Took three years to get here and look back and collect what I learned. Several assisted this journey in different proportions, to all of them: Thanks.
Thesis Book - Small Version
This project is born from the charge of
our thesis work at the Academy: to create
a book about ‘The Art of’ something. All
the material and content was created in
the second half of 2009, up to this submission. At first I thought these ideas would
come together into a feature length story,
but rapidly I realized that for now it could
only exist as a compendium of three short
stories. With each, I hope to cover the story deeply enough for it to stand alone, but
also allow me to work with it in the future.
The three short stories are about elder people’s stories. one of them may be fantastical, but each of them are what I believe to be realistic stories or anecdotes of what I think and feel must be true of the last years of our life on earth. The style I hope to engender is one nostalgia, and yes some sadness and loneliness, pushing each story towards a more european aesthetic and sensibility.
The three short stories are about elder people’s stories. one of them may be fantastical, but each of them are what I believe to be realistic stories or anecdotes of what I think and feel must be true of the last years of our life on earth. The style I hope to engender is one nostalgia, and yes some sadness and loneliness, pushing each story towards a more european aesthetic and sensibility.
I plan to continue develop these stories in the future and hopefully feel as
though I can say to myself that they are
finished. I have tried to detail each one of
them, designing and defining as much as
possible. backgrounds, characters, some
props or vehicles are covered in the project, but I understand more is required.
Unfortunately, my background relying
on a collaborative environment made me
slower and less effective than I expected.
I made the decision to focus on one story
at the time and sadly I don’t feel as though
I finished all three of them, but, I think I
have completed the necessary amount of
the requested material.
Some common themes, images, and
ideas have worked their way through all
three stories. The elderly characters, their dress, and certain props I wanted to be
present in all of them. This as an aesthetic
decision about the symbols of the stories I wanted to tell, and about the common emotions I hoped would ground
each story.
The first story is ‘The Dress’ that was
planned with more detail in the environments and thought of as a Cg animation
film. The narration of ‘The Anniversary’ is
planned as a 2D animation and I focused
more on the characters in many layers,
from the personality of the characters, the
backgrounds (both physical and historical) and the visual style and appearance.
With ‘good Memories’ I wanted to try
something with a more artistic approach,
but sadly I wasn’t able to achieve as much
work as I wanted, and so it exists more
in its infancy. The plan for that story was
to work the page using heavy ink areas
and watercolor.
