Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Ata Tifaga Competition Category.

ArioAta Tifaga· 2023

Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia

by Chenxin Yang

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Ata Tifaga Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia

O le Sea of Ink o se ata tifaga pupuu fa'agaioia e uiga i se tusiata o lo'o tauivi ma se fa'alavelave o le fatufatuga ma malaga i lalo o le sami. O lo'o fa'aalia i le ata le auala e talepe ai e le tusiata ia pa puipui i le taimi o le faiga fatufatua'i. O se matagofie va'aia o le vaitusi vali suavai tusia lima e tolu itu, ua maua ai e le tala se foliga tulaga ese. O le galuega e tu'ufa'atasia ai le fa'agaioiga 2D, fa'agaioiga 3D, ata pu'eina moni, ata tusia lima ma ata fa'agaioi. O vaaiga na pu'eina moni sa pu'eina i le mea pu'e ata DSLR. E fa'agasolo le Sea of Ink mo le lua minute ma le luasefulufitu sekone.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Sea of Ink Ata Tifaga Pupuu Fa'agaioia o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

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