Marly Koven

Pocket Crocodile - Kero Kero Bonito

Credits
Created by: Marly Koven
Sound Design: Cathryn Stark
Producer: Alexandera Marca 

Life isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey (and it's okay if that journey has twists and turns!) This is the message I wanted to get across in my senior capstone project. A witch makes a whole day out of collecting various ingredients for her brew which is discovered at the end to only be a nice treat to go along with her Netflix chilling time.

An important aspect of Witch Way's style is the idea of borders, panels, and type-on-image which is likely taken from my love for Ukiyo-e and Aubrey Beardsley. 

To help with the cel animation process, many references were used, including videos of me in my witch hat, and quick animations made in After Effects, as well as C4D.

CoMotion 2023

Role: Art Director

CoMotion is a student-led motion graphics conference that brings together top industry professionals with Motion Media Design students at the Savannah College of Art and Design. This year’s brand identity celebrated SCAD’s talented students through the only medium connecting all types of motion design: light. The title sequence explores our relationship with light.

This year I had the incredible opportunity to be the Art Director of the branding team. I was able to help direct a group of almost 40 students in the animation, design, graphic design, experiential, web, documentation, and sound teams as well as help design and animate deliverables myself. 

The CoMotion 2023 process for me started in early September 2022 when the talented Aanvik Singh and I joined forces to create a branding pitch for the branding competition.  While creating the pitch we were drawn to references that contained a lot of noise and blurs, negative space, filmic language, and nostalgia. Our winning pitch was based on the idea of using light, specifically how art and light have been connected throughout history, as a way to unify all of Motion Design.

A compilation of the title sequence's style frames. This was created by the design team under the direction of Creative Director Aanvik Singh, Design Lead Tiffany Lo, and myself.

This is a fun example of a frame's process.
1st: A design I created in the pitch phase before even selecting the colors.
2nd: The design finalized for the pitch.
3rd: Styleframe by Yining Li

Logo Animation

One of my responsibilities was to animate the logo. The idea behind the animation was pretty simple — “light” reveals the logo which then glows and sparkles. I created this using After Effects.

These title cards were designed by the graphic design team and animated by the animation team (plus I animated three of them!) One of my favorite problem-solving moments was when I suggested using a blur effect to allow the text to appear on top of the designs. This solved the issue of busy visuals and text and created consistency in all the title cards’ motion behavior.

CoMotion 2023 Branding Team Credits:
Creative Director: Aanvik Singh
Art Director: Marly Koven
Producers: Rachel Golla, Alexis Dow
Lead Animator: Desmond Du
Lead 3D Animator: Stephen Mok
Animators: Harshitha Suresh, Kyle Switzer, Isabelle K Winarto, Kaleb Sweeney, Cathy Lin, Meg Aki, Erica Kim, J.C. Petrofsky
Lead Designer: Tiffany Lo
Designers: Antara Ghosh, Jessica Liou, Alexis Wang, Tiffany Teddy, Peter Wang, Xinxun Liao, Yining Li
Lead Graphic Designer: Josie Glassman
Graphic Designers: Punasa (Bee) Sihsobhon, Meghna Shourie, Nicole Lin, Claire Lin, Sophia D’Alleva, Stephanie Sandoval
Lead Experiential: Samantha Woods
Experiential: Juan Pablo Silhy, Alyssa Mackersie, Meghan Romance
Web Developers: Amadeus Cameron, Isabelle Duffner
Composer: Miguel Concha
Lead Documentation: Libby Nett
Documentation: Caitlin Crooker, Savitri Trivedi
Special Thanks: MOMELove, SCAD Motion Media professors

Illustration

Here are a few asset packs I created for my Illustration for Entertainment minor.

Thank you for taking a peek!

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