UniSA Animation Prize Winners

In May, Adelaide Festival Centre's Moving Image Program is exhibiting animation artworks by UniSA Animation Prize winners on our King William Road digital screens.

These works will be screening until the 30 June.

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Jayani Amanda and Shin Tung Gan, Frost and Friendship, animation, 1:48

The animated short follows the story of a lonely dog who makes a snowman as a companion during winter. The snowman miraculously comes to life, and the two form a bond. As spring arrives, the snowman melts, leaving the dog heartbroken. The dog endures loneliness through the changing seasons until winter returns. The dog creates a new snowman, hoping for the same miracle. When the snowman doesn't immediately come to life, the dog starts to walk away, only to be joyfully surprised by the snowman's animated return.

"We are both final-year students of the Bachelor of Design Illustration and Animation 2024 cohort at the University of South Australia."

This short film was created as part of an assignment exploring the theme of ‘Seasons’ for the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Moving Image Program.

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Cyril Cheung Yik Man & Levi Hoang Ta Hong Nhung, Inspiration, animation, 1:17

The theme of the animation is the change of season. The story is about an office lady who is a writer who got art block in one of her essay's starting stages. The shift in weather and seasons sparks her inspiration, but this part will leave as an open-ended story.

This animation is a collaborative project created as part of the Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation) Year 3 course at UniSA.

"Both of us specialise in illustration and have distinct approaches to our work process. Initially, we had different visions for our final product regarding style and employed various software for creating our animation. Nevertheless, we overcame these technical and creative challenges to bring our ideas together.

It was both a dream come true for us and a successful collaboration between two individual artists."

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Diane En Wei Lim and Jodiann Yeoh Chooi Kit, As the leaves turn, animation, 1:30

This animation depicts the shift from Fall to Winter through the form of a girl and her bedroom. As you continue to watch the animation, you will notice several environmental cues that signifies this change in season in both the background, and the girl herself. She slowly changes in appearance, with the time passing being depicted through different elements and changes in her room.

Diane En Wei Lim and Jodiann Chooi Kit Yeoh are both Malaysian-born artists studying to obtain their bachelor’s degree in Illustration and Animation at the University of South Australia.

Diane is a digital artist who primarily focuses on light-hearted, cute cartoon styles, with her art being used to create marketable merchandise such as plushies and clothing prints. She has dabbled in both pixel art and cartoon animation as well as 3D modelling.

Jodiann is a multidisciplinary freelance designer and artist, working closely with illustration and animation techniques, and specialising in traditional mediums. Her art is often distinguished by her surreal approach and experimentation with new methods.