Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm by Chenxin Yang

Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Silver in Film-, Video- och Animationsdesign Competition Category.

SilverFilm· 2023

Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm

by Chenxin Yang

A' Design Award i Silver Winner in Film Category

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The Design

About Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm

Sea of Ink är en animerad kortfilm om en konstnär som kämpar med en kreativ blockering och reser under havet. Filmen visar hur konstnären bryter igenom barriärer under den kreativa processen. En visuell estetik av tredimensionellt handritat akvarellbläck ger berättelsen ett distinkt utseende. Verket kombinerar 2D-animation, 3D-animation, filmade sekvenser, handritade illustrationer och motion graphics. De filmade scenerna spelades in med en DSLR-kamera. Sea of Ink har en speltid på två minuter och tjugosju sekunder.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Silver

Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm är vinnare av A' Design Award i Silver, ett utomordentligt prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, hänförande och imponerande designverk i toppskiktet. Silvervinnare är oerhört briljanta och utomordentligt kreativa verk som illustrerar sina formgivares enastående expertis, talang och skarpsinne. Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm förväntas vara ett underbart paradexempel som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och djupt innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Silver är en mycket uppmärksammad, beundrad uppfinning som gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Sea of Ink Animerad kortfilm är en skapelse som avundas starkt, som väcker längtan, förmedlar positiva känslor och väcker förundran och häpnad.

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