Reimagining Animation Making through Style Transfer
S.I. Kim · 2023
"Dissolution” and “Cunabula” are experimental animation projects that explore the potential of artistic style transfer with neural networks in animation filmmaking. The objective is to discover novel production methods using fast, arbitrary, and stroke-adjustable style transfer networks that allow for unconventional technical approaches during the production process and the creation of unique and unexplored aesthetics in moving images powered by deep learning. These projects exemplify a creative approach to leveraging existing neural style transfer techniques to create compelling animations that go beyond mere passive pastiches of certain artistic styles, thereby advancing the aesthetics of contemporary animation.