Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Filimi Competition Category.

IfezaFilimi· 2023

Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo

by Chenxin Yang

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Filimi Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo

Sea of Ink ni filime ngufi y'animasiyo ivuga ku muhanzi uhanganye n'ikibazo cyo kubura ubuhanga bwo guhanga, akagenda munsi y'inyanja. Iyi filime yerekana uburyo umuhanzi asenya inzitizi mu gihe cy'inzira yo guhanga. Ubwiza bw'amashusho bw'irangi ry'amazi rishushanyijwe n'intoki mu buryo bwa dimansiyo eshatu buha iyi nkuru isura yihariye. Iki gikorwa gihuza animasiyo ya 2D, animasiyo ya 3D, amashusho yafashwe mu buzima nyakuri, ibishushanyo byakozwe n'intoki hamwe na motion graphics. Amashusho yafashwe mu buzima nyakuri yafatiwe kuri kamera ya DSLR. Sea of Ink imara iminota ibiri n'amasegonda makumyabiri n'arindwi.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Sea of Ink Filime Ngufi y'Animasiyo ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

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