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2. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

by Gabe Askew

4 months ago

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by Gabe Askew

5 months ago

This is a fan video I've been working on for a few months now. Not to be confused with the official music video which is really cool. Hope you like it.

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David Bostow 3 months ago

This was fantastic! You should be very proud of yourself, I was hooked from the beginning and couldn't take my eyes off the from then on. what a fun journey through some great artistic ideas. I hope Grizzly Bear sees this one I'm sure they will jump on board as well. Yea ! Im this first to comment
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks dude! I am happy with it.
Aaron Amodt 3 months ago

i wish you could favorite things more than once on vimeo. i liked this enough for a few clicks of the heart.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Comments are even better than hearts! Thanks.
ed tan 3 months ago

That is one of the most amazing videos I've seen. Instead of just watching a clip, I felt like I was taken on a journey - sort of like when you're on a theme park ride and for a few minutes you are in another world. Great great stuff. Great animation, great story. Kudos!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks man, I've been to some crazy places because of you!
Accent Creative 3 months ago

amazing
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks, I wish I had discovered Accent Creative earlier. You've pulled together a bunch of cool stuff.
robderosa 3 months ago

Pretty insane man - my friend had this to say when he viewed it:

"I'm gonna throw up this is too good"
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

I love it when I can induce vomit. Now if I can just get someone to crap their pants.
Laurel Randolph 3 months ago

I almost crapped my pants that was so good.

Awesome job, I'll be watching this one over and over and over.. magical.
John Silva 3 months ago

I love this Gabe, thanks for sharing! My favorite part is when they are rotating through space, or maybe the arrows, or maybe the farmer on the tractor, or when...damn, I can't choose.
Kijek / Adamski 3 months ago

lots of nice visual ideas and great sense of space
Chen Luo 3 months ago

Nice video! Vote for it on CGDigg
cgdigg.com/story.php?title=two-weeks---grizzly-bear
Adam Palmer 3 months ago

Brilliant concept! Sublime execution! I didn't even realize it was cg for a little while at the beginning there. Just absolutely terrific, great work man!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks man, I didn't expect such great comments.
alet anuar 3 months ago

EdwardDrostewow! super professional looking and cool "fan video" animated clip for "Two Weeks"--Thanks Gabe, nice stuff! vimeo.com/5904993

dude ed tweeted bout ur video !!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Oh snap! Thanks for telling me. Star shocked now.
TheOlane1 3 months ago

hi, how is it to have a such gift in your hands ?
that's brilliant, hope you can live of your work :)
Chadwig Kennedy 3 months ago

Oh my god! This is amazing! I registered for Vimeo just so I could comment on this. Well done! You've made this day worth while.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks! Vimeo has a great community
jared sada 3 months ago

while the entire video was amazing... the part that got me was the use of space in the highway diorama! and the light-brite esque stars made my night!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Dude I always wanted a light bright as a kid. I guess that's why I had to make one.
Seams 3 months ago

this is a beautiful video, feels really hand made, but slick at the same time.

brilliant brilliant stuff.

(want to make me one now?)
Charles MacDonald-Jones 3 months ago

I followed the link from Ed's Twitter too, and registered to Vimeo just so I could comment...this video is so so good. I mean, I thought the official video was good, but this is better!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks for going through the process just to tell me that. It's really awesome to get these responses!
Oliver Kidd 3 months ago

This is dead set amazing. GREAT WORK!!! Really cool. So professional.
Sam Carrington 3 months ago

Really lovely stuff
Tracy Shedd 3 months ago

Simply brilliant!
Una Mullally 3 months ago

Brilliant video. Well done!
Lou Ruiz 3 months ago

Great band, cool video. Grats!
Valerie Francis 3 months ago

For me this is the official video. It doesn't get any better than this.
marshall jones 3 months ago

Love
darragh nolan 3 months ago

Amazing...
Evan Flath 3 months ago

well done sir ... was linked here by edward's tweet ...
a whole lot of people are about to see your video :-)
Eduardo Duccigne 3 months ago

This is amazing! Congratulations!

