Scorching Slumber (Contains Audio)

An animation about a man who gets through the hottest part of the day by sleeping through it.

Inspired by the following NPR article: "Life hacks from India on how to stay cool without an air conditioner" by Gulrez Shah Azhar.

SKILLS:Character Illustration, Concept Art, Frame-By-Frame Animation, Storyboarding, Storytelling

SOFTWARE: Adobe Premiere Pro, Paint Tool SAI

YEAR: 2022

Process Work

An initial storyboard for the animation. Early character art of the main character, a man wearing a kurta and pajama pants, and his sentient smiling bed with blanket arms. An exploration of the bed's blanket physics. The blanket can stretch out to form hands, and it behaves like water when met with weight.