london-based 3D designer and animation director jonathan lindgren has created a two minute film documenting how to make sushi. during the autumn of 2018, lindgren designed a couple of frames based on the premise of a sushi-chef. using this as his starting point, designer and director took further influence from his long-standing passion for japanese animation and wes anderson’s ‘isle of dogs’ film, mixing that with his own animation style.

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all images courtesy of jonathan lindgren

 

 

titled ‘how to make sushi’, or 寿司の作り方 in japanese, the short film is accompanied by a score and sound design developed alongside luke brown from the soundery. ‘thanks to a lot of consultation and translation from taishi yagyu, we could hire the wonderfully talented VO-artist yoshi amao, who delivered a performance me and luke couldn’t have hoped for,’ comments jonathan lindgren. ‘giving life to this character we had just seen the upper body of for about a year.​​​​​​​’ be sure to watch the film at the top of this page with the sound on.

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project info:

 

name: how to make sushi — 寿司の作り方
direction, design and animation: jonathan lindgren
score and sound design: the soundery
​​​​​​​voice-over: yoshi amao
​​​​​​​arm model and rig: chris scofield
​​​​​​​thanks to: jenny börjesson, taishi yagyu​​​​​​​, luke brown