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Line Story

Type: Motion animation

Role : Designer

year : 2024

Artistic expression is an act of translation—turning thought into form through the movement of a hand grasping a tool that leaves a mark. This 30-second animation reflects on that process, exploring how meaning takes shape one stroke at a time, as ideas travel from mind to body to image then into other minds.

storyboard

Storyboard 1: line enters, the path it will travel is shown as a dashed line.
Storyboard 1: line enters, the path it will travel is shown as a dashed line.
Storyboard 1: line enters, the path it will travel is shown as a dashed line.
Storyboard 2: the line comes to a hault in the form of two subtle arches meeting in the middle at a point.
Storyboard 2: the line comes to a hault in the form of two subtle arches meeting in the middle at a point.
Storyboard 2: the line comes to a hault in the form of two subtle arches meeting in the middle at a point.
Storyboard 3: Background fills in, looking like a green sky full of birds.
Storyboard 3: Background fills in, looking like a green sky full of birds.
Storyboard 3: Background fills in, looking like a green sky full of birds.
Storyboard 4: The background is gone, the line continues to move off screen
Storyboard 4: The background is gone, the line continues to move off screen
Storyboard 4: The background is gone, the line continues to move off screen
Storyboard 5: line's full path shown by dashed line. The line itself is paused in middle of board.
Storyboard 5: line's full path shown by dashed line. The line itself is paused in middle of board.
Storyboard 5: line's full path shown by dashed line. The line itself is paused in middle of board.
Storyboard 6: Background fills in, revealing that the line was actually an outline of a face.
Storyboard 6: Background fills in, revealing that the line was actually an outline of a face.
Storyboard 6: Background fills in, revealing that the line was actually an outline of a face.
Storyboard 7: Backgound is gone. The line has moved and shape shifted.
Storyboard 7: Backgound is gone. The line has moved and shape shifted.
Storyboard 7: Backgound is gone. The line has moved and shape shifted.
Storyboard 8: Backgroud fills in reavealing that the line is a strom cloud.
Storyboard 8: Backgroud fills in reavealing that the line is a strom cloud.
Storyboard 8: Backgroud fills in reavealing that the line is a strom cloud.
Stroyboard 9: background is gone, line leaves board.
Stroyboard 9: background is gone, line leaves board.
Stroyboard 9: background is gone, line leaves board.
Storyboard 10: line enters and transforms into a cat face.
Storyboard 10: line enters and transforms into a cat face.
Storyboard 10: line enters and transforms into a cat face.
Crudely drawn landscape with sun and flower, as if drawn with chalk
Crudely drawn landscape with sun and flower, as if drawn with chalk
Crudely drawn landscape with sun and flower, as if drawn with chalk
Two lines in the shape of birds (two arches meeting at a point in the middle). Each "bird" is draw with different pen texture.
Two lines in the shape of birds (two arches meeting at a point in the middle). Each "bird" is draw with different pen texture.
Two lines in the shape of birds (two arches meeting at a point in the middle). Each "bird" is draw with different pen texture.

Style

Minimal. Goal is to convey the idea with the least amount of detail necessary. Retain a hand-drawn quality.

Style guide: color
Style guide: color
Style guide: color

Color

Background is primarily off-white representing a blank canvas, while the line is near black to contrast. Upon completion of each form, the background will fill in with more detail, limited to the in the 4 remaining colors.

Collection of inspirational images, each an illustration created with the simplest of lines.
Collection of inspirational images, each an illustration created with the simplest of lines.
Collection of inspirational images, each an illustration created with the simplest of lines.

Inspiration

These represent the level of simplicity of the images to be created in the animation.

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