The Whole Journey
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Winner - Animation Category of the 2020 NZ Bright Awards.
I wanted to make an animation to raise awareness of organisations that assist people who have survived human trafficking, slavery, or abuse. Having grown up in Afghanistan, I realise it’s often not possible for people to tell their own stories publicly, due to the stigma that unfortunately exists even for survivors. I approached an NGO that helps survivors of such abuse, in Afghanistan, and they were keen for me to animate a story.
This story of “Maryam” hopefully demonstrates the amazing work done by many NGO's and the phenomenal resilience of women and children who have suffered enormously.
I created this in 30 days, part-time, and with it, I was fortunate to win the Animation Category of the 2020 NZ Bright Awards. Thanks to all that supported me, your encouragements and critique were invaluable.
Russian subtitles kindly contributed by Gennady Polyashov (Gen Pol):
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Even if it's difficult to watch, to do or to talk about it it's really important that this kind of stories being told. Thank you for this work.
Thank you for your kind comment.
Great artistic storytelling and animation, and bonus points to your voice actor.
Thank you, you're very kind.
Thank you so much for giving us a reminder why we artist are here
great film 💕
Thank you for your kind comment! I'll respond to your email soon.
Great animation and heart felt story. I like your use of graphic symbolism. It is a shame that these poor girls could feel their innocence could be taken away by anyone, but in the world where this girl lived, others would see you as dirty or unclean, following something that was not under your control to avoid. Keep it up Sketchy. Incredible work.
Thank you so much.
I hope you win! This is is amazing work, and to be done in 30 days, wow! the animation, color theory, character design and the story are very moving. You have a very stable method of animation, I look forward to seeing more videos of you! it is nice to see animation that talks further than just the aesthetic side. A message is always the most valuable thing you can get out of a story.
Thanks for your wonderfully encouraging comment! Wow, thank you!
My journey began in years, it continues with tears of joy.
Beautiful job! Thanks for sharing the story!
Thank you for the encouragement!
more people need to see this story. thankyou
Thank you so much, it is very moving and inspiring , looking forward to what you create in the future
Thank you, Daphne :)
I came here for your blender tutorials... And I discovered this story... It's beautifull, well done, well presented, great emotionnally... And it's important to show this kind of woman story in a world of brute men... Thanks Sketchy Squirrel...
Thank you so much for your kind comment.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this.
I'm glad you thought so. :)
such a great way to raise awareness to this amazing story Joel it's such a beautiful animation truly amazing for something created in just 30 days
Hey thanks Hunter for your v.encouraging comment :)
awesome cinematography. best of luck mate
Thanks a ton!
The colors and animation r so gooood!!!! Gg
Thank you so much!!
For some reason the thumbnail was instantly reminding me of Breadwinner (the 2D animated movie by Cartoon Saloon) and I guess that makes sense given the setting if not quite the topic. Some of the realities in that movie certain align with the realities presented in this video.
Nice work! And an important story to share.
I'm a big fan of Cartoon Saloon, looking forward to watching "Wolfwalkers". Thanks for the encouragement
@@SketchySquirrel I've seen Wolfwalkers and it's excellent. Imo Breadwinner is better in terms of story and drama, but it's a very different movie. And where Wolfwalker really shines is how absolutely crazy they go with the visuals. In many regards. Very visually metaphorical. Watch asap :)
Thank you raising awareness !
Incredible story! Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for taking the time to comment :)
Amazing
You're very kind, thanks
Really, thank you so much for this animation, this is a reality many people don`t know about.. Really sensible and pretty, great work!
Thank you . I think stories like these amazingly reveal hope in despair, which I guess is the definition of courage. Thanks again for your kind comment!!
@@SketchySquirrel Oh! Not at all!
You are such a talented artist, I wish you the best for the future
Thank you!
@@SketchySquirrel
This is brilliant, you're a true artist who not only makes tutorials about animation but also makes animations about real life issues of real people who suffer. Massive respect. I wish I could make an animation like that one day. Thank you for this
Thank you so much for your encouraging comment.
Harrowing account beautifully told. Hope you win!
Thank you Clare!
What an inspirational exemple using your great talent for such a good cause. Dont ever stop giving a voice to those no one listens to. Thanks for that
Wow, thank you! It means a lot. :)
Really wonderful story telling. I love your animation and they way tackled this difficult subject matter. Really great stuff. I have just subscribed
Really well done Joel!
Thanks Antonio!
aah man I am a big fan of your work! nicely done heads off to your work my man! you are like a powerhouse! having all these skill sets, storytelling, animation 2D and Blender way to go! awesome man you are doing a fantastic job! I wish you could do kind of tutoring kind of mentorship thing for beginners in Moho Anime
Thanks for your very kind comments!!! I'll watch how the new owners of Moho develop it and we'll see about tutorials then :) Thanks again.
@@SketchySquirrel thank you man :) I really appreciate that I have a question regarding Moho I'm running into an odd problem I don't know what's causing this to happen as in names in layer view no way that names show up I don't know they do not show up for some reason a few letters only do you know is there any way to make names fully appear on the layer panel like in PSD, Maya so on ?
@@dennissabrievski4543 I know what you're talking about, it's real pain. Honestly, I don't know how to fix it.
If you alt right-click on an object, moho will select that layer. This removes a lot of the hassle of sifting through layers that seemingly has no name, or a cut off one.
@@SketchySquirrel thank you for your quick prompt reply man! always happy to hear from you you know what I mean I have a question are you interested in a freelance project? I am eager to learn Blender and implement your rigging setup onto a character I have
Good job ! Did you animate it in Blender ?
I used Moho to animate this (due to time constraints), however, I will be using Blender Grease Pencil in my future projects as I learn the ropes. I think GP is looking like my new "go to" for 2D animation.
@@SketchySquirrel wait bro what's wrong with Moho?
@@rshawn4303 nothing is wrong with Moho. This being said, I would rather support free and opensource software, given the choice. Also, blender has many advantages, even as moho does. I still use Moho for quick animations that I need to make fast, but I think that Blender is improving so fast that I would love to see how it affects my work. Basically, it is always good to learn new things and to let them affect your work flow. :)
It's really good animation
But just a suggestion tho, please add some white dots in the corner of her pupil like (｡◕‿◕｡) and not just (｡◉‿◉｡)
The animation is very good, I think the story you tell is also the reality of South America, please translate it into Spanish
Thanks for the kind comment, I'll see what I can do re: translations
wow, speechless
Thank you. I'm so glad that you like it :D
@@SketchySquirrel i really loved it sir, the way you made the narration! im so jealous of u 😅, trying to learn animation but not getting how to start
❤🙏❤
I have a friend named Maryam
Great job!
Is this Grease pencil or moho?
Hi Khader. Due to my lack of experience with GP, I decided to use Moho primarily for this animation. Although most of what I achieve in this animation could be achieved in GP. The future of Moho is uncertain at best, So for my next few projects I will be using more of Blender and GP. The transition will be difficult, but I believe I'll be better because of it.
@@SketchySquirrel Thanks for replying, I was thinking of using moho in a project ,,, but you say the future is uncertain, why is that?
@@khaderalkurdi3124 It's all very unofficial, but it seems that Smith Micro isn't planning to update Moho further, or do any bug fixes. Instead, it seems that they'll sell it to another company, and no one knows how that will turn out. In the end, Blender, as s free and open-source software, will always be available to everyone, while moho seems to be deteriorating.
@@SketchySquirrel Sad news for moho users, and yes blender is safer in that aspect, it's Growing fast as well
Ok