A very dark & short story
design study – motion graphic/2D/3D
Awarded:
Hamburg HANIMATION Award 2023* – 2nd place EXPERTS
Hamburg HANIMATION Award 2023* – 2nd place EXPERTS
*https://hanimation.de/
This is a short, dark story told in one scene. Combined 2D/3D/MotionGraphic animation, fully illustrated, expressively lit, storm-moving and rain-swept - all designed in the style of "Film Noir". My Inspiration: One of my mood visuals created years ago for an illustration series of a novel by Ross Macdonald. The project was unfortunately not realized, but the little scene still captivates me. It contains the whole mood and gloomy essence of the story - pure "film noir". So I created the scene and of course the title animation in this style: hard and contrasty drawn, rough and expressive animated.
I had exactly two weeks for the production. Learned a lot, made with pleasure - and I like the result very much!
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/3e69d976-0b63-4f11-b656-6020a47e9a46_rw_1200.jpg?h=f1c7383dcb54d6af971c4344cc321057)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/fd5e13b6-6f90-403e-a1c6-ca155c95abc6_rw_1200.jpg?h=0d3f6d0b52d1d462ed2a6bf5f7a6369b)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/26c5eeb6-79b5-4d1b-925d-1cebcba5ca68_rw_1200.jpg?h=d836a5fd515579372f48a5869f3ce3c2)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/e2e9e548-10e8-4ac1-a442-7a235439a0c2_rw_1200.jpg?h=370bcd80d6de9d7f87059e46f1090c89)
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![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/235e6bcb-14d8-481a-bed1-b59689a32580_rw_1200.jpg?h=b151db5bed5eed793f98d6c372bcbbe9)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/f3a84efb-3da6-4bbb-a34e-0520cac515cb_rw_1200.jpg?h=7bf7b0cd1b40fea26f1bdfedc9440402)
creation process
This is the inspiration image:
![inspiration image](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/83c15e40-2bee-4cc3-b20f-1a054f39306e_rw_1200.jpg?h=ab6de80ef469ec80bffdc953ea548616)
The landscape was drawn in PROCREATE and post-processed in PHOTOSHOP.
![base landscape drawing in procreate](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/67d2f4e4-c6ea-479c-b332-7e0003f37d99_rw_1920.jpg?h=5861a7c7ad969848bfa15c26064299e5)
For the 50th-Chevie, I used a 3D model, animated it in CINEMA 4D, and rendered it with deliberately rough toon settings to match the harsh style of the scene.
![50th chevie 2D model](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/f3c7ceec-99c0-425a-8458-fa34a5a10388_rw_1200.gif?h=bac55edfc73792515c772ae68cc20a21)
Grass, lighting and rain was animated entirely in AFTER EFFECTS with various masks and effects.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/bc0eeeee-faa4-4151-bdf2-d5ae72eb6d72_rw_1200.gif?h=0bebf08ed7ca4b48dd09b5e186ad7bc2)
Thanks for your interest!
![vignette wie waiting chevie](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/36ec8003-911a-4f6e-abf8-7c2e159dab80/cc0d2f11-3690-417d-9a78-5b6b6128d64c_rw_600.gif?h=240fb31f6149c066efb1396e26f46b41)
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