Argentu Film · 2023
Sea of Ink Filmu Curtu Animatu
by Chenxin Yang
- A' Design Award d'Argentu 2023 in Film
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 60,899
- Verification code 8BD8F29827 · Verify this award
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About Sea of Ink Filmu Curtu Animatu
Sea of Ink hè un filmu curtu animatu chì conta a storia di un artistu chì lotta contr'à un bloccu creativu è viaghja sottu à u mare. U filmu mostra cumu l'artistu supera e barriere durante u prucessu creativu. Un'estetica visuale d'inchjostru à acquarella disegnatu à a manu in trè dimensioni dà à a storia un aspettu distintu. L'opera cumbineghja l'animazione 2D, l'animazione 3D, e ripresa in azzione reale, l'illustrazioni disegnate à a manu è a grafica animata. E scene in azzione reale sò state filmate cù una camera DSLR. Sea of Ink dura dui minuti è vintisette seconde.
About the A' Design Award d'Argentu
Sea of Ink Filmu Curtu Animatu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Sea of Ink Filmu Curtu Animatu sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Sea of Ink Filmu Curtu Animatu hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This is an animated short film about an artist struggling with his creative block and his journey under the sea. This animation portrays how the artist breaks through the barriers during the creation process. The animation has an unique visual aesthetic of the 3D hand-drawn watercolor ink style.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1 Video
Width 1920 pixels, Height 1080 pixels
2 minutes and 27 seconds - Tags
- Motion design, Animation, Design, Motion Graphics
- Production Technology
- The techniques used in this work are 2D animation, 3D animation, videography, hand-drawn illustrations and motion graphics. The live-action part was filmed by DSLR camera.
- Design Challenge
- One of the challenge was to make the coherent visual between the live-action part and Chenxin's 3D hand-drawn watercolor ink style in the animation. Chenxin spent a lot effort and tried many versions to achieve the best result.
- Research
- Chenxin has been creating hand-drawn textured style animations for years and developed her own creative aesthetics. Chenxin researched deeply into animation techniques including ink fluid and particle rendering to combine 2D, 3D and videography in the animation. The work expresses ink stroke in a new way of presentation with self-finding inspiration.
- Inspiration
- This animation is inspired by the artist's creative exploration path. The psychological struggle and subconscious artistic choices of the artist's creative process provided the main inspiration for this animation. The animation is visually influenced by traditional ink and watercolor paintings.
- Project Duration
- The project took 2 years to ideate, research, design, animate and complete in New York.
- Operation Flow
- This work is a combination of animated visuals and audio. This animated short film can be played on the screen.
- Image Credits
- Image 1: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 2: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 3: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 4: Creator Chenxin Yang
