r/animation • u/ITSMRSKELLY • 7d ago
Sharing A little short
I want to make more longer form animations for social media but soooo much time goes into these these days!
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u/Hot-Minute-8263 7d ago
Im probably not ready to think too hard about this one
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u/STYSCREAM 7d ago
It's never too early to think about your inevitable end, even more so because you never really know when it's gonna happen.
Tell the people you love that you love them so often that they tune it out.
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u/Alval57 6d ago
Couple of months ago I got electrocuted on the job it was awful I was lucky to get away with some burns and a torn rotator cuff but while it was happening all I could think of was my wife and kids although it was only 20 seconds everything felt so slow and quiet all i could hear was the humming of the electricity in my head it was almost kinda of peaceful...I honestly thought I was going to die...I woke up in the hospital, but like you said you never know when it's going to happen I thought that was my day. I hug my boys and my wife a little harder now.
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u/STYSCREAM 6d ago
I'm really happy you made it out of that, glad your family still has you. Never let those you care about forget you care, cause the more you remind them, the longer they're going to remember it.
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u/Mozilkiller 6d ago
Im tired of thinking of my inevitable end man
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u/STYSCREAM 6d ago
No point in worrying about something you can't change my friend. Do your best to be the best YOU you could be and you ain't gonna go wrong.
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u/Mozilkiller 6d ago
I can definitely worry about it, I can worry about pretty much everything I can't change, the only things I don't worry about are the things I can change.
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u/The_King123431 5d ago
My idiot dad almost killed me falling asleep on the wheel two weeks ago
Yeah it definitely changed how I think about everything lol
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u/ZoNeS_v2 7d ago
I held mum's hand as she slipped away. I watched her as her eyes faded and she released her final breath, while I told her how much I loved her.
Even 4 years later, I wonder how she felt in those moments and watching this short animation, I think this is what I hope it was like for her.
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u/mydogspaw 6d ago
Dad died last Monday. Same
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u/Maple-Whisky 6d ago
My dad died in November. He was sick for a while. A couple days before he died, I had the afternoon to myself, and was running errands. I figured Iād get them out of the way and then pay him a visit. I didnāt give myself enough time before I had to get my daughter from daycare.
I found out he died via phone call from the nursing home.
Iād give anything to go back to that day and talk to him. I doubt Iāll ever forgive myself for that decision.
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u/neveon_ 6d ago
My grandfather died in November too. It was unexpected even tho he was bedridden for over two years. Two days before he passed, I visited him. He asked me to stay longer but I didn't because I was in a hurry. Two days after that, he died in my father's arms when he was helping him wash his face. I was in class then. I still wish I stayed a bit longer that day.
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u/RyanMan56 4d ago
Donāt be too hard on yourself friend. You made the choices you made with the knowledge you had at the time, and Iām sure they felt like reasonable decisions at the time. Fate can be cruel, and hindsight can be a bitch. At the end of the day itās the time you spent with him while he was healthy that matters and makes the biggest impact. If you had a good relationship with him and contributed meaningfully to his life then you did a good job and did right by him
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u/Whateveryouwantitobe 6d ago
I'm sure she felt comfortable and safe because you were there. I'm so sorry for your loss š«
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u/J_B_La_Mighty 6d ago
You brought my mom to mind, I think if she were slipping away I'd sing for her, so I can lull her to sleep one last time.
Oh wow didnt think id cry at the thought.
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u/RaccoonCreekBurgers 6d ago
I held my dog while she was put to sleep, and sat next to my grandmother while she passed and the oxygen was removed. It never quite stops hurting nor will the images or experiences fade.
But all we can hope for is that whatever is next for them, i'd agree, is just like this.
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u/EvilDuck80 7d ago
Damn you. Crying none stop before lunch was not in my schedule for today. I don't know how to feel, that's one of the saddest most beautiful things I've seen lately.
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u/SnarkingOverNarcing 7d ago
Your animations are so beautiful and poignant. I really love this one. As a hospice nurse itās always my goal to help folkās death feel the way you described so beautifully here
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u/SugarComfortable5129 7d ago
I hope you all have a good death. A proper death. And you can pass without regrets.
