I did the story, character design, backgrounds, sound design and animation. I hired a voice actress and a composer for their work as well. Just three people :)
that was SO ADORABLE, I was rooting for the egg and eggfriend the whole time and they came through okay!! it's really impressive that you made this whole film yourself too, you should be proud!!
You have good timing, I was about to email you this video. I’m really glad you like the end product. Having a good voice to animate to was so helpful when animating for long hours. Thank you for being a part of this project!
This is super cute and really well animated! I really liked the fight scene especially. Though I must admit, I thought the ending was going to be a twist where it turned out the egg belonged to that lizard, and he was simply trying to pick it up to move it somewhere and the little rabbit thing mistakenly thought he was trying to eat it.
One of my animation classmates once said something along the lines of “what if he is like a gastric brooding frog and just misunderstood and the mammal is the real bad guy.” I tried not to leave it open to interpretation regarding the lizard’s intentions, but I can sort of see where the idea comes from.
@@EllieJayBird I think the intentions were perfectly clear. Beautifully written and designed, great voice and sound effect and absolutely touching story
@@Spinosaurus_0 I mean we heard it land in the water, and most lizard species are good swimmers, especially monitors (which this lizard seems somewhat inspired by) I’m sure the lizards fine
Every single angle looked good especially when the crocigator was shaking its head and whenever the camera moved around the character it looked so 3D it looked professional!
Aah!! Congratulations on finishing! This is so beautiful and precious! The movements are so fluid and you animated your characters with such a range of expressions and emotions! The background art is wonderful and the music, sounds, and voice-acting are lovely too. It all came together so well! Beautiful work!!!
Oh, I loved it 🥲 It’s so wonderful to see your creature designs in motion! Everyone has so much character and charm. The little chick ended up SO adorable (and made me wonder if they’re some kind of choro!)
This was so lovely. The music is perfect and the voice actress for the main character has a lovely, gentle voice. The tiny frog who recognized the egg was my favorite!
I died by cuteness, but it worth it!!! The final scene reminded me my budgie... I found him lost when he was a baby. He passed away recently, but I felt a big bound with him since first moment :') I miss you, buddy...
This is so amazing! Everything about this! I love the colors and the designs and the movement and the story and the voice and the sound and the music and the expressions and the personalities and the environments and everything else.
This is very touching and reminds me of my eldest son and I. He is my staunch protector, and I am the vulnerable egg... not because I've ever asked him to take on that role, and not because I'm fragile or need to be protected, but just because he feels a very deep love for me, and because I have never abandoned him, as his father did from a very, very young age. He's 41 now, and I'm in my mid 60's. I love that boy of mine with all of my heart. I would walk to the ends of the earth to seek a glass of water for him if he were thirsty. Thanks for sharing your work. It's lovely. God bless you. 💐🙏🏽💞
This one is so cute!!! I absolutely loved this little heartwarming film!! And those characters are just so so cute!! You've done great work!! All the people involved did!!
Ohhh my gosh I love this so much. It’s pacing and music are so relaxing and engaging, it feels like a classic children’s book. I would LOVE to have a full series of the little hatchling’s adventures with its newfound mum.
Omg this is adorable. Great work! I love how the aardvark/kangaroo creature was designed. And I'm very glad you didn't make everything mean and bloodthirsty. I think people tend to forget animals are just running on instincts. Great piece to wake up to!
This is stunning! From the style to the designs to the overall look of the whole thing, the story is interesting and doesn't drag for too long or too little. A huge fan!
such a charming and wonderful film! your animation is so fluid and I loved how cute the character designs are. so sweet!! I hope you are proud of it :D
AHH so cute! This is such an adorable story, I'll share it around, your skill when animating subtle emotions and movements really shows how long you've been studying the craft
The music throughout the film is an original composition by Rrrrrose Azerty, you can find their website linked in the description of the video, but I don’t believe the film soundtrack has been posted anywhere yet.
Omg Oppies are such a cute species!! This is such an adorable film, it reminds me of the book “are you my mother?” (Or something like that, i haven’t read it since I was very little lol) but if the bird was found before it hatched! I want to draw fanart of them grown together but my hand can’t draw today TwT… I absolutely want to make fanart though, just imagining the MC with their bird kid all grown up would be the cutest thing ever 🥺
This is wonderful! Such a heartwarming story told in such a simple way. Your talent is so clear, it was lovely to meet you at LightBox! (Matt from the UK here)
Hey, Matt! It was great to meet you as well! Feel free to reach out whenever your work is available to read online, I’d love to learn more about your writing. And thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed my short film!
