I went for a visual hunt first to pick out ideas, concepts and how artists worked with the medium of paper.
Videos:
http://www.pleatfarm.com/2009/08/31/paper-cutout-animation/
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.
http://www.saranyen.com/2010/workdetail.php?id=41
Early Morning Life : Paper cutout animation from S A R A N yen P A N Y A on Vimeo.
After watching the videos, the idea of using as the medium paper into paper-cuts of characters/ scenery/ objects began to inspire me. On the other hand, I am also intrigued by the used and juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated subjects or objects and yet they worked together. For example, in Gabe Askew’s animation, strawberries falling in a cornfield with oversized sunflower to hot air balloons and crawling frogs, evoked a kind of surreal world complimented by the psychedelic music which enhances the dream-like world.
In comparision, Sarah Yen’s ‘Early Morning Life’ caught my attention of the precision of her paper cuts (especially those foliages!) and her selection of vibrant and neon bright colours in constrast to the black/ dark background. More importantly, I enjoyed the videos because no one scene was the same and there was constantly an element of suprise as I did not knowing what images and forms would appear next.
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