THE CREATION OF ROOTS TO FATE Welcome to my final project where I create my first animated story - Roots to Fate. In this blog I will document the entire post-production journey through its contextual, professional, animatic, sculptural and visual development. This work aims to centre indigenous representation and ecological consciousness, whilst promoting my concept and skills to wider audiences, potential collaborators and investors. FIRST DAY BACK Today was mainly focused

17.10.25 INITIAL STORYBOARD & PLOT I found these nice professional templates from : https://folio.procreate.com/showcase Act I – Roots The scene begins with Earth, and with us A seed bursts from the soils of Africa and blooms - into the first people - veins of glowing roots branching outward like ancient migratory paths of our nomadic ancestors, flourishing into more flowers ( indigenous communities). As the earth spins, space blinks and opens an eye of a child- one of the f

USE OF AI I want to clarify something important about my process. Aside from my very first project, where I experimented with MidJourney, the only way I’ve used AI in this course - and the only way I plan to use it - is for audio transcription. Previously I used to audio record myself for blogs which proved to be more practical for me but impractical for my tutors. It’s an effective tool to capture my thoughts and conversations word for word. I often think and speak faster th