I commented before a long time ago but gotta say again how amazing this is. I love how the animals interact and are so willing to help with whether they know where the egg came from or if it’s there’s. It’s so very wholesome to see them all interact especially with the crocodiles as they weren’t aggressive which is refreshing to see ! The animation really is just so soft and smooth, it and the style is sooo very fitting for the story. I love the environment and the voice is so very soothing so kudos to the you and the others who helped you make this film ! I always enjoy watching this a lot ^^
how many people made this?
I did the story, character design, backgrounds, sound design and animation. I hired a voice actress and a composer for their work as well. Just three people :)
@@EllieJayBird wow
@Henry the banana ?
This was really cute💕 I really liked the adorable animation. It's really well made.
@@EllieJayBird How long did it take U & your crew 2 make it?
I loved the honest alligators. They could have had a little snack! I'm glad Egg (now a little bird) has someone watching over her. 💕
that was SO ADORABLE, I was rooting for the egg and eggfriend the whole time and they came through okay!! it's really impressive that you made this whole film yourself too, you should be proud!!
I'm glad there wasn't a bad plot twist, and that the lizard really did want to eat the egg
So cute!! You animated Fern so well, watching her blossom into a full character was amazing, honestly I kinda teared up near the end ☺️💙
You have good timing, I was about to email you this video. I’m really glad you like the end product. Having a good voice to animate to was so helpful when animating for long hours. Thank you for being a part of this project!
Your voice is so relaxing. 😘
Your voice was perfect for her. Very calm and gentle.
This is super cute and really well animated! I really liked the fight scene especially. Though I must admit, I thought the ending was going to be a twist where it turned out the egg belonged to that lizard, and he was simply trying to pick it up to move it somewhere and the little rabbit thing mistakenly thought he was trying to eat it.
One of my animation classmates once said something along the lines of “what if he is like a gastric brooding frog and just misunderstood and the mammal is the real bad guy.” I tried not to leave it open to interpretation regarding the lizard’s intentions, but I can sort of see where the idea comes from.
@@EllieJayBird I think the intentions were perfectly clear. Beautifully written and designed, great voice and sound effect and absolutely touching story
@@EllieJayBird what animal is the mammal? IS it a rabbit?
@@PizzA_TimE elliejaybird.tumblr.com/post/687070858371629056/generic-info-on-oppies-you-are-free-to-make-a-fan She’s a fictional species.
@@EllieJayBird Where did you get the name from?
dawwwww super cute! Not sure what kind of mammal that creature was, but she was very kind. The froggies were very adorable too!
I was half expecting the egg to break open at the end and reveal a little red lizard, but I'm glad everything turned out ok. Very nice animation!
Same
Me too! It would have been a nice statement against prejudice.
would have been a bit sad if the lizard was the eggs mother since the lizard kinda died
@@Mangolorian-je3eoI think the animation was a statement against sexual predators
@@Spinosaurus_0 I mean we heard it land in the water, and most lizard species are good swimmers, especially monitors (which this lizard seems somewhat inspired by) I’m sure the lizards fine
very cute film!!! i was expecting the egg to be a lizard egg at the end. glad it wasnt!
"Where are your parents?"
Egg: 👁👄👁
😂
Every single angle looked good especially when the crocigator was shaking its head and whenever the camera moved around the character it looked so 3D it looked professional!
I just saw The Wild Robot and the themes reminds me of it. Youre really ahead of your time! Great animation :)
Aah!! Congratulations on finishing! This is so beautiful and precious! The movements are so fluid and you animated your characters with such a range of expressions and emotions! The background art is wonderful and the music, sounds, and voice-acting are lovely too. It all came together so well! Beautiful work!!!
Oh, I loved it 🥲 It’s so wonderful to see your creature designs in motion! Everyone has so much character and charm. The little chick ended up SO adorable (and made me wonder if they’re some kind of choro!)
2:13 i loved that the frog used a little bit of ASL here!
