100 Days of Gesturing

This is an ongoing animation project that explores the use of human body language. Aiming to represent how body and hand gestures can be universally understood while being abstract compare to the precise verbal communication. Oftentimes body languages are subtle and subconscious, thus conveys implicit messages than express necessarily indirect emotions. Every i will animate a gesture that I found while observing people around me on their daily reaction and recreate it in loop on a well-rigged terminator model using Cinema 4D.

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//day100 - pigeon 

play “pigeon” as the Spring breezes in.

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//day92 - numbering things

your hand is your best todo list. 

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//day90 - okay!

a positive state of the mind

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//day89 - three!

“there were three poodles by Francis!”

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//day88 - picky

picky finger being picky

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//day87 - orchid fingers 

one of the hand expressions in Peking opera

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//day 83 - cash 

“I need money to take care of your shit”

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//day82 - Gross

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//day81 - I dont care

This is what Brazilians do when they feel they don’t care.

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//day79 - think twice 

sometimes you just have to think twice no matter how easy it was to just agree.

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//day74 - clapping

“I am truly happy for your accomplishment and lets all celebrate this moment!”

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//day73 - swing with me

“wave your hands with me and follow the beats of your heart”

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//day72 - you you you

“i m telling you this is the last time, remember this!”

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//day70 - sine wave

i still dream about my math teacher teaches us sine and cosine wave

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//day63 - the turning point

“there will always be a turning point somewhere in your life”

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//day60 ta-ta

JJ dropped a piece of crackers on the floor and tried to pretend it was not him, he did this- swept the crumbles to the side and walked away like a boss.

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//day59 - a break from work

another version of “taking a break”. swing your hand and thinking about nothing. feel how your body moves and see how your mind becomes mindful.