BOSTON LEGENDS
Animation
Animated mural for Time Out Boston
Time Out Market asked 3 local illustrators to create an animated mural fusing Boston and baseball to be installed in the 25,000 square foot space just a five minute walk from the Red Sox’s home, Fenway Park.
“The market hosts 15 eateries, 2 bars, and a gathering of cultural events weekly. At each of these markets. At each of our locations, local artist and designers create unique work to help tell the local cities story. Each of the artists are featured in our ‘artist box’ for a month as their work is displayed on the 200 inch screen inside”
— TimeOutMarket.com
CLIENT
Time Out Boston/Fenway
ANIMATION
Latham Arnott
The brief was subtle animation surrounding Boston and baseball. I paid homage to Boston's rich history in both sport and culture.
I made of a grid of images that'd each have their own micro purpose.
In baseball history, many batters have these obsessive and silly rituals when they go up to bat.
Nomar Garciaparra had a famous one which inspired the batter hands repeating the same motions over and over in a OCD like state.
Fenway Park is one of the last stadiums that still has all of its original seating, which is at times a very very tight squeeze. It's a charming feature, but leaves the woman down below in the illustration feeling pretty crammed in there, happily so.
I used a palette that feels warm and embracing, inspired by the stadium and surrounding streets as well as the age of baseball as a beloved past time.
The character style capitalized on these excellent baggy uniforms they had in the 1920's and 30's. The simple nature of it all was conducive to both animation and high legibility from a distance, knowing it would be a large installment in the restaurant.