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u/Tetracotta 6d ago
Wow, I've really liked some of your other work but this one... Holy shit, it takes the cake. Thank you for sharing
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u/Fluffy_shadow_5025 6d ago
I once learned in a documentary that even after your body has ceased functioning, the brain remains active for a certain period of time. If I recall correctly, it was a surprisingly long period during which the brain cells remain active.
And that's why I'm a little afraid that even if you've been declared dead, part of you is still actively thinking, and that part of you is aware of what happens to him and that it will disappear more and more until eventually the last brain cells cease to function and die and you completely lose consciousness.
But that's just a guess; it's also very possible that you won't notice any of this after you lose consciousness.
And that if there is life after death, you will simply again regain consciousness there.
Or at least after your physical shell is finally dead and your soul is released from your body.
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u/Agent-Bo- 6d ago
Once your heart stops and bloodflow ceases it will take a few seconds to lose consciousness. It's very fast, you see this when someone gets chocked out and they don't even realize what has happened afterwards.
But it's never a bad idea say sweet things while they pass.
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u/travisreavesbutt 6d ago
Fuckin A. Iām 33 with a terminal diagnosis of 18ish months andā¦I donāt want this. But if it has to happen I hope itās this.
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u/Tusiaartist 6d ago edited 6d ago
I pretty sure I've heard this before, the animation really brings it to life. Honestly, watching this made me feel a bit emotional. It hit hard and it is a really beautiful piece of art. š
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u/OhTheCollywobbles 7d ago
I was browsing my own homepage, and I just came from crying over that turtle comic in r/comics and now this :'( It's a lovely sentiment.
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u/dummythiccgoldfish 6d ago
Whatās with all the death themed art lately? I saw the tortoise one too, and then another one about a woman who was immortal because death wanted a friend at the end of existence. Now this!
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u/Beemoneemo 6d ago
Now Iām thinking about my childhood and that cozy feeling you can never get back as an adult. And about my baby and how I hope he feels that feeling and feels loved and protected. And about dying and not seeing my loved ones or my baby ever again. But also about a peaceful death thatās weirdly soothing.
My brain and heart are so confused right now! I feel everything all at once. What kind of sorcery is this? Wtf, man??
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u/Party_Virus Professional 6d ago
Really glad I work from home right now. I wouldn't have seen this otherwise and also I'm crying harder than I have in years.
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u/lunarwolf2008 6d ago
i love your shorts! they are so sweet and cute, probably the last emotion id tie to a skeleton lol
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u/bulbasauriscutie 6d ago
Thank you for this. My dad died just over a year ago. Its hard. This is making me cry, but also making my heart heal.
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u/WaveLaVague 6d ago
"A little short"
I hope it's the real name of it because that's so clever and meaningful for this precise short.
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u/1True_Hero 6d ago
I really wish there is an after life. I want my consciousness to go on forever. I would also settle for reincarnation.
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u/ElminstersBedpan 6d ago
I thought I was finished crying today. It appears I was wrong. Well done, it fits an often painful and frightening subject by having art that's almost as soft and comforting as the last memory I have or my dad carrying me inside after a long drive home from vacation.
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u/George_9705 6d ago
This is why it's good to do things that matter the most, because when death strikes it will be a shamed to find out that you have not lived-fully, (doing what's essential).
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u/Fickle-Olive 6d ago
I love how you animated the lights coming from the car doors, and the whole short is beautiful
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u/DaydreamingQwack 6d ago
And you fall asleep to a dreamless slumber, slow at first, then all at once.
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u/gh0stmilk_ 6d ago
i wasn't ready for any part of this
i am going to go cry for the remainder of the day
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u/ExpressPudding3306 6d ago
hey there! I love your content on Instagram!! Please keep doing so and don't give up! It's a bad day not a bad life!!
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u/HurgleDerp 6d ago
You got a YouTube channel? Very cute animation style covering some emotional topics is a great niche. Skeletons too!
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u/bananicula 6d ago
We were there in the hospital with my dad after he had a massive brain hemorrhage and I often think about when exactly it happened, and if he was in pain. My mom said he was in pain on the way to the hospital, vomiting and experiencing a terrible headache. I know he was scared. But I like to think that the very last moment was like this. I think he deserved it, to see his mom again and feel all of our love.
