"A Digital Man" - Animated Video by Bobby Standridge

[brickceo]

the jet and thunder is an amazing touch, are you a composer? and do you tutor 3DMax, mud box etc?

[dueypupboy911]

Neil Peart is so epic he floats on water WHILE he plays and twirls his drum sticks. Rock on Rush!!!

[planetrob555]

Thought this would be an animation to Digital Man, but oh well. By the way, very cool video and very nice work!

[bcabri1130]

this is frigging awesome, especially considering the difficulty of the stickwork. excellent work. i hope the band have seen this!

[jackchacal]

Cool envrionment. If you liked this video you may like this one too:

youtube.com/watch?v=_6dFO1lO7i­s

[bootztap]

really and truly amazing, looks like a real human playing the drums! very smooth

[kayetto]

how much time did it take to create this video? it's amazing!!

[mulattomeag]

1st off YYZ is basically THE # 1 rock out in a trance song like...EVER!!! and as much as I would have love the other members rockin out in the vid, well fucking done. I had no idea JUST how fucking hard it was to pull off this song drumming till now....

AMAZING!

[PipArt3dStudio]

Awesome animation.

Completly perfect.

Great!!

[Feralbreeze]

Totally ass kicking awesome man. One of the best things i've seen on that concept. Awesome character animation. REALLY nice job. Best wishes from me.

[Danny123470]

Stick tricks = Epic

Whole video = Epic

[madder128]

This is outstanding !

Brilliant work ! Well Done !

[EIStoner]

This has got to be the best CGI drummer video I have ever seen!!!! Playing the song on a kit is hard in itself. CGI it in pixels is insane. Dude, I'm high at a motha fuckin' kit and this shiz is taking me way down to China Town. Amazing is all I can say!

[brazenhubris]

It's almost perfect. If you could only make the face more expressionless and android-like, it would look more like Neil actually performing!

[brazenhubris]

@brazenhubris All kidding aside, though- this kicks all measure of ass.

[TeamNES1]

Nice work, dude. On a scale of one to ten, your score of 20 has burnt out the meter. That's how much I enjoyed it. Neil Peart would enjoy it too if he discovered this video.

[Headrush13]

he has

[EdubGUY]

Fantastic job.

[MatixDrum]

this should be in guirat hero :-) GREAt

[Nailfingerr]

it is on Guitar Hero 2 and Smash Hits!

[MatixDrum]

ok thx

[fruitygoodness]

damn i thought this was a new video for the song 'digital man' off signals

[pitchfork1972]

Kick ass!!!

[gsruler]

awesome... no other word fits...

[pm3470]

that's fucking great - you are very talented with this animation- very nice

[trocker4evr]

very, very cool!

[ParnvoL]

I'm a great fan of both Rush (my favourite band ever) and Neil Peart's drumming. Think I've watched this video 10 times, but it's still awesome.

[metalpsalm]

dude....

[rush519]

This video kicks ass

[Nicotag]

See, someone needs to hire this gentleman for the rockband or guitarhero series because he is the only one who understands how a drummer moves and yet still has the ability to create the movement in CGI.

[imintowater]

Sure would be nice if it was syncronized. Kind of lame seeing the hits a full half-second after hearing it.

[RollTheFemers]

Awesome vid! You are very talented! This is brilliance at its best! :-)

[HeavyB191]

The airplanes are very annoying. Anyone else agree? ( The rest is sheer brilliance though .)

[tofee35]

this guy's better than neil peart

[imintowater]

It IS Neil Peart, dufus.

[segiperkasa]

Great work...

[mp2611]

this vid deserves millions of views

[bcschmerker]

Standridge did an excellent analysis of Neal Peart's drumwork from the Moving Pictures sessions for this 3D animation. A must-see for tribute-band drummers preparing to do YYZ in concert or at a dance.

[pmb003]

Cool Animation

[jeff043]

the stick spinning bits are so cool!

[mrjimmyos]

Being a drummer myself and a fan of 3d animation, I'm liking this :D

[dogtownzboy1]

right after neil peart i think its mike portnoy for greatest AMERICAN drummers of all time

[lildrumr13]

ummm ... YYZ stands for Toronto airport, and Neil Peart lives there ... so he's not American he's CANADIAN ... so just to make sure everyone is clear on that

[gamb00l]

umm neil lives in california now

[WildcatDanny]

They are both North Americans.

