Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Fîlm, Vîdyo û Anîmasyonê Competition Category.

ZîvFîlm· 2023

Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî

by Chenxin Yang

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Fîlm Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî

Deryaya Hibrê fîlmekî kurt ê anîmasyonî ye li ser hunermendekî ku bi astengiyeke afirîneriyê re têdikoşe û digere bin deryayê. Fîlm nîşan dide ka hunermend di dema pêvajoya afirîneriyê de çawa astengan derbas dike. Estetîkeke dîtbar a hibra avrengî ya bi dest hatî xêzkirin û sê-alî çîrokê rûyekî taybet dide. Ev berhem anîmasyona 2D, anîmasyona 3D, dîmenên rasteqîn, wêneyên bi dest xêzkirî û grafîkên tevgerê bi hev re dike yek. Dîmenên rasteqîn bi kamereyeke DSLR hatine kişandin. Deryaya Hibrê du deqe û bîst û heft çirke didome.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Sea of Ink Fîlmê Kurt ê Anîmasyonî afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

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