The Witch's Ghosts (A Procreate Dreams Commission)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- The second commission I directed and animated for Procreate procreate.com/ ! Everything you see here is animated, colored, edited and composited in Procreate Dreams procreate.com/...
Credits:
Directed and Animated by Michael Relth
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Sound and Music by Jen Pague/ Cat Head Noise
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Background painters:
Sudarshan Kumar
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Jennifer Wang
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Animation Frame Paint:
Colin Filgate
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Eileen Huang
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Junior Animator: Colin Filgate
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Color Consultant: Jennifer Wang
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BG Assets and Props by Grace Poole
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Special Thanks:
Tim Yoon, EJ Kang, Grace Poole, Jennifer Wang, Colin Filgate, KJ, Dee and Mom
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This actually made me tear up.. seeing her hug all of her selves and embracing those sides of her made me feel warm inside. Thank you for this!
yeah, I was just about to comment something like that too! the story is just so touching and the artist really did a great job animating this ;0;
weak
@@pb5335 ....What?
@@pb5335 how tf is it weak
I just need a hug man
Omg. This is so cool. It just reminds me of how every decision I made in life was the exact opposite of what my heart wanted. But in the end, everything was worth it because it brought me to where I'm today.
Absolutely💯❤️
THATS WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY
do you still do that? or is your mind and heart more aligned
Could you talk about an example of this?
I can’t really picture a situation where following my heart wasn’t a valid choice.
Maybe if you were to say that anxieties were also my heart but I don’t see it that way.
@@theswissmiss69chunsch du au us de schwiiz?
I like the multicolored outline around the witch to show that her ghosts have merged with her once more. A great detail. Just 1 day left until this app hits the App Store...
WAIT ITS OUT TODAY!? FCK IT I WAS TRYNA GET IT ON THE RELEASE DATE BUT I might’ve accidentally stayed up literally all night. Anyway, I’ll just go photosynthesis
What's the app called?
Yeah what app?
@@timtron123 *@robinmoore4189* procreate, I think
@@robinmoore4189 Procreate Dreams 😊
Beautiful. She understands and loves all the pieces of her self (even the parts that sometimes just want to sleep in, chill on the couch and do nothing, or put off neverending responsibilities). Reminds me of the videogame Celeste (in the best way possible).
Reminds me of Internal Family Systems therapy. Parts work is great!
I need to play that game then ! I liked this animation
This was so well Animated!
I'm surprised no one replied yet-
OH MY OH IK U
Hi... Human... Wait, are you a human?
BRO
Whaaaaaa
This animation, for some reason, is giving me Steven universe vibes. This is really well done!
She's kinda like Stevonnie vibe's
@@breys-desenhando7642yeah! I see it
And plus at the end they fuse!
Pastell colours
@@panda9661 into a normal-sized woman
Wooow, I've been struggling with depression, ADHD, heavy procastination etc, and seeing her embracing those sides of her personality and "learning" to control them, going out and see other people who are also seeking that kind of magic, like going to teraphy and move foward or in the process of learning about themselves, makes me feel less lonely and very warm, this is BEAUTIFUL
You are not alone. I have the same struggle. This movie really touched me too. It speaks to me. We got this, slowly but surely ❤
I like how when she does something that doesn't match what she wants to do, she splits into different ghosts, and only by gathering up her ghosts is she allowed to leave her house. I like to think that every witch in that world, and even regular people in real life, have to go through this sometimes. It's nice.
"You can only move forward when you accept yourself"
Hard to achieve, but it's possible to open that door. Lovely animation.
Not a single second wasted, just pure storytelling. Not only is it beautifully animated, it’s so heartfelt and honest in such a short amount of time. Truly a work of art :’)
I think you should know this genuinely made me cry. It wasn’t full on sobbing, just more of a gentle laugh accompanied by tears. Maybe it was the colors, the beautiful instrumentals and soft humming, or the message behind it all, but this was so beautiful and I’m genuinely at a loss right now. I think this short animation captures so much in a short amount of time, and does so expertly. I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful piece with us. I’m startled by how much it affected me, but in the best kind of way, and I wanted you to know that.
It's so beautiful, right? I almost cried too ;)
Looking for someone in the comments who experiences this as deeply as I do, and that’s you :) thank you for commenting
If you don’t get out of bed, you can’t start the day…if you don’t get off the couch, how will you see how beautiful it is outside…if you don’t water your plants, how will they ever grow?
