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.