Direction-Creative Direction: TROUT Creative Hub | Design: TROUT Creative Hub | Audio Libraries: Free Music Archive, Zapsplat
Ugly Sweater Society
Manifesto
We proclaim atrocious sweater-ism in its raw, unfiltered essence—a surreal rebellion to unleash the chaotic dance of thought! Through meticulous frame-by-frame 2D animation, we twirl in a realm unbound by aesthetic norms or reason, liberated from extraterrestrial or moral shackles.
Our montage unfolds as a gallery of classic illustrations, each character a unique masterpiece: a masonry penguin, rendered in a risoprinted style with grainy textures and bold teal-and-orange hues, his three eyes serene amidst the madness. An elderly lady, painted with delicate brushstrokes in soft watercolors, laughs as a T-rex—our eternal foe—devours her head in a swirl of snowy whites. A rattlesnake, glows in a pen-and-ink crosshatch of burgundy and greens slithers proudly in traditional Greek shoes, its scales shimmering with hand-drawn precision. An alien, sipping coffee from his cup, outlined with sharp markers in washed reds and greens. Coffee, his loyal companion, fuels this uprising against the T-rex’s reign! Each frame, a blend of distinct illustrative styles, weaves a timeless yet surreal Xmas tapestry, celebrating the unbridled freedom of thought in a whimsical clash of festive imagination.