Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Cine, Vídeo e Animación Competition Category.

PrataFilme· 2023

Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación

by Chenxin Yang

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Filme Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación

Sea of Ink é unha curtametraxe de animación sobre unha artista que loita cun bloqueo creativo e viaxa baixo o mar. O filme mostra como a artista rompe as barreiras durante o proceso creativo. Unha estética visual de tinta de acuarela debuxada a man en tres dimensións dálle á historia unha aparencia distintiva. A obra combina animación 2D, animación 3D, imaxes de acción real, ilustracións debuxadas a man e motion graphics. As escenas de acción real filmáronse cunha cámara DSLR. Sea of Ink ten unha duración de dous minutos e vinte e sete segundos.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Sea of Ink Curtametraxe de Animación é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Team Members: Director: Chenxin Yang
Designer: Chenxin Yang
Animator: Chenxin Yang
Image Credits: Image 1: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 2: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 3: Creator Chenxin Yang
Image 4: Creator Chenxin Yang