Cracking the Code, Behind the Scenes: Envisioning the Arpeggio Mystery (Sherlock Holmes, Yngwie)

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A Cracking the Code behind the scenes feature by Adam Payne, discussing the process of conceptualizing a world and animation style to fit a technical discussion of the difficulties in decoding Yngwie's complex arpeggio-based solos. A journey through the visual inspiration of a scene, from German expressionism to Holmsian homage. Also includes a technical breakdown of some particular Motion tricks used to make this animation work.

[matthewgarnett]

These films are beautifully produced, definitely the most entertaining and informative guitar related video's I've watched, and I've watched a lot :))

[KeithShelley]

As a guitarist by heart and a designer by trade, thank you so much for this. Cracking the Code is an incredible achievement in instruction. Its success is entirely dependent on the concise relaying of information. You all are absolute geniuses when it comes to breaking down complex concepts and taking the viewer on a journey. It's truly the Good Eats of guitar.

[Praxia]

You guys read my mind.  I was wondering exactly how all the myriad animations were created.  I kept thinking to myself, "that must have taken forever".  Wonderful work. Troy has clearly assembled a very talented team.

[JudgeFredd]

Congrats to the team - you deserve a Grammy Award (or two)

[cptnoremac]

You're all doing an amazing job. The animations look great and do a perfect job of illustrating what Troy's explaining.

[sikpikfrank]

I truly enjoyed the series! Brilliant animation, excellent story-telling!
I look forward to your next offerings!

[danielshin]

This is a Wonderful Very creative and specialized contents!

[nfijef]

Great work fellas! I love the behind the scenes stuff, thanks:)

[philipgreenwood]

I'm very interested in the software used.
It looks like Adobe Character Animator but maybe it's not.
"Cracking the code" blew me away.
Not only was the content groundbreaking but the style wrapper was top notch.
I want to make my own guitar production, so knowing the kit used would really help.