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Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa in Afeṣṣel n Usaru, Avidyu d Usmussu Competition Category.


LfeṭṭaAsaru· 2023

Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren

by Chenxin Yang

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa Winner in Asaru Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren

Sea of Ink d asaru awezlan yettwaseddren ɣef unaẓur i yettnaɣen d ugur n usnulfu, dɣa yeṭṭef abrid ddaw yilel. Asaru yeskan amek i yesseɣli unaẓur tisekrafin di tikli n usnulfu. Talɣa tafeṛṛant n midad n uklul yuran s ufus s telqey n kraḍ tsektiwin tefka i teqsiḍt udem yemgaraden. Amahil-a yesdukkel asedder 2D, asedder 3D, tugniwin n tilawt yettwaṣewwren, tugniwin yuran s ufus akked tunuɣin yettembiwilen. Timeẓriyin n tilawt ttwaṣewwrent s tkamiṛat DSLR. Sea of Ink yettdum sin n dqayeq d sebɛa u ɛecrin n tesdatin.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa

Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Sea of Ink Asaru awezlan yettwaseddren ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Behind the Design

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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

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