# data[].attributes.body
one minute animation + sound
overall enjoyed the process of creating my final product and am quite content with the result.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
to continue to Google Drive

Email or phone

Forgot email?

Not your computer? Use a private browsing window to sign in. Learn more

Create account

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

# data[].attributes.body
Slowed down the audio to give it that underwater feeling, promoting sensations of mystic and fear. Edited everything on imovie. Found this process a bit difficult by managed to get it to a point that I liked with the help of youtube tutorials.

# data[].attributes.body
Recording for background sound - linking with deep listening, pairing this recording with the animation helps create a more immessive art piece via multimodal listening proposed by Ceraso where the viewer can really feel like they have entered the world through the embodied experience.

# data[].attributes.body
Finished colouring all the layers, adjusted shadows and highlights on the creature so that it makes sense with the environment.

# data[].attributes.body
Inspiration for background. I really like the colours, especially the glow coming from behind the buildings, I think this helps create a sense of wonder and mystique

# data[].attributes.body
Decided to add more hybrids into the foreground of my animation. This time with human like heads. The idea of hybrid creatures ccame from Patricia Paccinini.

# data[].attributes.body
Colouring each frame

# data[].attributes.body
References used to create my hybrid creature. I wanted to use the side view as I think this way the movement of the creature's mouth and legs are emphasised. This means that the creature has an uncanny resemblance to humans which allows us to infer that even though the creature is not like us, we are still able to relate to it in some way - for example its way of life; creating a sense of kinship.

# data[].attributes.body
Added human legs to the shark head - finished sketches of the different layers and frames of the animation

# data[].attributes.body
Finished background. Sunken ship represents human's infiltration into the lives and habitat of the hybrid sea creatures. The buildings in the background are similar to structures we can find on land, showing that even though the hybrid creatures have never seen the buildings humans have constructed, they still end up building similar structures. Maybe this comes innately to the human part of them - again linking back to the idea of kinship and understanding that hybridisation can bring (Mimosa and Nor, 2020).

# data[].attributes.body
Learning and testing the animation feature on procreate. Watched a few youtube videos to figure out how to use this feature. Ended up being fairly simple, I just had to draw subtle changes in movement for each frame making sure the transition between frames is smooth.

# data[].attributes.body
This is Lucy Franich's piece in the Top Arts exhibit. She features a human rabbit hybrid in her work which links to the hybrid thinking idea like Donna Haraway's Children of Compost and I really like the colour palette that she used. I really like her use of the contrasting colours - pink and green. I tried to incorporate those colours when rendering my creature.

# data[].attributes.body
During our visit to the NGV, I was inspired by Abigail Yeo's animation. She used procreate on her iPad to create this piece. I have experience using procreate for digital art but have never tried animating with it and I thought this task offers a good opportunity for me to try that out which is how I decided that I was going to make an animation for my final piece.

# data[].attributes.body
this drawing emphasises the contrast between the hybrid creatures and humans. In some aspects they look similar- both have humanoid features but they are probably huge differences in how these features function, for example the hybrid creature would be able to see in the deep dark ocean.

# data[].attributes.body
design of one of the hybrid creatures, a jellyfish hybridised with a human baby. I think it is interesting to think about how this creature would move in the deep oceans. I also wonder how it would communicate with other creatures as it is difficult to speak underwater, would they have to develop another method of communcation?

# data[].attributes.body
close up drawing of one of the creature's appendage. It is interesting to think about how this change in biology would affect the creature and how it would benefit it in its environment. Besides the structural adaptations I wonder what behavioural and physiological adaptations the creature would have? (Marine Organisms and Adaptations, 2019)

# data[].attributes.body
painted the with the colours that I think would be prevalent in my imaginary world. I think the darker brown colour could represent human interference in the hybrid world, almost like pollution. Would the presence of humans benefit or hurt the creatures of my world?

# data[].attributes.body
What if a group of humans took a different evolutionary path? That was the question that came into my head when I was looking at Patricia Piccinini’s work - The Bond, 2016 in particular. Coupled with the idea that hybridisation can bring about more care and understanding inspired me to centre my world on hybridised oceanic creatures (Mimosa, M. & Nor, A., 2020). I think drawing is a great way to express my ideas and be able to physically depict what I am visualising in my head. My aim for my imaginary world is to highlight a sense of mystery and wonder surrounding my world and its hybrid creatures as I take on and encapsulate the perspective that humans will have and what they will feel, hear and see as they start to explore the world. I hope viewers of my work will be intrigued by my world and want to find out more about it. I also hope that it spurs them to think about the impact that humans have on the creatures and habitats around the world.

# data[].attributes.body
exploring the key ideas of my world, that the creatures that live there are hybrids, pulling inspiration from Patricia Piccinini’s work and the idea of kinship (Making Kin beyond Babies - after Donna Haraway, 2020) this process enabled me to think about what was different about my world and what made it interesting.

# data[].attributes.body
charcoal drawing done by copying what the person in front of you is drawing. I think it conveys a sense of unpredictability and uncertainty as you have no idea what your partner is going to draw next, I think this relates to my world as it illustrates the innate curiosity and fear humans have as they start to learn more about and discover the different creatures that make up the world (Grant Currin, 2020)

# data[].attributes.body
I see a vintage phone, this again could be one of the objects that has ended up sinking to my world. It makes me wonder what the creatures would think about it, would they know what it is being used for and how would they communicate over long distances?

# data[].attributes.body
I see symmetrical patterns. I like the fluidity conveyed through this piece due to the synchronised movements used to create this drawing. It makes me think about the waves of the ocean and the sounds it would make

# data[].attributes.body
Repetition of the same teapot as I become more familiar with the object I am drawing. I think I am able to identify the subtle improvements with each iteration as I pay more attention to the details. I wonder if this could be one of the objects that have sunk into the ocean and ended up in my world, and what would the creatures of that world use this for?

# data[].attributes.body
observational drawing of a building on campus, I really like the older style of architecture, it makes me think about the city of Atlantis. Maybe buildings and objects from human civilizations could've gotten lost at sea or sunk to the area where my world is located, demonstrating the gradual infiltration of humans into the world.

# data[].attributes.body
Circles created by dropping isopropyl alcohol. I think it reminds me of the suckers on an octopus. I could use this method to help create my sea animal hybrid creatures for my imaginary world.

# data[].attributes.body
Dish soap creates an interesting texture as it repels the water colour in the areas that it is applied. It reminds me of organisms you look at under a microscope. I think this can also connect to my imaginary world as I am looking to incorporate biological aspects into the technology of that world.

# data[].attributes.body
Blowing bubbles into diluted water colour paint to create different textures, it creates a really organic bubble design. This can also be linked to my imaginary world as the world is set underwater.

# data[].attributes.body
two teapots, one drawn with more pressure than the other, this creates a completely different "feeling" for each teapot. The one with the light pressure seems more delicate and fragile whilst the teapot drawn with more pressure is more robust.