Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Kiriata, Ataata me te Whakaihiihi Competition Category.

HiriwaKiriata· 2023

Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori

by Chenxin Yang

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Kiriata Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori

Ko Sea of Ink he kiriata poto whakahākori e pā ana ki tētahi ringatoi e raru ana i te aukatinga auaha, ā, ka haere ia ki raro i te moana. E whakaatu ana te kiriata i te pakarutanga o te ringatoi i ngā ārai i te wā o te tukanga auaha. Nā te āhua ataata o te waituhi mangumangu ā-ringa e toru ōna taha ka whai āhua motuhake te kōrero. Ka whakakotahi tēnei mahi i te whakahākori 2D, te whakahākori 3D, ngā kiriata ā-mata ora, ngā whakaahua ā-ringa me ngā whakairoiro nekeneke. I hopukina ngā whakaaturanga ā-mata ora ki te kāmera DSLR. E rua meneti, e rua tekau mā whitu hēkona te roa o Sea of Ink.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Sea of Ink Kiriata Poto Whakahākori he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

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