I wanted to make a quirky animation XD. Also 
I read and watched some videos this week about the KT Event, massive asteroid collision that caused and or accelerated the dinosaur's + tons of species mass extinction. The amount of destructive power, how fast everything happened... I imagine the event, and it terrifies me. So sudden. No warnings. The quantity of life destroyed like if it was nothing. And all the subsequent catastrophe derived from it...
So I started the animation with something that fell from the sky.
From there I wanted this guy to rise. And at first I tried a whimsical stumble but didn't like it.
LOL it looked like a stiff puppet or sorts.
Then I tried to make him rise like from his knees. Also added a little windy clothes.
From there I tripped myself this guy would freeze time, so when eyes appear, supposedly, time would slow down until it stopped.
I wanted this guy to suddenly grow some plants and mushrooms, and also to show his mask and tons of other things. I lost track of it pretty quickly XD.
Finally leave it like this:
Hahaha pretty quirky and nonsensical.
Here is a full res image if u wanna see more pixels of the last frame.
I have this thing for masked-hermit spirit-nature protectors-plants shepherds. Haha. I liked this character, want to do another illustration, perhaps with some simpler animation going on, something a little more dynamic. Maybe change the design a little. But that would be later... this week hopefully.
