Sevdaliza
“Unofficial” is a passion project by Petrick Animation Studio that celebrates music and animation. The project founders invite directors to create a short music video for a musician whose music they love, allowing each director to showcase their unique style and vision. Each episode is a reflection of the director's creative vision, from the story and script to the design of the animated character.
Series:Gus Dapperton
Caroline Polachek
Sevdaliza
Aurora
Rita Ivanova, artist
I merged Sevdaliza with an image of a leontocentaur — a creature with cat-like bottom part of the body. Such shape was a very obvious shape for the dutch singer. It connects her real portrait with an imaginary one.
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Character of Sevdaliza
I’m generally very fond of contrasts, so this massive and sometimes edgy character manifests itself through dance-like movements that flow. I tried to create her from elastic lines, elongated forms and gestures, and smooth camera movements.
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Liontaur
Liontaurs are a leonine race, inhabiting the lands of Gloriana.
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Background
The character finds itself in a cave from an eastern fairytale, where the domes that look like columns made of twisted canvas. It echoes with Iran, the singer’s ancestral homeland.
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Animation
I prefer to work with black-and-white graphics, lines, contours, simple characters and minimal shades
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I wanted to add something controversial towards the end of the script. Some sort of repulsive detail that will unveil her true face: NOM!. Now she’s not only a beatiful, but also a dangerous creature.