I really enjoyed working with stop motion, especially having a background in animation. Figuring out how to translate my skills from the digital world to the physical one was an exciting challenge!
I decided to let that challenge inform the theme of my work. Recently, I've been making an effort to reconnect with traditional art after spending most of my undergrad working digitally, and it's reminded me of why I fell in love with art in the first place. For this project, I wanted to capture the idea that my art is my own across all mediums, and the skills I learn in one help me in another.
I think the "transformation" prompt comes through quite well!
My set-up for capturing images was a bit janky, with my phone propped at an angle inside a vase and pointed down at my "set." For the final stop-motion shot, I turned the vase over and set my phone on top of it, using a water bottle to keep it at the correct angle. Unfortunately, that set-up was less stable than the first, and you can see in the final product that my phone fell off more than once. I did my best to line things back up, but it gets a bit jumpy towards the end.
I feel inclined to embrace the imperfections, though. The entire point of this piece was emphasizing art in all its forms. Whether things get nudged or I accidentally cast a shadow on a frame, it's all part of the process. It's all part of learning a new medium.
The fish itself had several different double-sided body shapes, which I swapped out to animate its movement!
Chloe this is *so* cool (and the fish is adorable). I love the idea of a digital object coming alive and hopping out of the screen and taking on a life of its own. Also interesting how it's kind of like a reverse Wizard of Oz – it goes from a pixelated, colored drawing to a black and white line drawing that swims around your sketchbook. It offers up an interesting angle on belonging, too.
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ReplyDeleteThis stop motion video is so well done! I love how you blended the digital animation into it—it feels super seamless and the transitions are really smooth. The double-sided fish cutouts were such a smart idea too, that worked really well. If you keep going with this, it could be really cool to see even more elements move from the screen into real life. I feel like pushing that a bit further could make it even more fun and immersive.