HIGNS #0: Get Drip'd

A hazy neo-city looms on a Young Gremlin and his quest for attaining the zen of the Hypemonk Collection which is being held by Big-man Kaboom along with his sidekick, Dexie the Raven in Top Drawer Tower. There's gonna be a showdown soon...

With this graphic short, I have applied a storytelling model using the product as the narrative, which is the clothing („drip“) by HIGNS, a fashion brand of a friend and fellow designer. HIGNS is acronym for Happiness Is Getting New Shoes and is a sneaker influenced streetwear brand from India, a work in progress. Check out higns.co.in for further details and drip!

Storyboard

I started the story initially only with a protagonist and an antagonist but upon further consultation, I added another character as a sidekick to convert the structure of the story with a twist in the end.

Inspired by a lot of references like manga, anime and graphic novels with lots of cameos from the street culture, I started with a mood board.

I proceeded to then make a storyboard which helped me arrange the whole structure of the story to fit the mood and narrative.

Character Development

Personal Reflection

This whole elective has been a beautiful journey for me as I can look back on a learning curve of the whole design process resulting in making a graphic short as a pilot which I could still go back to and further develop as a personal project.

Learning to use Procreate on the iPad while creating was such a fabulous process for me as well! Shoutout to my friends for lending me their iPad and Apple account, you know who you are ;)

Along the course, I've learnt methods of building and delivering a narrative through storytelling. I would like to thank Alberto for the constant drive and motivation with tons of inspirational references and also to all my batchmates from the elective for an explosion of styles, exposure and critical feedback.