An animator from Los Angeles for a year Daren Jannace sketched 30 small drawings every day on standard yellow Post-It notes. Each square canvas illustrated colorful squiggly lines, blob-like characters and the occasional text, becoming part of a larger stop-motion storyline called ‘10,946.”
The short film follows Jannace’s daily musings atop a black cutting mat and combined with audio (including music, a buzzing fly and a screaming child) recorded on his phone. The animation depicts a choreographed patchwork of life over 365 days and also chronicles Jannace’s creative evolution, with the drawings shifting from more minimalist scenes to longer, more complex ideas over the year.
Be sure to watch the credits, where you’ll get a glimpse of fellow animators who created similar works with Jannace. Go to Vimeo for more animations.