If you stay in your house…how will you be around the people you love?
It feels so mature, and I get those feelings…freaking brilliant!
The amount of goosebumps I got from this 1 minute film is insane. From the music to the animation and art it’s just so UGH. 10/10 would recommend this masterpiece,
My mental health is unstable and there would be some months in the year that my state is bad. I went to the doctor and i was diagnosed as a 'borderline' type of an anxiety disorder. Still, even though im in a borderline area, it got me so bad to the point that those days when my mental health is down, my daily life is ruined. My room is a mess, my plants died, I cant sleep until 2am, my body got weaker with constant negative feelings.
For real, the time passed by like a blink of an eye. Last time you rememeber is when you bought this plant into your house, and the next moment you realize how much time passed by is when you entered your room, saw yourself in the mirror and noticed the dead plants in your room... I cant describe how it felt, but I was breaking down, i felt shocked, i felt numb.
This video is reflecting my feeling so well, only people who experienced these feelings before will understand how accuracy this animation demonstrates. Amazing work, I cannot tell how grateful I am to wander around in youtube and accidentally click into your video by chance. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing. It can be so incredibly hard sometimes. Wishing you the best. Starlings (and other birds) sing notes that are too high for the human ear to perceive, but they are still singing
I feel that way too.
Well sometimes.
Incredible short! Great message as well. I loved how alive the light was throughout the entire story. Impressive work
dang that really captures the feeling of struggling with depression and managing to push through a day after a bad slump of not being able to get yourself to do anything for a few days/weeks
This fills me with so much warmth. The music and sound design of her separating and then merging was just so perfectly tuned, it gave me goosebumps
What a beautiful and impactful story! I really connected with this story considering I started practicing witch craft to help with my mental health. All what was shown in this short I feel I had experienced over time myself. Such a beautiful story and beautiful art style. Thank you and everyone who contributed for taking the time to create and share this short.
short, but it has a great message.
That message being that despite your short comings, no matter how lazy you are, those are parts of you that make who you are and you should love yourself because of them. Dont think of them as bad parts of yourself. (hope I'm not getting the message wrong lol)
This has singlehandedly convinced me to buy procreate dreams and make an attempt at serious animation
Me encanta 🥰
This made me cry
THIS IS SO GOOD!!!! the contrast of colors from inside to outside and the lighting is insane!!!
when you keep accidentally losing your soul
in all seriousness this was so so beautiful i cant even put it into the words. It was just so smooth and everything flowed just right :)
It can be hard to get yourself up and moving in the morning. You just gotta give yourself a little love and assurance.
Love it. This even reminds me of the amazing Satoshi Kon’s Ohayo.
That’s what I thought too
Oh yeah Ohayo is one of my favorite very short films!! Satoshi Kon is a legend
To me this looks like a visual representation of coping with grief. Those parts when you want to give up but you don't and then you are proud of yourself, you collect the pieces and go into the world. Wholesome.
yes! especially with grief its important to give yourself grace and to take a moment to feel the feelings when you can, thats kind of what the hug is about
I love these visuals, and I love the little boiling animations on the light coming in through the door - gorgeous work like this has me SO excited to see how procreate dreams will take the indie scene by storm. Amazing work!!!!!
awww this was such a lovely animation with such a feel good vibe. REALLY LOVE THIS. cant wait to try out the procreate dreams!!!
i shouldn't say 'feel good vibe' but more like... wholesome story telling about love. thank you for this
Thank you so much for your kind words!!
This animation feels so warm and comforting.
I want to see that as a movie it is so well done and you can see the amount of thought put into it
My eyes are just bewildered
I have tears in my eyes for some reason. The way she hugged herself
she showed love to the challenging parts of herself. we can all practice this kind of compassion
I didn’t even notice the “procreate dreams commission” and was coming back to say I saw it on the ad ^^
I feel like this captures how it feels to finally have motivation to do anything.
