Comments on: Exopolis: Turner Classic Movies

By: acm_scott

acm_scott — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:39:23 +0000

I’m not that good of an artist, so I don’t want to be to critical here. I believe the Hopper piece mentioned at the beginning of this thread was originally done by a design student as a senior project or something like that. I’m not entirely sure. I always liked the original it was simple, clean and true to Hoppers work. This newer one is very good but it kind of bugs me that the textures and low polygon count remind me of “Doom”. It’s kind of like a cross between Hopper’s work and 1st person shooter.

By: Marc B.

Marc B. — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:22:28 +0000

I agree with you xpez2000 and it s unfortunately true. A lot of the so called creative directors and designers think they re talented by ripping design & art books apart. Probably much easier for them to not think much and be lazy. That said i’m not talking about this piece here. I don’t find it so bad actually and i ve seen worse examples in that regard.

By: xpez2000

xpez2000 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:16:18 +0000

Edward Hopper has had such a profound infuence on our perception of mid century america. That kind of loaded nostalgic reference can easily be found at the local poster frame shop. When you remove these obvious (almost cliched) references, all you are left with is an animated 3d fly through. I am not saying that this solution is good nor bad…
I just wonder why modern designers really need to reference artists EVER… It is so commonplace in the design industry…I know a lot of creative directors who use images from ART BOOKS as key reference points to sell their work. You could call it a kind of “ready-made” design… I think it forces design to be seen as something that is secondary to art.

By: MeanMug

MeanMug — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:39:25 +0000

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By: bolo

bolo — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:13:26 +0000

same shit….

By: surferben

surferben — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:42:03 +0000

It is definitely refreshing to see commercial work take an artistic, subtle, non-photorealistic approach to computer animation. The medium is so often treated in either a very competent but unimaginatively realistic manner, or alternately in an overreaching ‘let’s make it look edgy, like graffiti’ style that seems to be everywhere. It’s nice to see work that straddles the line between realism and expressiveness.

By: TheTofuFactory

TheTofuFactory — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:35:49 +0000

Yeah I think the leaf transition was definitely a little awkward. Good fit to TCM though thats for sure.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:36:03 +0000

Hmm, the painting parts are really cool, and the look is a fresh one for TCM. I am not a big fan of the leaf transition though. The one main leaf stays in scene after a jerky movement, while everything else jump cuts. Otherwise its got a very interesting feel to it, and I’d love to see the work it was inspired by. Creating that world certainly seemed like it would have been time consuming.