Illustration and Visual Narrative - Task 4: Final Project
Illustration and Visual Narrative
|| 08/06/2025 - 29/06/2025(Week 10 - Week 14)
|| Yang Shumeng,0378848
|| Illustration and Visual Narrative
|| Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Instructions
2. The duration of the video MUST be between 15 – 20 seconds.
3. You are required to create at least 3 sequences of animated illustration based on a
script.
4. The scripts are included in the next slides. You DO NOT NEED to create your own
scripts.
5. You can start by breaking down your script into few parts, and plan the visuals of each
part.
6. You MUST include sound, audio narrative and caption of your script.
7. Reference attached
For your Final Project, the dimension will be:
• Height: 1920 px
• Width: 1080 px
• Orientation: Portrait / Vertical
Final Project – Final Submission
Your final submission will consist of:
• Adobe Illustrator File/Files –.ai format
• Final Animated Video – mp4 format
• Sound
• Background Music
• Animation
• Script Overlay
• Documentation –.pdf format
1. Description of inspiration
2. Moodboard
3. Storyboard
4. Script
5. Detailed information
6. Rationale
7. Self Reflection
1.Description of inspiration：
It has been said that time heals all wounds. The truth is that time does not heal anything. It merely passes.
It is what we do during the passing of time that helps or hinders the healing process.
Inspiration of first one
This video is inspired by the fleeting beauty of memories and the sensation of being gently pulled back into a moment that no longer exists. The narrative explores the idea of someone important becoming a source of quiet inner strength, even after they are gone. The illustration-driven animation was designed to be visually warm, soft, and emotionally resonant, much like a childhood memory.
Inspiration of second one
The inspiration came from a personal reflection on loss and growth. We often believe that time heals everything, but in truth, it is the people who once lit up our lives that quietly give us the courage to move forward. Using “the girl in memory” as a narrative anchor, this visual poem was created to express a sense of nostalgia, warmth, and transformation through abstract motion and emotion.
2. Moodboard
3. Storyboard
She never chose the safe path.
When others built fences, she chased wind.
When the world asked for plans, she offered dreams.
She didn’t walk where the ground was firm—
she danced where flowers bent with motion.
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure,” she once whispered,
as sunlight curled on her fingertips.
“You have no security unless you can live bravely—
unless you walk into wonder without knowing the ending.”
And so, one morning, she stretched out her hand—not to ask for help,
but to invite you forward.
Not toward safety,
but toward everything that might change you.
She didn’t wait.
She turned into the breeze and smiled,
like she already knew—
you were ready to choose the challenge over the comfort.
And when you finally reached out,
the world began to move.
When sunlight turned the park golden, he sat alone on a bench.
The wind brushed past his hair, and a faint shadow flickered by —
a girl in a light-colored dress, her hem dancing gently in the breeze,
sunlight caught in her hair, and her smile brighter than blossoms.
"Always walk toward the flowers," she used to say,
pulling him across the grass.
He often hesitated between paths and decisions.
She never rushed him — just pointed out daisies and dandelions
until he sighed, “So this is the way,”
and she’d laugh, eyes curled like crescent moons,
“You see? The answer will always reveal itself.”
A sudden chill. He blinked.
Her shadow faded.
Those afternoons once filled with floral scents and her laughter —
those directions that became clear in confusion —
they were all the warmth she left quietly in time.
Shakespeare’s sonnet loops in his earphones,
like the tune she once hummed.
He gazes at the swaying trees,
and suddenly understands:
Time didn’t really heal longing.
It simply brewed her light
into a quiet courage
that rises whenever he makes a choice.
Process
Final Output
7. Reflection
Through this project, I learned how to tell emotions rather than events using visual symbols—a major narrative breakthrough for me. The greatest challenge was controlling rhythm and expressing emotion abstractly. It was difficult yet rewarding to evoke empathy without using concrete facial expressions or dialogue. I realized that abstraction demands meticulous pacing and buildup, and it gave me greater confidence to express complex themes through mixed media in the future.
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