Deconstructing Self is a series of five animated cinemagraphs, that aim to explore the different possibilities of the future. 

Artist Statement

Deconstructing Self explores the idea of living in a self-automated and digital world while also being self-isolated when limiting face-to-face connections and communication with other people. Deconstructing Self uses a combination of 2d and 3d animation creating different environments and a few contrasting styles to create an abstract and different perspective of one's possible mindset and environment in the future.

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Deconstructing Self is a series of five animated ciemagraphs that explores the idea of different outcomes of the future, whether thats an all digital and self-automated world, or an outcome with foliage and the natural world "taking over" and being integrated into societies more.

The project explores and builds off of these different outcomes of the future and creates abstract visualizations to display a person's mentality in these different scenarios. 

So far I've been focusing on general ideas, styles, and scenes for the animation, and how to try to incorporate different styles and ideas into this one animation.

Research Summary

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Research Summary

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During the first few days of brainstorming, we came up with dozens of ideas, exploring different uses of AI and future outcomes. I was then able to take different aspects from several project ideas and pinpoint what I wanted to create and explore conceptually.

This lead to me wanting to explore an animation displaying the negative effects an all digital world might be incoorperating 2d hand drawn aspects and some 3d elements as well. 

Precedents

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How will AI Change the World?

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Project Development

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Next Steps

• Finalizing color palate
• Starting to create the different moving elements in each scene
• This will give the series more depth and visual interest
• Explore different mix-and-match options for the characters' expressions and backgrounds

Thank You!