Loss of innocence | Brittany Braud

This is my BFA Senior Thesis for my Visual Arts degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It's a short animation done in Adobe Flash CS5 and Adobe After Effects CS5, with hand painted backgrounds done with india inks and watercolors. It is a semi-autobiographical story about my dealing with growing up and becoming an independent adult. However, others going through the same feelings can relate to the story, no matter the age. Artist Statement: ‭ ‬"My work represents the moment in life where the innocence of childhood is ripped away and you are forced to face the unknown and sometimes daunting world of adulthood.‭ ‬It is often a time of loneliness,‭ ‬desolation,‭ ‬and uncertainty.‭ ‬Like Dante in the dark forest described in the beginning of‭ ‬The Divine Comedy,‭ ‬there is a feeling of being lost and astray in the journey of life.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬it does not last forever and it is possible to get through the tough times.‭ ‬The work speaks to perseverance,‭ ‬hope,‭ ‬and the instinctual ambition to thrive in life.‭ ‬The beginning of a new journey with new obstacles continues.‭ ‬There is never truly an‭ ‬end--the‭ ‬end is always the beginning.‭ ‬That is the way of life.‭"