Stacie Evans
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Blot: An Animated Short Film
Blot is an inkblot character who exists in a black and white ink world. He carries a fountain pen, which allows him to draw things to life in black ink. When Blot starts seeing creations made of red ink, he immediately sees them and their creator as a threat that must be dealt with. It takes time for Blot to embrace individuality after being so adjusted to the colorless norm.
The basic idea of Blot is something we see throughout our lives: people generally have a hard time adjusting to new situations and accepting people who are different from themselves. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, but it can lead to beautiful things when we learn to live in harmony. Blot’s world is changed for the better once he sees that his red ink counterpart is nothing to be afraid of, and they can work together to improve their surroundings.
Blot serves as an experiment with simple color and forms to create a story that can be universally understood without dialogue. This short film is accessible to a wide audience regardless of language or hearing status, but also features Dizzy Gillespie’s instrumental “Night in Tunisia” alongside homemade sound effects to help guide the story. Blot also blends together aspects of 2D and 3D animation, with 2D textures on 3D models as well as some hand drawn 2D elements. The topic of blending the two together has been on my mind since seeing Klaus, which is 2D made to look 3D, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is 3D made to look 2D with scattered 2D illustrated frames. This is a topic I’ve had fun exploring, and would love to continue experimenting with!
Process
While I was unable to animate the full story as I’d hoped due to various obstacles throughout the year, my progress will be on my YouTube channel where I intend to upload my finished project later this summer.