Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Perak in Film Competition Category.

PerakFilm· 2023

Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi

by Chenxin Yang

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Film Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi

Sea of Ink adolah film pendek animasi tantang surang seniman nan bagulek jo hambatan kreatif dan bajalan ka bawah lauik. Film ko manunjuakkan baa caro seniman tu manambuih panghalang salamo proses kreatif. Estetika visual tinta cat aia gambar tangan tigo dimensi maagiah caliak nan babeda ka carito ko. Karya ko manggabuangkan animasi 2D, animasi 3D, rekaman live-action, ilustrasi gambar tangan, dan grafis garak. Adegan live-action difilmkan jo kamera DSLR. Sea of Ink batahan salamo duo minik duo puluah tujuah detik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Sea of Ink Film Pendek Animasi adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

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