What is your specialty, what makes your work unique? Or place your artist's statement.
My love for the art of movement is what got me really invested in animation. I love keeping myself busy with it and finding ways for myself to make movement fun and engaging. I love the freedom that animation allows, and like making use of this by keeping a level of strangeness to my work, both in theme and visualisation. My animations are character heavy with a large emphasis on emotions and feelings, especially how this influences perception.
That fast, snappy style of animation that I admired in my youth is something I aim to explore more the further I move along in my career. I also love challenging myself. Most often I try doing so by exploring space and perspective. The way you’re able to distort space and the uneasy feeling that accompanies it, is all very exciting to me. I love molding the characters and movement around the camera, and learning how to improve myself each time. My art is more often stylized, which is something I wish to explore further when I leave the academy.
What are your ambitions? What do you want to be in five years?
A big goal of mine is to always keep learning. I want to get better at my craft and become more versatile. I wish to improve my illustrative work and start learning programs like Blender and vector animation. I want to keep my options open and not get stuck in what feels comfortable. I’m also really looking forward to working together more in the future, and to getting to know all kinds of inspiring people.
But the most important thing is that I want to keep animation fun for myself and keep fueling that passion. The endless ways to explore animation are daunting in its abundance, but they most certainly make sure I’ll never have to be bored, and that really is something to look forward to.
What is the most important thing you have learned during your studies?
The most important thing that I learned during my study is figuring out what kind of art I like to make. I have always struggled with what I think I need to do, and what my heart is telling me to do, but working on my thesis film really showed me the direction I want to keep working in, especially because of how massive the project was. It’s incredibly liberating and reassuring to be able to leave school with this kind of knowledge.
Ylva Ernst
