Face paint and stop-motion are combined to beautiful effect in Ruby, a fantastically imaginative portrayal of life, death and rebirth.
London-based artist Emma Allen calls her 75-second short “an animated self-portrait exploring the idea of rebirth and illustrating the transfer of energy from one incarnation to another.”
Allen created the animation over the course of five days using face paint, a mirror and a camera. The result is a hauntingly beautiful recapitulation of Carl Sagan‘s timeless reminder that we are all star stuff, and, more recently, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most astounding fact about the Universe.
https://gizmodo.com/carl-sagans-pale-blue-dot-as-youve-never-experienced-1450195517
https://gizmodo.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-shares-the-most-astounding-fact-abo-5890874
It’s also just really, really lovely to watch. If you’re into this sort of thing, might we recommend giving these two videos a watch, as well.
https://gizmodo.com/this-girl-ages-into-an-old-woman-before-your-eyes-witho-1283215638
https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-womans-face-shapeshift-with-a-simple-trick-473757506
[Emma Allen via COLOSSAL]
