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Deep Aqua Station 01

Whenever an inspiring vision pops into my head I try to make a thumbnail sketch, or at least write a note of it to bank it for a potential scene. Sometimes I have a particular concept in my head for weeks that I think will make a great piece. Occasionally, that idea comes to fruition more or less as I saw it in my head, and that can be very satisfying. However, more often than not, when I sit down to execute an idea, the script quickly goes out the window and I come up with something on the spot I hadn’t expected. While it’s good to plan, I like to keep the script loose and leave room for improvisation. I find this leads to more natural expression, and promotes learning through discovery. 

I was spinning a few concepts in the my head for this one. I even spent about an hour on a completely different dry land scene before scratching it entirely. If I’m not feeling it within the first hour I’m usually better off starting anew. At that critical point of doubt I started cycling through images in my head and settled on the idea to make an underwater scene. With that basic premise, I plunged in.  

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16 colors (static) 22 colors (animated) 

256 frames (0.08s frame duration)

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