She was so tender with all of her ghosts ,,
This is beautiful
Its beautiful how she acknowledged the other parts of herself too!. Really loved pointing this out
From start to finish, this animation was perfect. As someone who has and still deals with depression and other mental health issues, I feel so represented by this work. It highlights small accomplishments like getting out of bed or watering plants as significant feats. Even if it's something as simple as getting off your phone, it's still a step towards getting better. The way she acknowledges that she is not perfect by embracing her flaws at the end brought me to tears. Absolutely excellent work.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've watched. Made me tear up. I watched this on your TAD talk today and was tearing up in public 😅😂 it just made me emotional and I related so much to it. I've had some tough times mentally throughout my life and I still do, but nowadays I manage to handle them just like the witch, being more compassionate with myself and learning to embrace the parts of me that may be more challenging or make me feel lost and confused at times. These are all me and I gotta keep navigating life as the whole being I am. Thank you for reminding me of that through this animation.
Wow this looks amazing 🤩🤩🤩
The music to this is so fitting and perfect, I love it.
Congratulations to you and your team on accomplishing this beautiful short for Procreate. Amazing, thought-provoking, encouraging and inspiring. I loved it. Love the background, the color and you did an amazing job as a director, and with your animation Michael, inspired me! 🙌
I was on a music hunt and almost skipped this because it was an animation instead of music, and I am glad I didn’t skip it. It was surprisingly emotional and a very welcome reminder to be more gentle with ourselves without letting ourselves off the hook. She still took them off the bed, couch, avoidant behavior but with love.
when the witch ends up calling her ghosts for a hug, I almost cried 😭 its really a moment of love
This hit me directly to my heart 😢❤
That was so beautiful it gave me a tear in my eye 😭😭
everyone are chasing the expressive word, trying to hook people into watching their video...But this video just proved that you just have to show dont tell...i clicked on this video out of pure curiosity to see what people are creating with procreate dreams and this one is by far the best i have come across..love to see more of such beautiful animation and storytelling
Didn’t think a lil animation would make me cry like that but ya did it 😭
This is literally the best thing I’ve seen all year. 😇
wow thank you
genius detail with the friends at the end also having outlines. we all struggle the same battles. silently. it's a subtle reminder that we aren't alone
Brings me to tears. The peace and simplicity i crave is right here.
Wait this made me so emotional, I wasn’t expecting this wholesome bomb when I started watching
This is so insanely beautiful
AGHDHS THISNIS SO COOL,, idk if it was on purpose but all the three hugging made a heart !! So cute,,
ya captured how it feels to do stuff like that, it aways weights
At least someone’s showing what you can do with camera angels and positioning
In less than a minute I became so emotionally invested. Beautiful animation. Beautiful art style. Beautiful story. ❤
Thanks. I can't express what a push that gave me. It just did. Thank you
thankyou for sharing it means a lot :)
I have tears in my eyes. This resonates so much with me. I have been struggeling with depression for most of my life and only recently got help. I am so much better now, but I am also fighting everyday with unhealthy habits that I have been giving into for so long. And everyday I am so proud of myself for doing the supposedly most mundane things.
wow thank you for sharing. i also have struggled for a long long time with mental health challenges. so happy to hear that you found help! its not easy but we’re all doing our best bit by bit and those small victories are something to celebrate
Every thought needs a step one at the time to be focus and make each day magical… this and an Americano
Love the soundtrack btw
This is beautiful, moving and emanates love. I cried. Thank you.
I’m not crying YOURE CRYING
This morning I decided that I wanted to be productive. When I’m supposed to do something, I will do it (even if I do mot want to). So far I feel great and happy! I highly suggest it! :) ❤❤❤
This art reminds me of that. You leave a little you behind when doing something, and you bring it with you out and about! Love it sooo much! ❤❤❤
How can this not have more likes!?
This was amazing. The character, concept, background work.... Everything gave such a smooth, calming, sweet vibe that just makes me want to watch this over and over again
This is the best procreate dream animation I have seen yet!
tears are running down my face rn
Here I am ugly crying at 7:40am :’) for years and still now it is so hard to get out of bed, get off of my phone, get out of my head. But this year I’ve been really trying to change this part of my life, and in therapy I’ve been learning to hold compassion for myself. And for who I used to be. I am audhd and have a whole lot of mental health stuff and so I relate so profoundly of how heavy it is to try and even just get out of bed. I love the progression of one step leading to another, each ghost manages to help themself more than the last. I love the healed and healthy witch who instead of resenting their past selves, has self compassion and shows love to themself. And how carrying that knowledge and love for how far they’ve come, they are able to be their full self and truly appreciate the beauty they have in their life. They have a reason to push themselves out of bed, outside each day. This gives me motivation to keep trying, even when I fail, and always with love and compassion for myself - former and now.