Greetings from Brasil :)
DeKo 3 months ago

thats a good one, congrats
French Horn 3 months ago

very, very nice! you should push it on antville, stash/feed, etc.
progo 3 months ago

'ville, check. (did you catch jthelms great cinevid for this track? youtube.com/watch?v=7cXJkghrysI&fmt=22 .)
Icetrip Stvz 3 months ago

Brilliant, sensitive, amazing work... This one must be considered official...
LORCAN FINNEGAN 3 months ago

holy shitballs man, that flippin amazing! I really liked the official video but I gotta say I prefer your version.. you should try and license it to the label as an alternative video. awesomeness
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks! Although, I really liked Patrick Daughter's Video.
r parks 3 months ago

Another friend, sent here through Edward's tweet. Very nice work, transitions, subtleties -- especially the first-last shot.
Dan Hendricks 3 months ago

holy crap this is cool.
Dylan Tull Gunnett 3 months ago

AMAZING. So awesomely cool!
Will Sturgeon 3 months ago

ridiculous. HOW DOES THIS SONG HAVE SO MANY GOOD VIDEOS??

but really, this was incredible, and I am now going to blaze and watch it again, just in honor of how awesome this is.
cameron stevens 3 months ago

this was SO COOL. absolutely stunning. Well done, seriously. This is amazing.
Bran Dougherty-Johnson 3 months ago

Fantastic, Gabe, really nice!!!
Boyd Hobbs 3 months ago

Wow. There is a lot of talent on vimeo, but videos rarely actually captivate you to watch until the end.

Yours did with great success. Bravo.
Jonathan Berkey 3 months ago

Fantastic work, I really enjoyed the ride!
Pouya Ziapour 3 months ago

WOW! This is the most creative, artistic, and unique music video I have seen in a long time. You should be proud of yourself!
Mithril74 3 months ago

just one word: wonderfull!!!!
pat buchanan 3 months ago

Beautiful; interesting visual concepts and clean execution. I love that style of simulated mechanical animation. Reminded me of another favourite, Super Furry Animals' 'It's not the End of the World':
youtube.com/watch?v=zUoc6Wv72cs&fmt=18
Alvaro´C 3 months ago

thanks for this video so clever and well done ... you've achieved that I feel curious to discover this band ... ^^
Uristocrat 3 months ago

Yeah.. i agree with everyone.. this video was pretty nice...
Matt Wilson 3 months ago

I also registered for Vimeo... to comment on how very average this work is. It looks like you spent hardly any time on this at all ; )

But seriously, very very nice work mate.
How come this isn't an 'official' music video of some sort...? for another band/track or something?
It's well-up-there in terms of quality and execution, it seems a small shame that its only a "fan video" (not that I'm saying there is anything particularly wrong with that). But anyways. Keep up the good work mate!!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks Matt. I think in this day and age fan videos are blurring the line between paid and non-paid work. I've been inspired by guys like Aubo Lessi (parkink.net) who do amazing work only because they love to do it.
alysson castro 3 months ago

Beautiful and very inspiring!...Are all the elements digital or some by hand?...I'm very impressed!!!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

I scanned or painted all the textures by hand, but it's all CG.
Michael Ricker 3 months ago

Your lighting is insane. Well done.
John Waddington 3 months ago

It's like a Disneyworld ride for a small audience. It was so beautiful and time/pacing well executed; I found myself watching it several times!
The Horn Corp 3 months ago

wow dude that was amazing. where do you work?
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks. I work at a architectural visualization company named Focus360.
ocfilmsdotcom 3 months ago

wow, you work just around the corner from me.. Great video man! What can I say that hasn't be said in these 200 comments.... OK here it goes... I just rented a condo so that I can have the electricity to plug a computer that I just bought so that I can come go to the web and join Vimeo so that I can comment on your video... Was this said yet? No? Nice!!!
Tamarack Star 3 months ago

Crazy Magnificent. it wrenches me into some otherworld of space and tempo where yet everything is somehow flat and everyone is two-dimensional - but the pictoral narrative flows with the music as the jagged story leaps from one inexplicable moment to the unforeseen next ... just like life itself.

