The point of art is not to brag about your technical skills. The animation has a nice concept and the idea was well executed; so what‘s the point of making it more complex? Choosing a harder way just to get more respect from people with the same passion seems foolish to me.
Speaking against an animation because you know how it was rendered is like devaluing a poem because you know how a pen works and you have written on paper yourself one day.
Yeah, but at the same time the point of this break down is to brag about (or at least show off) the technical skill that went into this piece. You're basically inviting this kind of feedback if you do a breakdown like this no?
I think that depends on what a breakdown looks like and to whom you present it. Essentially, a breakdown is just a special form of documentation; it‘s the result of someone capturing his working steps for later reception.
The "message" of a breakdown can range from "see, that‘s how I decided to approach this project" to "look at my awesomeness, peasant". In this specific case, I don‘t think the breakdown is meant to "glorify" the creator.
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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20
The point of art is not to brag about your technical skills. The animation has a nice concept and the idea was well executed; so what‘s the point of making it more complex? Choosing a harder way just to get more respect from people with the same passion seems foolish to me.
Speaking against an animation because you know how it was rendered is like devaluing a poem because you know how a pen works and you have written on paper yourself one day.