Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ by Chenxin Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Fíìmù, Fídíò àti Àwòrán Alààyè Competition Category.
FàdákàFíìmù· 2023
Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ
by Chenxin Yang
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Fíìmù Category
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The Design
About Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ
Sea of Ink jẹ́ fíìmù kúkúrú aláwòrán ẹ̀rọ nípa oníṣẹ́-ọnà kan tí ó ń kojú ìdíwọ́ ìmọ̀ràn ẹ̀dá tí ó sì rin ìrìn-àjò lọ sí abẹ́ òkun. Fíìmù náà fi hàn bí oníṣẹ́-ọnà náà ṣe fọ́ àwọn ìdíwọ́ dà nínú ìlànà iṣẹ́-ẹ̀dá. Ẹwà ìran ti àwòrán inki omi-àwọ̀ tí a fi ọwọ́ yà ní ọ̀nà onígun-mẹ́ta fún ìtàn náà ní ìrísí tí ó yàtọ̀. Iṣẹ́ náà ṣàkópọ̀ àwòrán ẹ̀rọ 2D, àwòrán ẹ̀rọ 3D, àwọn àgékù fídíò gidi, àwọn àwòrán tí a fi ọwọ́ yà àti àwọn àwòrán oníṣíṣẹ́. Wọ́n fi kámẹ́rà DSLR ya àwọn ìran fídíò gidi náà. Sea of Ink gba ìṣẹ́jú méjì àti ìṣẹ́jú-ààyá mẹ́tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Sea of Ink Fíìmù Kúkúrú Aláwòrán Ẹ̀rọ jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
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
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