Researcher(s)
- Yasir Centeno, Visual Communications, University of Delaware
Faculty Mentor(s)
- Brandan Henry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware
Abstract
This project is a roadmap of the exploration and experimentation I’ve been through with my art over the last 2 years. It is an intersection where my illustration and hand-drawn elements meet my videography. Deconstructing and reconstructing individual frames to create a whole new piece. At its core, Illustration In Motion creates a viewpoint into earlier approaches of visual storytelling, creating a more physical aspect which asks: What happens when you tear a frame apart, giving it a separate identity and reconstructing it from the viewpoint of an illustrative storyteller? In taking out individual aspects of each filmed moment, I could manipulate them through illustration, combining motion and stillness, digital and analog, as well as imperfection and precision.
Based on early film techniques, including colorization and physical manipulation of film, this project began due to my curiosity of how one can transform images past the traditional digital editing methods. Not only that, but also how these older techniques held up in today’s day and age. While in the past I’ve used photography and videography as source material for comic panels and graphics, this is my first time doing the opposite. Using my illustration as the source material for motion storytelling. Emphasizing the methods, skills and process, over the product, bringing light to not just the finalized work, but to the different forms of experimentation, the imperfections in framing, and layering, resulting in an unconventional narrative. Maintaining the focus on the artistic journey rather than the product.
The final product is a blend of both analog and digital editing, combining illustration and videography. This piece will display the evolution of my work, but also my philosophy that imperfections while creating is what makes a piece, not the final product itself.