Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Movie, Video and Animation Design Goes to Sea of Ink Animation by Chenxin Yang
Chenxin Yang recognized for movie, video and animation design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Movie, Video and Animation Design category for Sea of Ink Animation by Chenxin Yang. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Sea of Ink Animation
Sea of Ink is an animated short film about an artist who struggles with a creative block and travels under the sea. The film shows how the artist breaks through barriers during the creative process. A visual aesthetic of three-dimensional hand-drawn watercolor ink gives the story a distinct look. The work combines 2D animation, 3D animation, live-action footage, hand-drawn illustrations and motion graphics. The live-action scenes were filmed with a DSLR camera. Sea of Ink runs for two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
About Chenxin Yang
Chenxin Yang is an award-winning motion graphic designer, creating hand-drawn textured style animations. Chenxin Yang's past works have been selected in over 30 international film festivals in the past few years, received international recognition as the best animation and have been featured in multiple major media. Chenxin Yang's works are created in the unique style of geometric character design and 3D hand-drawn watercolor ink style.
Award Record
This recognition makes Chenxin Yang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Movie, Video and Animation Design Award
The A' Movie Design Award is an international movie design competition recognizing outstanding movie designs by best movie designers and directors worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to movie designers, animation artists, directors and film producers from all countries. Typical entries include feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos and experimental films. The awarded movie designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/movie
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/149851
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149851
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149851
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/340669
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sea of Ink Animation
- Function
- Animation
- Category
- Movie, Video and Animation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Entertainment and Arts
- Colors
- Ghost White, Cornflower Blue, Black, Light Sky Blue and Royal Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chenxin Yang
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149851
Credits
- Image Credits
- Creator Chenxin Yang
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- This work is a combination of animated visuals and audio. This animated short film can be played on the screen.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project took 2 years to ideate, research, design, animate and complete in New York.
- Specifications
- 1 Video Width 1920 pixels, Height 1080 pixels 2 minutes and 27 seconds
- Keywords
- Motion design, Animation, Design, Motion Graphics
