Drawing is a step to organize complex minds
Type:
Motion Style Frames
Year:
2020
Staedtler Ident
Pencils are the instrument of the mind, which organizes the complexity of our thoughts and simplifies it through a form. This sequence visualizes the transition of complexity to simplicity by following a journey of a girl struggling through an unstable stair structure of graphite to reach a stabler plain of clay, which are the materials that define the color of a pencil.
Motion Style Frames
Year:
2020
Staedtler Ident
Pencils are the instrument of the mind, which organizes the complexity of our thoughts and simplifies it through a form. This sequence visualizes the transition of complexity to simplicity by following a journey of a girl struggling through an unstable stair structure of graphite to reach a stabler plain of clay, which are the materials that define the color of a pencil.
Pencils are the instrument of the mind, which organizes the coplexity of the thought by giving it form
Role:
Individual Project
Credits:
Ara Devejian (Instructor)
Individual Project
Credits:
Ara Devejian (Instructor)
Background:
Staedtler is a German stationery company famous for having a wide range of hardness in their Mars Lumograph Pencils. I decide to use that as a hint to transition between two contrasting worlds. The staircase in the sequence is constructed with pencil lead, where the bottom portion is dark and crumbled while the top is light and stable, referencing the pencil’s nature of change in color and hardness depending on the ratio of graphite and clay.
Staedtler is a German stationery company famous for having a wide range of hardness in their Mars Lumograph Pencils. I decide to use that as a hint to transition between two contrasting worlds. The staircase in the sequence is constructed with pencil lead, where the bottom portion is dark and crumbled while the top is light and stable, referencing the pencil’s nature of change in color and hardness depending on the ratio of graphite and clay.
Software:
Cinema 4D
Redshift
Photoshop
Illustrator
Cinema 4D
Redshift
Photoshop
Illustrator
Mood Board
The sequence uses a monochrome color palette to emphasize the gradient of the staircase and the subtle blue in the character’s dress. I used uniform lighting and a long focal length to emulate the flatness of a pencil drawing.
The sequence uses a monochrome color palette to emphasize the gradient of the staircase and the subtle blue in the character’s dress. I used uniform lighting and a long focal length to emulate the flatness of a pencil drawing.
Character Profile
To define the character’s appearance, I created a profile that was inspired by the childhood memory of using a pencil. The dress is based on the brand color palette.
To define the character’s appearance, I created a profile that was inspired by the childhood memory of using a pencil. The dress is based on the brand color palette.
