

Very abstract, but kind of interesting. The first time I tried to view the video; however, it said that the video no longer existed. Worked all right the second time, tho.

By: Keenix

Keenix — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:59:44 +0000

kinda freaky… though the story is kinda splintered, but maybe it was supposed to be that way? The 2D part was kinda trippy as well, not sure what the meaning of that was… or was there meant to be no meaning? =S if I know art, art isn’t supposed to be understood the first time you see it. =_=

By: vidrazor

vidrazor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:42:39 +0000

Thanks for the explanation. I found your work visually creative, I just couldn’t follow the premise. Many artworks are this way (just look at Elephant’s Dream! LOL), so don’t feel too bad if people like myself don’t “get it”. You’ve done a good piece, regardless of whether it’s low-poly or whatever. Good luck with your work.

By: Witchfinder General

Witchfinder General — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:43:52 +0000

Shame about the poly edges. One more level of SubSurf would have helped.

By: banor

banor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:11:04 +0000

@manuq: thanks for the interpretation! Glad to know your thoughts behind it. ;D Yeah, I know, deadlines are a blessing and yet something hard to deal with… they can either push your results higher or squash them into an ugly mess, but I’m glad for such pushes… they help work to come out faster, and to give me a time to say “enough’s enough, that’s good enough!”

By: manuq

manuq — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:00:37 +0000

thanks to all for watching, and for the critics and comments :)

about the meaning, actually is more a felling what I tried to express. I’ts about the remembrance of the path followed by two persons, it’s relationship, when one of the two leaves. but please don’t overlook the film, it started just as a test, being inspired in a short story that tells something similar. It’s obvious that I didn’t put much effort in the animations and models, I was in a hurry to end something and to accomplish with a deadline for my class.

By: banor

banor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:08:51 +0000

(I didn’t change the link tho, I don’t want to mess up anyone’s linking to it, etc., though it’s probably fine to change it at this point)

By: banor

banor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:07:40 +0000

@tidbit: oops! Thanks, fixed. ;)

By: malefico

malefico — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:03:34 +0000

I liked the “Botero” feeling in the characters and the 2D part is awesome. Only thing that I’d tweak is walkcycle since it is distracting my eyes and breaking the enchantment of the short. Other than that, it’s very nice.

By: vidrazor

vidrazor — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:48:26 +0000

A fair amount of work for…?

I guess I’m just an art dummy, I don’t get it. Visually interesting, however…