''The long-beaked-keeper of a botanical garden welcomes you in her hilltop-home.''
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I've always loved botanical gardens and the small trip to a tropical paradise they provide - I used to go there quite often, to draw plants and relax.
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The feeling that you get when entering a tropical green house, the warm air on your face and the smell of the plants is something I tried to capture in this animation.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3c3f2386-c55a-45e3-8bc9-6c0b543c9f6b/d61ec43b-36c5-4d5d-bf59-aa08e8691ac2_rw_1920.jpg?h=586b11eaf71fedb017dbe035daceb73b)
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The music of this film was incredibly important to make people feel like they where in a different, warm, surreal and tropical world.
I asked Hans Nieuwenhuijsen - from Still Productions - to score the film.
He brought in Dominique Vleeshouwers to do the percussion,
and finally, Selle Sellink did the sounddesign
Together they made something absolutely extraordinary.
links to their work:
https://still.productions/
https://www.dominiquevleeshouwers.com/
I've made some making-of content go give some insight into how the animation was produced:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3c3f2386-c55a-45e3-8bc9-6c0b543c9f6b/3650975c-c1fd-4413-9aca-8f05b495a8c0_rw_600.gif?h=00e0442da877b556ca2f31a8fbd84891)
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I've separated some of the layers the building consists of:
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