Lap It Up and Swallow

I like this small little detail idk

The difference between a good photograph and a National Geographic photograph is often just a slight shift in perspective. Sometimes a ladder is really inexpensive tool (less so in my case, since I had to fly it to the remote Indian Ocean atoll of Aldabra) to obtain a different point of view. This proved to be the case on assignment for @natgeo in Seychelles a few years ago, when the ladder helped me create the opening image for this story. I have posted that particular photograph before, but I will post it again tomorrow for reference. Aldabra has the highest concentration of blacktip reef sharks I have ever experienced. The sheer abundance of sharks there is completely out of this world. At low tide they congregate in a small lagoon on a reef flat where a brisk current bathes them in cooler well oxygenated water. They avoid the deeper water off the reef edge where bigger sharks may prey on them. Time lapse video by my assistant and talented videographer @ottowhitehead

Original Animatic | CHURCH

I came up with the characters and story solely for this project; they are not “from” anything, just this!  The nun’s name is Sanga, the demon’s name is Ashivon, and you can find more of them here.

An animatic is, by its nature, a planning stage for animation.  But since I wasn’t sure whether this one would ever end up being fully animated, I put extra care into it.  So now it’s in that animatic/animation gray area.  While making this video, I was torn between the thought “well this is some melodramatic middle-school bullshit” and “actually it’s pretty good”.  In the end, I’d like to think it’s both things. :)