These are some experimental animations I made for SZA's GNX tour. I traced the paths that bugs make. You could say I became the bug. I reformatted my experiments the above video for presentation.
Animation, Sound Design by Nik Arthur
Tour directed by Bradley J. Calder
Produced by bigkid
Special thanks Emi Takahashi
Tour directed by Bradley J. Calder
Produced by bigkid
Special thanks Emi Takahashi
For these animtions, I decided to mimic the markings of bugs.
First was bark-eating beetles. I used a soldering iron on a cool chunk of bark I’d found in the park.
First was bark-eating beetles. I used a soldering iron on a cool chunk of bark I’d found in the park.
And then I took inspiration from leafminers, who eat cool squiggly trails into leaves. Again, I used a soldering iron to actually burn the trail into the leaf frame-by-frame.
Lastly I took inspiration from caterpillars and dragon flies. I realized that the corner of a leaf skeleton really resembles the veined wing of some insects, like dragon flies. Caterpillars often eat away at a leaf’s flesh, leaving just the skeleton. I picked away at the skeleton and reversed it, making it appear as though an insect wing is regenerating.