Selina Behrens
designer and illustrator
with a passion for game design, stop motion animation and sound design
designer and illustrator
with a passion for game design, stop motion animation and sound design
Vulgata
ENlanguage
2023year
3team size
After Effects, Photoshopsoftware Vulgata is an experimental animated short film that alternates between collage and silhouette sequences. The collages revolve critically around topics of the Catholic Church, including gender, sexuality, abuse, menstruation, taboos and much more. Whereas, the silhouettes show a reinterpretation of the biblical figure Lilith interacting with Adam and Eve. Besides doing the project management for Vulgata, my tasks involved animating some parts of the collages, which were assembled from found footage in Adobe After Effects in a 3D space. Additionally, I was responsible for the overall sound design, which also reflects the experimental and eerie vibe of the composition.
Password to the animation on vimeo: Vulgata2024 
Best Austrian Animation (2023)
Werkschau Digital Media (2023)
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Overload
ENlanguage 2024year 3team size Dragonframe, AfterEffectssoftware Overload is an animation group-project made during the Hybrid Animation class within the Digital Arts Bachelor course at the FH Hagenberg. The animation circles around the topic of overstimulation, viewed from various student perspectives and adapted with different hybrid animation techniques. The animation bit made by me and two fellow students revolves around beauty standards, especially in the context of social media, and it's big impact on consumers. During the production of Overload, my tasks consisted of animating the handcrafted objects with my team in Dragonframe, as well as doing the post-production afterward. This involved assembling the photos into clips, adjusting the framing, and doing color correction.
Werkschau Digital Media (2024)
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Skrothög
ENlanguage 2022year 1team size After Effects, Photoshop, Logic Prosoftware Skrothög was created as a movie trailer for an imaginary film, which in this case revolves around a robot who is getting constructed and assembled. All the small parts shown during the production process in the animation can be seen in the assembly in the end, where the robot gets his form. Since this animation was fully created by me, the soundtrack, as well as all the assets were handmade. The use of sound bits and synths resembling machinery, the construction of the robot gets reinforced. All the 2D assets were drawn in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.
Make Art not War
ENlanguage 2022year 1team size Mayasoftware Ein relativ großes Sturmgewehr schwebt bedrohlich in der Mitte des Raumes, woran eine magere Person an Marionettenfäden befestigt hängt (Symbol: Kontrolle der Menschen durch Krieg und Waffen). Die Person ist so geposed, als würde sie vom Bauch aus nach oben zur Waffe gezogen werden (Symbol: Menschen sind im Bann des Krieges). Die Marionettenfäden sind jeweils um Hals, Bauch und Beine gewickelt (Symbole: Erstickung, Tod | Hungersnot | Flucht vor Krieg und Zwang zu kämpfen). Der Boden ist gefüllt mit bunter Acrylfarbe, die sich in leichten Wellen bewegt. Die Wände sind aus reflektierendem Material, welches die Person und die Waffe spiegelt, um der Szene mehr Tiefe zu geben. blba
Horsing Around (animation jam)
ENlanguage 2025year 4team size Dragonframesoftware Horsing Around is a short stop motion animation that was made during the Anima Plus Animation Jam in 2025 with the topic being 'What's still real?'. The animation revolves around the character Fridolin, who is more overwhelmed by chores, bills, and his life every day. His only escape is his love for horses. During the process of making the animation, me and the other three artists handcrafted the character and the set - the kitchen - from various materials. Afterwards my tasks involved lighting the sets, as well as animating and positioning the character.
Animation Jam Screening (2025)
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Cloudstreet 7 (animation jam)
DElanguage 2022year 4team size Kritasoftware Cloudstreet 7 is a short animation film that was made by a team of 4 artists during the FH Hagenberg Animation Jam in 2022 with the topic 'Auf Wolke 7' (On Cloud 9). The animation goes from room to room, each telling a short story revolving around different views of the topic. I animated scene 1 and 3. blba ÖH Info Video (austrian university representation)
DElanguage 2022year 8team size Clip Studio Paintsoftware This animation was comissioned by the austrian university representation (ÖH - Österreichische Hochschüler*innenschaft) in order to provide students a short overview about their tasks and offers, as well as participating in the upcoming elections. blba