Sea of Ink
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.
Sea of Ink Animation by Chenxin Yang has been identified as an outstanding illustration of communication design by the A' Design Awards. Sea of Ink Animation was awarded the Silver A' Design Award in Movie, Video and Animation Design in 2023. The A' Movie, Video and Animation Design Award is an international, jury-voted, fair and ethical design prize which recognizes outstanding design of feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos, experimental films, commercials, trailers and more.