Thank you. do it again, please.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Do it again? You got it. Just don't expect it soon :)
Oscar Alatorre 3 months ago

awesome Work!
oliver meneses 3 months ago

Cool man. Incredible. Congrats!
Shane Guymon 3 months ago

You did an AMAZING job, plus I've never heard of the song or the artist, and now I want to find more of their music.
Andy Baumgartner 3 months ago

Fantastic!
Patrick Rodgers 3 months ago

This is remarkable. I vastly prefer it to the official video. Great work. I must see more from you.
Francisca Lucero 3 months ago

stuning. Grizzly Bear should hire you :P
viktorfokeev.com 3 months ago

wow
monike_pop 3 months ago

what a whole lot of amazing ideas and those very well done!
amazing video.
basverhage 3 months ago

Your video captured my attention and it was visually strong from beginning until ending. I really loved it. You are truly talented! I would love to hear/see something about the production process.
Jonathan Meyer 3 months ago

damn good
Alex Smith 3 months ago

All i can say is

wow.

There needs to be more work as beautiful as this. Fantastic work.
Erin Crooks 3 months ago

just when I thought things were getting old, something beautiful, intriguing and different. Merci beaucoup
Toby Past 3 months ago

beautiful and moving...well done! like it better than their *real* video for the song.
Mark Pfeffer 3 months ago

Amazing work Gabe! All your hard work paid off in this piece. May I ask what collaboration of programs you used?
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

I mainly used 3ds Max, Vray, and After Effects. I painted all the textures in Photoshop. I even managed a little Realflow flavor in there.
Ezra Horne 3 months ago

I think this video is fantastic for so many reasons, but I love that your central characters are gay and yet treated so normally. My favorite sequence in the whole film is probably 2:30-3:00 where you have the two lovers connected at the heart, floating as one through space. The music and visuals made me tear up. Thank you for creating such a beautiful piece.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks. Even though the song involves two guys, I really tried to connect their relationship to the relationship with my wife. The theme of fighting to keep a relationship together is universal.
Yann Caloghiris 3 months ago

one talented fan!
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks Yann, your own work is very impressive.
BB's Tiny Zen Theatre 3 months ago

Saw this on a friend's blog and was mesmerized. Have sent it out into the ether myself so more people see it. Beautiful.
digitalorganix 3 months ago

This is amazing! Phenomenal work! You had me hooked from the beginning, but then when the rabbits started splashing around I just started getting pissed at how great this looks. ;) I hope Grizzly Bear gives you some props.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

Thanks, when rabbits drink coffee they go swimmin
Jivy 3 months ago

speechlessly linked almost everyone eye candy loving person I knew to this page.. :D
BCAMTV 3 months ago

beautiful.
Daniel Gauthier (Get-Kinetic) 3 months ago

This video is really inspiring to me as an animator. I had no idea it wasn't their "official" video for this song. If you have a moment I'd love to know more about the process - softwares, techniques, etc.
Gabe Askew 3 months ago

sure thing. I used 3dsmax, Vray, and After Effects. I tried to use very little post work, so all the depth of field and motion blur were in the 3d camera. Though, I did render to exr files so I could tweak the exposure and get some subtle chromatic aberration effects in the extra bright areas. All the texture work is hand scanned or painted in photoshop, I think that helped it feel more cohesive.
Fernando D'Andrea 3 months ago

Amazing!
Dave Schott 3 months ago

This is an incredible piece of work, well done mate.
dynomike 3 months ago

So aweseome....Oh, how I would I love to see a "making of" video for this!
Spiro 3 months ago

Me too! :)
Weston Heflin 18 days ago

me 3
Nadine Marson 15 days ago

Me 4
dlew 3 months ago

marvelous, gabe
Panasit Chaiyanan 3 months ago

I found this on motionographer, I commented on there and I feel like I should comment on here as well. The concept and art direction is so beautiful. The blend of mix media fit perfectly. I love all the symbolism and what's cool is that it's not just about the cool technique. It's the mood and tone and the overall design that makes me think back about a time in the past where I had a connection with another person and the difficulties we faced, and actually felt like I was there again. Great video.