Reflections

By: Bosmat Agayoff & Alon Ziv

As featured on short of the week, the graduation piece for Bezalel Academy of Art and design, animation titled Reflections is a whimsical tale of a youthful boy forced to grow up and see his younger reflection forced out of light and he always continues to chase it. The actual narrative has dark under tones and is most likely a statement about working life being no fun or some original jargon like that. But what appeals to me is the charm and style of the animation. I really like the grey tones getting darker as the narration develops and texture and the feeling the way it boils and so forth makes it a really visually beautiful piece.

They have managed to capture the essence of hand drawn animation in a very computer generated piece. Software used includes TV Paint, Photoshop and After Effects CS6. I think it's inspiring that this old charm is still at the essence of modern pieces, and that this particular piece emulates hand drawn greats whilst still remaining new. I believe its the character design and like of outlines yet clean colours that keep it looking fresh and modern. It's a really successful piece and piece to be very proud of.