Take My Heart (2024)
Stop Motion, After Effects
“
My heart is a crustaceanCould you come and crack it open?
No backbone, no relationship wreck
I'm on my own”
Lagoon - Dora Jar
Human Heart
- wall insulation foam, rubber latex, yarn, pantyhose
- shot in Dragonframe and keyed in After Effects
Lagoon Set
- set pieces: foam core, perilite, dry pigments, cornstarch, sand, insulation foam
- dressings: found garbage (clean), plastic bag kelp, dyed moss, space plants
The lagoon set was dressed with found plastic garbage and kelp fabricated from 1 plastic grocery bag as a nod to ocean plastics. Three pieces make up the whole lagoon background, which includes 2 abstract “seabed” pieces staggered
one in front of the other and a flat in the back.
- set pieces: foam core, perilite, dry pigments, cornstarch, sand, insulation foam
- dressings: found garbage (clean), plastic bag kelp, dyed moss, space plants
The lagoon set was dressed with found plastic garbage and kelp fabricated from 1 plastic grocery bag as a nod to ocean plastics. Three pieces make up the whole lagoon background, which includes 2 abstract “seabed” pieces staggered
one in front of the other and a flat in the back.
Crustacean Shell Textures
- aibrushed inks and acrylics on index cards
Inspired by the patterns on the shells of various crustaceans.
Cut out in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.
- aibrushed inks and acrylics on index cards
Inspired by the patterns on the shells of various crustaceans.
Cut out in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.
Compositing and Shell Animation
- compositing, animation, and effects done in After Effects
- compositing, animation, and effects done in After Effects
