The Beetle Boy

Hsing-Yi Chen

2012 Bronze Award

08'59"

3D Computer animation

“The Beetle Boy” is a 3D short animation film. By insect adventures, it mentions the issue of self-awareness in growing up.

The story begins in the fantasy insect world. The coward rhinoceros beetle larva meets glamour butterfly and horrible stag beetle. It shows the different state of mind, from the first curiosity, the expectation, to the disillusion and finally the self-acceptance.

In order to create a beautiful and brutal world of insects, I used lots of real world insect’s knowledge in the art of “The Beetle Boy”, and designed characters from specific insect species. I personified characters according to the performance needs, and constantly revised, to find the most accurate point of balance between realism and fantasy. I attempt to challenge and discover another possibility of insect’s animation, to produce a distinctive one.

Hsing-Yi Chen

Artist Introduction

The artist was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He majored in traditional painting in university. After graduating, He had been a junior high school teacher and a 3D computer animator. He subsequently studied Animation in graduate school, and finished his first independent animation short film “The Beetle Boy”. Now he works in the field of interactive multimedia animation theater.