I think you are the first person to point that out! I tried to animate the frog signing asl for “tree” if I remember correctly :D
@@EllieJayBird i got it instantly! Beautiful work!
Absolutely stunning
I waited around to the end of the credits! Amazing!
Thank you :)
This is really nice and smooth animation. The background colors blend beautifully
This was so lovely. The music is perfect and the voice actress for the main character has a lovely, gentle voice. The tiny frog who recognized the egg was my favorite!
I was eggspecting the egg to be a gryphon, and that both the paw prints and the feathers belonged to the parents.
I died by cuteness, but it worth it!!!
The final scene reminded me my budgie... I found him lost when he was a baby. He passed away recently, but I felt a big bound with him since first moment :')
I miss you, buddy...
This animation is so adorable!!!! I love the effort that you and your team did! AHHHH I JUST WANNA SEE A PART 2
How many times are you going to pause this and die of cuteness overload?
yes
So glad to finally see the finished product, colors and animation are beautiful. Cute short, nice job Ellie
I love his little smile at the end. :) best bird
EGG TIME EGG TIME!!! absolutely delightful animation :D really nice fluid motion and fantastic character design (as to be expected hehehe)
Very sweet! Would love to see this made into a book
This is so good Ellie! So cute and very well done, great job getting it finished and out there!💕🥚
the cuteness of the baby bird made me cry
This is so amazing! Everything about this! I love the colors and the designs and the movement and the story and the voice and the sound and the music and the expressions and the personalities and the environments and everything else.
This is very touching and reminds me of my eldest son and I. He is my staunch protector, and I am the vulnerable egg... not because I've ever asked him to take on that role, and not because I'm fragile or need to be protected, but just because he feels a very deep love for me, and because I have never abandoned him, as his father did from a very, very young age. He's 41 now, and I'm in my mid 60's. I love that boy of mine with all of my heart. I would walk to the ends of the earth to seek a glass of water for him if he were thirsty.
Thanks for sharing your work. It's lovely. God bless you. 💐🙏🏽💞
How dare you not make a part 2 I demand more this is too incredible
That was so cool! It was so well animated it's insane! I'm glad I found this thru Tumblr.
What an incredible style to a beautiful story
There's so many little details in the character animation!
Love this so much! Wonderful finished product from top to bottom. Well done!
omg this is so cute!!! i love how cute the little bird is after he hatched
So happy to finally see that animation =) really really nice job !
This is so cute! The voice acting is great too
I hope this takes off & becomes a series about the Mammal raising the bird as if it was her own child, well done Elisabeth.👏
Such a sweet story, and the animation is top notch! Excellent!
Yup. I'd binge watch a show following these two.
This is beautiful! Superb animation, voice acting and composition. Thankyou for making this :)
This one is so cute!!! I absolutely loved this little heartwarming film!! And those characters are just so so cute!! You've done great work!! All the people involved did!!
Touching story with a likable character.
Awwwwww…. The voice anchor was the perfect choice! I loved her voice! :)
Ohhh my gosh I love this so much. It’s pacing and music are so relaxing and engaging, it feels like a classic children’s book. I would LOVE to have a full series of the little hatchling’s adventures with its newfound mum.
I enjoy the rotundness of it all, very unique style
This is a really sweet animation. Great story and amazing artwork put into this.
Such a heartwarming short story, and I love the amazing work you and your team did.
Omg this is adorable. Great work! I love how the aardvark/kangaroo creature was designed. And I'm very glad you didn't make everything mean and bloodthirsty. I think people tend to forget animals are just running on instincts. Great piece to wake up to!
i cant believe a lack of people on production could result in a good short film
I'm glad you finished it, it was worth the wait!
What a beautiful animation! God has gifted all the people who worked on it.
This is stunning! From the style to the designs to the overall look of the whole thing, the story is interesting and doesn't drag for too long or too little. A huge fan!
Oh my goodness this is so cute💖.
Glad it appeared on my feed
I forgot to mention how soothing her voice is.
That's a mighty big nest for one itty bitty egg. Very cute.
I loved the detail of the little heartbeat inside the egg
The story was heart warming. The voice acting on point and animation smooth. A ++
DUDE WHY DO I KEEP FINDING SUCH UNDERRATED SHORT FILMS!?!?
