Fairy Tales with Alphabet-WIP
I’ve been thinking about what’s related to parents and children, and I thought of all the fairy tales my mum bought me when I was a kid, and I loved them, especially Aesop’s fables, I loved the interactions between animals in those stories, so I thought it would be a good idea to know about fables while learning the alphabet, so why not combine learning the alphabet with getting to know fables? That’s the plan!
Inspired by my previous work The Fox and The Stork, I decided to take this idea further. (Watch below!)
On the other hand, I was saddened to know that @36daysoftype is cancelled this year, so I thought maybe I could create an animal fables series mixed with letters together.
Today is the beginning. I may not be able to update it every day, but I will do my best to keep updating this series gradually.
Fairy tales are more than just childhood stories—they are foundational narratives that encode cultural values, moral lessons, and social hierarchies. Passed down for centuries, these tales have shaped how we understand wisdom, cunning, and justice, often using animals as allegorical figures. In Fairy Tales with Alphabet, I explore how these narratives can be visually and conceptually reconstructed through digital media, reimagining their pedagogical function for contemporary audiences.
This project merges fables with typography, an intersection of storytelling and linguistic symbolism. Each tale is paired with a letter, reinforcing how language and imagery work together to shape meaning. By visually integrating letterforms into the composition, I question how written and visual language co-evolve—how symbols, whether alphabetic or pictorial, structure our ways of seeing and interpreting stories.
Historically, fables were transmitted orally before being fixed into text, and now, they are being reinterpreted in the digital realm. This shift—from spoken word to print to digital animation—raises questions about how media transformation affects cultural memory. Through 3D illustration and motion, I aim to bridge historical storytelling traditions with contemporary digital aesthetics, offering a new way to experience these narratives beyond static text.
In an age of visual culture, where emojis and GIFs often replace written words, how do we interpret stories differently? Fairy Tales with Alphabet is not just a reinterpretation of classical fables but a meditation on the evolving nature of language, narrative, and symbol-making. By animating these fables in digital space, I invite viewers to reconsider not just the stories themselves, but the ways in which we construct meaning through letters, images, and motion.
✦ A for the Ants & the Grasshopper ✦ 
While the hardworking ants gathered food, the grasshopper spent summer playing his fiddle.
✦ B for the Bear & the Bees ✦ 
A thirsty crow found a pitcher with a little water in it, and he dropped small pebbles into the pitcher one by one! 
✦ C for the Crow & the Pitcher ✦ 
Poor bear is in big trouble for eyeing up the honey. Never mess with a swarm of bees!
✦ D for the Dog & the Shadow ✦ 
The greedy dog wanted to eat the meat in the reflection, but as soon as it opened its mouth, it lost the meat it was holding. 
Before I move on to 3D, I usually start with a 2D design.
To be continued…