Nelson City Council Animations

NELSON NATURE'S HERO

click to watch animations ...

This month’s Nature’s Hero is artist and animator Natalia Chaplin, who has used her artistic talents and her love for the environment to create some stunning animations for Nelson Nature.

Natalia created an environmentally themed animation as a project for her Digital Animation paper at NMIT – part of a Bachelor of Arts and Media. Once the paper was completed, Natalia went on to create a further two animations with the same theme for Nelson Nature to use in delivering her environmental message,

‘Do a Little, Change a Lot.’

The animations each suggest a way that people can make big changes by doing small things. “The three animations show people that there are many ways we can help the environment – that little things like keeping your cat in at night, planting a tree etc. can all make a big difference.”

Natalia’s hand drawn animations take about one day for every second of screen time. She story-boards the animation first and then does each drawing by hand before rendering them on the computer and adding the finishing touches. “It’s been very satisfying to use my art to encourage more people to make personal choices that are good for the environment.”

#animation #handdrawn #stopmotion #nelson #nature #educationalvideo #environment #conservation #nelsonnature