ACADEMIC
ANIMATION
Sight of Sound
A multimedia exploration of nostalgia that translates a 16-second soundscape into a textured, Riso-printed digital animation and zine.
TIMELINE
Fall 2025
SOFTWARE
Illustrator, After Effects + Riso
STATUS
Completed
Project Overview
Flicker
Created as part of a Senior Graphic Design class, Flicker is an exploration of how sound translates into visual emotion. Using Santo & Johnny’s instrumental cover of "And I Love Her," Flicker captures the dreamy, nostalgic warmth of the track through a hybrid digital-analog animation process, accompanied by an extended promotional print system.
SIGHT OF SOUND 2025
Process
Visualizing Nostalgia
The core objective was to map the auditory qualities of "And I Love Her" its slow rhythm, soothing tone, and gentle warmth into a tactile visual experience. The design relies on minimalist light play and organic movement to evoke a sense of peaceful stillness, turning sound waves into soft, glowing forms.
Design
Digital Animation
Designed and timed a 16-second animation at 16 fps, generating 256 individual frames.
Narrative Exploration
Experimented with cinematic, low-fi motifs, including the steady pulse of distant traffic lights, the soft sweep of car high beams through dusk, and the quiet rhythm of neighborhood street ambience.
Risograph Layout
Imposed all 256 frames into grid layouts designed for Riso printing, separating the blue and pink inks and adding halftone.
Dual-Color Printing
Printed the frames using a Risograph machine with blue and pink inks, introducing natural tactile variations, grain, and misregistration across frames.
Rescanning & Reassembly
Digitally scanned each printed sheet, spliced the individual frames back into sequence, and reassembled them into a final hand-touched animation
Exhibition
Sight of Sound
The project culminated in Sight of Sound, a curated showcase celebrating visual interpretations of audio. The exhibition brought the digital and tactile elements together in a live gallery setting. Flicker was projected alongside cohort animation pieces, and the physical posters and postcards were showcased as tangible extensions of the motion work, giving viewers a close-up look at the tactile Risograph textures.
