Hey Lotto, thank you so much, yes, there are many people, that think: oh, only some mouse clicks and voilà.. Can't be taken that long.. what? 9 months of work, are you kidding? ;-)

Probably longer than it takes to make the whisky

@@OliverEnde This is incredible, as someone who animates themselves, the amount of work that goes into this is underappreciated. But not by everyone ;) amazing work on this!

@@Cole.Varial hey, yes, it really was very much work.. so it is great to hear such words from a 3D animator like you who really knows how much time it is to model, texture, light, animate and composite everything.. by the way: only for the rendering, my computer needed 3 months to get this job done... luckily me, nowadays unreal engine makes it so much faster.. 😁🤙 greetings from Hamburg

2D/3D animator here. Yes. A passionate effort. It blew my mind at 2min when the grain opened up. Amazing dedication and skills.

Thank you very much 😊 I am very happy to read this

Having the disclaimers pop up and the logo in the middle of the screen earned a thumbs down.

@@JohnDoe-xr5is Quit trying to steal other peoples work there John Doe.

The lord sayeth And I bring unto him much praise who maketh an animation of how the whisky is maketh ....so he say unto them.

@Lupe Baxley oh yes tell me more.........no you were right i don't really care.....but you really need to work on your morals my friend.

he mispronounced some words, like Islay for example......

@@andrewescocia2707 It's odd that someone can put this much effort into creating an animated video and not bother telling the voice-over actor how to pronounce Islay.

The voice is A.I.

voice actor 🤣

Hi John, thank you so much for that comment.. it took about 9 months to create this animation video.. I wanted to make it as detailled and beautiful looking as possible with my current skills :)

@@OliverEnde Hail to you, good sir! Your efforts are well appreciated!

@@OliverEnde Amazing work; thank you!

Having the disclaimers pop up and the logo in the middle of the screen earned a thumbs down.

@@JohnDoe-xr5is jeez john, give him a break. They're obviously there for a reason.

Thanks a lot for your kind words. I am really working on it :-) But as only me, myself and I doing all that stuff, it is really hard to get that kind of animations done in less the 4-9 months.. but there will be a animation about snakes anatomy in the next few days and after that, I will make one about rum production.. Really looking forward to doing that one!

I know this is close to bourbon but one specifically on American bourbon would be cool and would get lots of clicks. Awsome vid and very informative. Thanks

Thank you very much :-)

Hey Rennaissance Man! Thanks a lot, I appreciate that

Hey, great to hear, thank you so much for your kind comment! It is always nice to see, that people like you appreciate my work and how much love and time I put into this :-)

Thanks a lot, Nikita!

Having the disclaimers pop up and the logo in the middle of the screen earned a thumbs down.

@@JohnDoe-xr5is Quit trying to steal other peoples work there John Doe.

True

Exactly.

Thank you so much! It was only me, who did the whole animation, research, etc.., I only booked the narrator for a better voice-over. But anyway, great to read such kind words :-)

Thank you so much Michael! Great, that you like my work 🥃 Slaìnthe Mhath

Hello

Hi Thomas, thank you so much for this great comment and your kind words!

Hay Fan Laz, thanks a lot!! Really kind words, I am really happy! It was only me, who built the animation, it took about 9 months, so I had much time to do all the 3d models, texturing, lighting and animations and of course all the research to make this video. Yes and the butterfly is one that my father showed me in time when I was a child.. it is a small tortoiseshell. stay healthy!

@@OliverEnde Hay Oliver, really i have seen some videos for the same subject, not that i am an expert though, but the difference is obvious. Very nice presentation indeed and you can watch it again and again. Plus, something rare too, you don't get bored. No robotic animations and strange voices, but full of knowledge with a nice coherence for the idividual who has no more than a general idea about the presented subject. You want to watch it again and you will still 'll learn something that you didn't "pick" with the first view...while from the beging up to the end, it doesn't make you tired so you don't loose interest. Hey, i don' want to praize more, because this can be "detected" by other viewers and guide to...oposite results, but what i think is that the key of your succes, is that this "simple" (by a firsr view) video, has a nine month preparation behind it. You mentioned that in your response to me. So that lead us to considerate that a serious backround is needed for a similar result. Reaching to the end of this " small type of letter", there is another thing that comes out of all this: you focused to gather and collect your infos for this specific presentation, but appart of your whiskey knowledges, you also are tallented to make nice videos, so you keep this for future while is good for you. That is my opinion anyway and bravo, once again !!!

@@fanlaz959 that are so kind words of you and I appreciate reading this. Thank you for taking the time to write a so long comment or letter :-) of course there are also some guys here that don't really understand why I put the watermarks here or how much time and passion it is to build such a project. I knew that before the upload. But it makes me happy that so man people like you enjoy my animation. Unfortunately there will always be people who are dissatisfied with themselves and who cannot appreciate a job like this, but that's okay, I can live with that. So again: thanks for your words! Slàinte mhath

@@OliverEndeFocus on your things and don t spend your time with the type of people that only want you to feel dedraded. There will always be around and the higher you go, the more of this type you are going to...discover. And what is " slaint mhath" ?

@@fanlaz959 it is a Scottish toast that means "good health" :)

Thanks a Lot!

Thank you very much for your kind words and for subscribing! 🤙🏼👍

Thanks a lot :-) During modellind and animating the whole project, there were a billion moments where I thought: "Good enough now.. no.. wait, I could put some... in it.. YEAH, now it's better..no, WAIT.. there is one more detail missing... Ahhhh now, it's like I want it to have.. no, stop, what's about adding some.... and so on" :-D

@@OliverEnde I've just recently passe my Exam in Distilling and I really wish I'd stumble upon this video just a couple of months earlier. Would have made my exam easier :)

@@OliverEnde 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks a lot for your kind words, I am glad, that you like my work :-) There will be a similar wine production animation soon, too ;-)

Thanks a lot! It took a lot of time and also a lot of fun to create this animation with the little "Highlander" easter eggs :-) Glad to read, that this animation and the work that went into it still gets so much positive feedback!

I would certainly not give you a thumbs down for the watermark presence because I am sure many people can watch it and ignore it, however my brain is such that I cannot and I find it impossible to watch. I wish it was otherwise because it looks fantastic. It is a pity there isn't a version without the watermark that a person could pay a couple of pounds via PayPal to watch - I would certainly be willing to do that. I am a huge whisky fan and I think this video would be perfect for me to watch without the watermark in the middle (I could live with the wee text bottom right I think). Well done for all your efforts and I wish you every success with future projects.

I must admit, I was a bit annoyed until I read your post. Thank you for making your hard work available for our pleasure at no cost. Very informative and entertaining.

This is just a ad for your animations then.. no one is using this video for so corporate sales pitch... the work is good but useless at the same time. I would show this to others but no point.

​@@noahz4494 thank you for your clear words and your comment! At the moment I am thinking about cheaper packages, that people who do not want to use the animation commercially, could afford. Probably a good thought from you. Especially since I get so much positive feedback here, which I am very happy about . I'm trying to find something that I can just live with and that doesn't make everyone run away screaming straight away .. :-D

@@OliverEnde Perhaps you could have the watermark appear for 0.5 to 1.0 seconds every X seconds where X = 10 or 20 seconds, then it would still offer you protection without being so obtrusive?

Thanks a lot, yes, I think, $30-60 is worth it :)

@Magnificently Fruity Star Power STFU LMAOOO

thank you very much :-)

Thank you very much 😊 it was a project from heart

Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much for these kind words!! 😊🤙🏼 Greetings from Hamburg