The brief enabled us to adapt one of our previous projects, either Hand and Eye or Hybrid forms into an animation. We could decide whether this might involve transforming the entire storyboard from our Hand and Eye project, or whether we simply wanted to modify or redesign illustrations, sections of our research or ideas and concepts. 

Although text could have been interesting to experiment with by turning it into an animation, I decided to use my Hand and Eye project. At first, I was considering animating my whole storyboard but felt as though I had already spent sufficient time altering it and therefore wanted to design something new. I liked the idea of creating a light-hearted animation using only a simple idea, which made me stick with the concept. I’ve also never worked digitally or created an animation before so I didn’t want to set myself an unrealistic task, as we are limited with the time we have to create the project and I still need to pick up skills and knowledge when it comes to working digitally. 

In my Hand and Eye project, I interpreted the song “Beautiful People with Beautiful Problems”, by Lana Del Ray, which is a song that focuses on being able to rise above your problems and finding hope that will get you through certain issues. It insinuates that no matter how beautiful someone may look on the outside, everyone has flaws hiding on the inside. My way of illustrating this song was by portraying someone who is close to loosing their ways but has the help and support of someone else in their life and is, therefore, able to overcome their own dilemmas and troubles. Often, all we need is someone or something to rely on that brings us back to reality or helps us through a moment. This gave me the idea of wanting to illustrate the minor things we rely on, on a day-to-day basis.