STOWAWAY
STUDIO CHICKEN LEG | SEP 2021 - JAN 2022
Animation | background design
SOFTWARES USED
TVPaint
Adobe Photoshop
Stowaway is a 2D animated short film about a desperate young woman who is brutally murdered after being caught hiding on a ship. Her body is thrown into the ocean, where she gets a new chance at life.
This was a collaborative project at the Willem the Kooning academy with Dione Forty (Lilih2o) and Sabrina El Bairi (Heary Bear Legs).
Animated scenes
These are the scenes that I animated. While animating, I focused a lot on the expressiveness and creating dynamic movement, as I wanted the animation to convey the chaos and emotion of the situation.
Backgrounds
I developed the style the backgrounds were drawn in. Within the film, we wanted to make use of a colour pallette with teal, purple and yellow hues. Next to that, we wanted the film to have a handmade feel. As the story starts off unfortunate, I tried to create a sinister atmosphere with the use of unsaturated, cold colours and rough brushstrokes. For the positive finale of the story, I wanted to convey a contrasting, peaceful and virtuous feel by using bright, warm colours with a paint-like brush.
Backgrounds that I have drawn:
Animation tests
I made some animation tests to explore what is possible within a shot and to study the movement of water.