This animation just hits different❤
This hit so close to home. Sometimes I just need to get up and do it, it’s hard but it’s worth it
This is one of the most beautiful stories! I love how she brought all of her parts together in the end. I would absolutely watch more and more of her. I want to know more.
Needing every part of yourself in order to be whole and proceed to the next part of life. Pretty heavy meaning right here.
❤❤❤
this reminds me of how I got over depression, you have to love your old self. And the choices you made.
that made me tear, I loved how she embraced all her other versions.
this is just an warm and beautifull animation. i love it.
I don't think anyone expected me to cry from this. Not me, not this comment section, and definitely not the animator. I don't think it was meant to make people cry.
And yet, this made me cry because of the way I interpreted it. It was a good cry.
I interpreted it as the "ghosts" are thoughts that bring you down. Not just self deprication thoughts, but ones that can harm you in the long run if left unchecked. The witch came back for these moments and forgave herself. By doing so, she's calling her power back to herself.
My interpretation hit me really hard because I tend to struggle doing that. Which made it hit me a lot harder than I was expecting. I have been trying to get back into digital animation for years, but new animation progams has made that harder.
Instead of just drawing, editing, then uploading between an art program and a video progam, the process of animation has gotten more difficult for me. I have really high hopes for procreate dream, it might just be what I'm looking for. Theres so many times I blamed myself for not having the tools I needed earlier.
No matter how it is interpreted or how it is supposed to be interpreted, the animation is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
I want more witch series/animations so bad😭
That one episode of Phineas and Fern where Baljeet splits every time he makes a decision but instead of hugging them he uses them to throw a coup
THIS IS LITERALLY SO EPIC HOW
Bro this is freaking beautiful wow I’m crying
This is so awesome Michael. Hard to believe this was done on an IPad!
i absolutely love this, and my mouth literally fell open as i watched it. my headache dissapeared. i felt perfectly at peace and wonderful and i love this and i love you
This really reminds me of embracing your true self and pulling yourself out of self doubt. A really powerful message if you ask me. This is so well animated well done ❤
Wow... A short animation, but _stunning._ It was as long as it needed to be. Perfect.
This is such a beautiful and well made little video 🥹🥺
bro disappeared for 2 years and dropped 2 bangers
this feels like adhd and i love it
I would watch a full season of this, he'll a movie would be amazing over this consept, I love this
Will there be a demonstration/tutorial for this animation? ❤ I absolutely love it
Yes! hoping to so a stream sometime in the coming weeks : )
Whoa dude. I’m gonna watch this every day to inspire me, because DANG it’s effective.
I accidently synced it withh with "Hate me" by Eurielle, it added a sad ethereal note to the over all animation. The animation is really beautiful!
Beautiful story and beautiful procreate work, I can imagine how much energy you must have spent on this 1.5 mins of clip. It's commendable. :) And I really loved the message.
Omg this is actually me. 😮❤ Even the 3 colors..
I’m actually in tears how is this so beautiful
This just make me so genuily happy and hit me hard in a personal spot, my heart it's biting hard rn
I like how the MC's outlines are multicoloured and her friends are just one solid one showing that embracing your ghosts in this realm is probably rare and few people do it, sort of like how some people don't take the time to better themselves and stay in a cycle (idk maybe I'm looking to far into it tho).
I translated that to leaving the bad habits behind, there is time enough for them later. I struggle with those bad habits too, and feeling guilty because of them. It's easy to just sit, but it's better to just get up. Nice video reminder.
I'm crying. I wish for this so much. Sometimes I can do it. I really had this feeling before I hug all my sad mes. Sometimes the strength isn't there and distracting yourself is easier. But that's also OK I guess sometimes. Eventually there will be some balance with that. I hope that for the new year. I will now find the strength to go up. This really touched me and gives me some soothing and understanding. Thank you for that work! I think I will come again now and than to remind myself of this and watch it again. You can remind me too in the comment. ;) Wish you all the best people all over the world! ❤
heres a reminder then. glad that this animation brought you some good. its not easy, but we can all practice showing ourselves and each other compassion
@@MichaelRelthArt Today I've learned again that community and being there for each other is so important. In a way your animation shows that too. Thanks for replying to my comment and reminding me. I wish you all the best, may you come far with your beautiful animations ❤️