That was lovely ❤️ impressive work, I absolutely love the artstyle, and the fight scene was amazing!!!!
That was actualy good, didn't expect this random thing to appear in my recommended but i take it!
This is too adorable and good that it deserves part 2.
AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
I didn’t expect the critter to be able to talk. Her voice is so pretty!!
I really enjoyed the way this was animated, very high quality audio and animation!
I adore the animation, the style, the story and just all of it. Such a charming film and the voice acting *>chef's kiss
such a charming and wonderful film! your animation is so fluid and I loved how cute the character designs are. so sweet!! I hope you are proud of it :D
Bravo! It's so great to see this film finished! You did a phenomenal job! This has always been one of my favorites. 😀👍❤🥚
This animation is a reflection of predators who prey on small children and the kind and brave people who protect them to return them to their family
This is impressive work. Animals can be quite difficult to animate, especially with the level of smoothness that you have
This has to be my favorite animated short film to date. This was so freaking cute and amazing. I loved this.
THE ANIMATION IS SO SMOOTH!! huge congrats!! wonderfull design and storytelling!!
aww, i love this! i especially like the slight lighting change for the fight scene
omg! this is so good
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I'm absolutely blown away by the animation and the character acting in particular, its really charming!
I love your art style so much. This was lovely to watch after seeing some of the progress leading up to it on Tumblr! Great animation
your honor? this is slaying
I’m tempted to pin this one 😂
Thank you youtube for the recommendation oh my god this is tremendously well done. Movements and soundtrack are so pleasant,,
This is a beautiful little story. Id love to see their adventures together
THE SMOL WINGS, MY HEART IS MELTING
Tell me why I cried a little when they smiled at each other 🥹
my friend showed me this because I have a wallaby fursona named Egg ^^ I'm glad they shared, the story is so well done!! Incredible work
time to share this amazing animation to my friends
I was kinda surprised that there was commentary added, but it worked lol 👍
This short film is having a movie potential 👏👏👏
AHH so cute! This is such an adorable story, I'll share it around, your skill when animating subtle emotions and movements really shows how long you've been studying the craft
Thank you! :)
I work in animation and i love how u made it so smooth
well done
That song for the fight scene just fits so well! I would love to know what it's called
The music throughout the film is an original composition by Rrrrrose Azerty, you can find their website linked in the description of the video, but I don’t believe the film soundtrack has been posted anywhere yet.
Omg Oppies are such a cute species!! This is such an adorable film, it reminds me of the book “are you my mother?” (Or something like that, i haven’t read it since I was very little lol) but if the bird was found before it hatched! I want to draw fanart of them grown together but my hand can’t draw today TwT… I absolutely want to make fanart though, just imagining the MC with their bird kid all grown up would be the cutest thing ever 🥺
3:50 his little wings make me wanna roll up into a ball and celebrate, ty for bestowing the chance for my eyes to see greatness.
i needed a bit of wholesome, thanks! lovely animated!
Hope we see a sequel of them!!
The animation is so realistic and fluid! I cant believe someone could have made a masterpiece like this ✨
Beautiful animation! I'm glad that there are still animators creating content on You Tube despite their poor support of them. Keep it up!
This is wonderful! Such a heartwarming story told in such a simple way. Your talent is so clear, it was lovely to meet you at LightBox! (Matt from the UK here)
Hey, Matt! It was great to meet you as well! Feel free to reach out whenever your work is available to read online, I’d love to learn more about your writing.
And thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed my short film!
I commented before a long time ago but gotta say again how amazing this is. I love how the animals interact and are so willing to help with whether they know where the egg came from or if it’s there’s. It’s so very wholesome to see them all interact especially with the crocodiles as they weren’t aggressive which is refreshing to see ! The animation really is just so soft and smooth, it and the style is sooo very fitting for the story. I love the environment and the voice is so very soothing so kudos to the you and the others who helped you make this film ! I always enjoy watching this a lot ^^
Oh man! I remember seeing this one back CAT , super cool to see the finished project! Glad it popped up on my feed. ♥✨
That’s so cool you recognize it from CAT! Thanks for watching :)
Animations perfect. Though if it had no words it would have hit me harder, personally
this was such a cute animation!
This would be a cute as heck cartoon.