In mid 2013, I decided to marry a love of my life. However, I came up with this idea of making our wedding fun, new and participative. So, I crowdfunded my wedding animation on Indiegogo and named the campaign MELT - A Little Love Story, which revolved around a cartoon animation. Please check out our Indiegogo campaign page here and our FB page here for more info.
'MELT' is a four-minute hand-drawn animation produced by Joe and Mindy and directed by an illustrator Konthorn Taecholarn. It features two mythical characters, Izzy the Ice Nymph and Quetzy the Quetzalcoatl. Both characters' design were based loosely on Joe and Mindy's appearances, but adapted to represent every man and woman's characters.
Pitch video of myself, Mindy and Hongtae on Indiegogo.
We invited The artist, Konthorn "Hongtae" Taecholarn to draw this great story for us all up to 900 frames by hand. Please check out his fan page here.
The snapshot clip of the animation.
The contribution surpassed the goal of $8900 by 16% and although it was partly successful due to donations to the wedding, I had a wonderful time with my wife producing it, and the wedding would have been a nag without this cool initiative.
We are not currently releasing for public viewing, since we will honor the contributors of the campaign to view it via private link first. The public viewing will be available by New Year's Eve. The below embedded video is protected by a password available on a case-by-case basis (For Academic portfolio viewing, the password should have likely been emailed to your keysperson)
The actual animation is being protected by password. The password will be sent upon request. (For academic portfolio viewing the password should have already been emailed to your keysperson. If not, please email jo.chasinga@gmail.com)
The Quetzacoaltl.
The invitation card. Quetzacoatl and Ice Nymph.
The premium souvenir for online contributors.
Social network handle banner featuring the Ice Nymph as Larry the Bird.