[TFOGas]

LOL .. Rush being all CANADIAN .. even I as a Scotsman knows this.

On the video .. what skills man, this deserves a better showcase than youtube.

Message in the works to you.

[jofrytube]

Neil Peart is Canadian dude!

[KLAUSTEPPER]

YYZ is the prelude of Dream Theater style!!Rush awesome!

[dogtownzboy1]

dream theater rules!!

[ImGoinVTEC]

nice job man saw this in the washington post... neil peart rules

[mp2611]

Wow, we are both fans of RUSH and both create 3D animations!

[dbb5500]

Oh my gosh... Your last name is my last name. :O

[gw0onkaren]

wow, this vid is really great. well done bobby!!!!!

[mistarax]

Wow! you actually helped me learn the more difficult parts to get by ear from this song! thanx

[lilzinni19]

holy crap that was insane. i luv the airplane and the thunder and the raiin efects it was just amazing

[ronnie4631]

Just brilliant!

[69adrummer]

Nice man...no, NICE!!! Very smooth!! One question, maybe dumb, but have you shown this to the boys at RUSH?!?! Maybe you could do some work for them on upcoming shows!!!! Keep up the good work!!

[WillZthaman]

YYZ!

[chefimbr]

REALLY GOOD GRATZ

[tikkket]

Good,good,good and very good.Very nice job.

[cacahouette44]

Very nice work congrat

[P1TT1]

Dude !.. , that's some nice work you've got there man... ;D

did you import the guy from poser ?..

[JoebhJoebh]

ur cymbals need better textures

[misanthrope3]

Dude!!!  I LOVED IT... :D

Nice but very nice job!

Cheers.

[dgarbinski]

Wonderful!

[Wolfy2929]

Incredible.

[ILOVESKATE50]

wouaaaaaaaa...c'est parfait sa a du mettre trop longtemps a a faire !

[ViejoIvan]

Men; that was fucking cool, you define the muscles of the man and dont over-use the camera freedom.

mmm... and I have to hear those guys. (Rush)

[roxgaming]

Best video on you tube. I seen this a long time ago right after it was made. Just simply awsome! And still the best!

[eldano]

my respect man!! how long did it took you to make the whole vid?? i am planning to do the same thing but short version of a song... it's a very nice animation.. are you working in some studio?

cheers

.da.

[rossvz]

really nicely done man....

[lordie666]

Holy crap... this is mind boggling. Well done. I wish I could spin sticks that fast.

[CaribbeanPhil]

incredible. Feature this vid youtube

[TheCrazyGuitarMan]

and then a base version

[guizaun666]

omg... perfect

[themarkmancan]

omg... AMAZING!

[bspankratz]

awesomee!!! you should do a guitar version now, that would rock too!!

[euscos]

My mind is completely blewn after watching that.... thanks!

[guacman74]

That was waaaaay cool. Great job, I can almost imagine "That Dragon" making an appearance in your next endeavor!

[mcekul]

Incredible. Absolutely incredibly. Insane animation, a job definately well done.

[SHFUTS]

my god man you are talented excellentjob like seriuosly holy shit

[FlashyVic]

F**ken Class!

I'm half tore watching this & can't believe its not done by Disney or Pixar or someone.

Rush Rule! Hello from Ulster.

[rayfromvegas]

truely amazing...you deserve an award for that.

[TheAnalogKid1029]

The change in weather was brilliant, pure genius I loved the twirling of the drumsticks, as Neil actually does, and the slow motion of the drumstick in mid air was amazing. Once again, thank you for making this and, if you need another excuse to experiment with your new skills with animation, please make videos with Alex and Geddy. I truly appreciate this video and great job once again.

[TheAnalogKid1029]

I can't believe what I've just seen. While watching this, the animation was remarkable, and I felt as if I were watching Rush in Rio, or A Show of Hands. That's how real it was, and if Neil really could play drums in the center of a lake or ocean (amazing, isn't it? Something Neil can't do... as far as we know), it would be hard to tell what is real and what is not.

[TheAnalogKid1029]

First of all, let me start out by congratulating you on leaving me to stare at my computer screen in disbelief for fifteen minutes after watching this. I can't express how amazing this video was, and as a Rush fan I also feel the need to say 'thank you for making this.' This really is Neil Peart in the Limelight, five straight minutes of it, which is something we don't often see with Neil (though he always deserves it).

[meisnerboy]

excellent job!