Using animation to illustrate a storybook
Kuula, Iina (2016)
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016060111299
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016060111299
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This thesis is about children’s storybooks and how the illustrations are changing in the world of ebooks. The goal was to explore the roots of both animation and illustration as well as how they have evolved through the years and can a storybook illustrated with animation stay true to its form? Technology has become a substantial part of our lives and also books have moved onto digital platforms like tablets and ebook readers, which has opened up possibilities for more than just static illustrations.
The work consisted of background research and experimenting with animated illustration through a personal project. Series of illustrations were made for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to understand the technical process better and analyse the suitability of animation in a book. The technique used was mixed media, putting together digital and real life elements. This meant combining the love for puppetry and stop motion with storybook illustration. Bringing these elements together asked for the knowledge of compositing and editing gained through studying and working in the animation industry.
The final illustrations were put together with the Finnish translation of Lewis Carroll’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The end result was a series of pictures with animated stop motion characters composited into 2D environments. The final work was published online at http://iltasatu.org/, which is a website that offers children’s bedtime stories digitally in Finnish for free. Through the project and understanding history of illustration and animation, it was possible to draw some conclusions and thoughts on the change in storybook illustration and whether storybooks benefit from animated illustrations.
The work consisted of background research and experimenting with animated illustration through a personal project. Series of illustrations were made for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to understand the technical process better and analyse the suitability of animation in a book. The technique used was mixed media, putting together digital and real life elements. This meant combining the love for puppetry and stop motion with storybook illustration. Bringing these elements together asked for the knowledge of compositing and editing gained through studying and working in the animation industry.
The final illustrations were put together with the Finnish translation of Lewis Carroll’s story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The end result was a series of pictures with animated stop motion characters composited into 2D environments. The final work was published online at http://iltasatu.org/, which is a website that offers children’s bedtime stories digitally in Finnish for free. Through the project and understanding history of illustration and animation, it was possible to draw some conclusions and thoughts on the change in storybook illustration and whether storybooks benefit from animated illustrations.