Time
Deliverables:
Pencil Drawings, Pixel Art, Animation, VR Video
This beach holds a special place in my heart since I used to play here as a child. It was very quiet and peaceful, allowing anyone to watch the waves, play in the sand, or look into the distance to see the planes passing by.
It's also the place where my grandmother's ashes were spread when I just turned one, and two decades later, my father as well.
Time constantly moves towards the future, leaving us with only memories of the past. It is the only force we cannot truly control, yet it has the power to change everything. Over time, this beach has become riddled with pollution; transforming it into a muddy, trash-filled ghost of it's former self.
Starting with pencil drawings gave me the freedom to capture the pollution aspect from different perspectives, starting from swimming in the water to staying far away. The lines and chaos show the progression of the pollution as everything distorts more and more.
During the making of this project, I was heavily inspired to make pixel art by Sea of Stars, a beautiful video game with stunning pixel art. Since the game focuses a lot on the sun and moon, the theme shifted away from pollution as the time of day changes in each image.
Now that all of the pixels assets were completed, animation was the natural next step. This fully transitions away from the pollution aspect and leans into the sun and moon's connection to time. Every asset was animated with care so the entire image felt alive.
While testing the animation, I accidentally discovered that I could play any video in VR, which gave me another idea to experiment with. I took a still frame from the animation and placed the viewer directly inside, letting them fully experience the beach while frozen in time.
What began as simple drawings about beach pollution quickly evolved into pixel art, animation, and VR. You never truly know where an idea can take you until time takes over.