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u/rainbowvalkyrja 6d ago
my grandma just passed away alone this morning. she was 91 and from Iowa, i hope this is what she felt and saw in her last moments, so thanks for sharing
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u/CoMoFo 6d ago
Nature
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As a fond mother, when the day is o'er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant to be led,
And leave his broken playthings on the floor,
Still gazing at them through the open door,
Nor wholly reassured and comforted
By promises of others in their stead,
Which, though more splendid, may not please him more;
So Nature deals with us, and takes away
Our playthings one by one, and by the hand
Leads us to rest so gently, that we go
Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand
How far the unknown transcends the what we know.
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u/IndieCurtis 6d ago
I have heard that death is perfectly safe. āLike taking off an old, tight shoe.ā
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u/not-Duex 6d ago
I suffer from severe thanatophobia and have thought about only death for years now itās ruined my life I canāt live a remotely happy/normal life and for years Iāve tried to imagine death as happy but I can never do it Iāve read, listened, watched, ect 11,000 hours on death related media, and I think this is one of the very few times I have been able to see a light in death
Thank you, Iām gonna go cry now
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u/Strawbuddy 6d ago
I got grabbed and shaken hard, with a āget your ass up Iām not carrying you!ā. I quit trying at about 8yrs old. My folks were the opposite of nurturing
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u/SEND_MOVIE_SPOILERS 6d ago
I would love to hear my dad again. He died before we were inundated with recordings and before we knew how to preserve media properly.
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u/RaccoonCreekBurgers 6d ago
I was not a believer in an afterlife at one point in my life. I had a near death experience where my brain lost oxygen for a a few seconds, and was told I was technically brain dead. I experienced things I cannot explain, and I will confirm it did feel like I was being carried out of the car after a long nap on a car ride. I felt like friends I had lost were there with me, but I couldnt see them (a friend crossed a highway on foot and was struck and killed about 5 years prior to this incident), I was floating above grass and the weather was beautiful, but then I woke up in the back of an ambulance.
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u/oldgrandma65 6d ago
I like to think this was how my mom felt when she finally got her release from battling cancer. Ty. (love you mom)
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u/Shraamper 6d ago
It isnāt. The moments of Death almost always come with regret, anger, hatred, suffering and fear. And the funniest part? Most people are ready for it. Beg for it, even, because the only thing worse than dying is living another day. Ask anyone cooped up in a nursing home.
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u/FinsterKoenig 6d ago
it actually is a little bit comforting, yes. But you will forget that you had loved ones. No crack in the door...
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u/ssanakin 6d ago
Thanks for the tears. Gonna follow you to see whatās added or whatās next. Thanks. Keep doing what youāre doing it looks and feels great.
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u/designated_weirdo 6d ago
Someone was talking about how they addressed death with their kid and they told them something like, "you were fine wherever you were before being born, I think you'll be okay after you die too." and that helped ease some things in me. I'm not waiting for death anymore but, right now, I feel some peace with it.
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6d ago
I love your vision, and I'm going to add my own touch...it's a summer night that's warm enough to have the windows open, and the sheets smell like the outdoors because they were line dried...through the windows I hear the distant steady hum of the highway, my world is at perfect peace...
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u/ManzanitaSuperHero 6d ago
I have a chronic illness and was a having an issue with a medication. One of the possible side effects isā¦pulmonary embolism.
I told my doctor I was nervous and didnāt want to, you know, die in my sleep.
She said: āHa! No oneās ever lucky enough to die in their sleep. If only!ā Never forgot that.
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u/NoTurnover1427 6d ago
This is beautiful.
Just this past Sunday night, I held my little 30 day old foster fail kitten as he slipped away from this realm. I was praying it'd happen in his sleep but it didn't. I laid on the couch with him on my chest. I talked, he purred up til he couldn't anymore and then ..he was gone. I pray he was comfortable knowing I was there the whole time.
Death always upsets and frustrates me. I think because it's the knowing there's no escaping it. I just hope it feels as you portrayed it in this beautiful animation. Very well done.
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u/WelchesOtaku Hobbyist 6d ago
one could only hope for a peaceful exit unlike how the news been every single day.
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u/476Cool_broski588 6d ago
This hits harder when you have a relative that died recently (Like me) Outstanding animation. Peak message. Yes. 11/10. I struggle to point out a flaw in this, even.
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u/No_Scallion1879 6d ago
This is incredibly moving. The thought of dying being like that is so very comforting. Extremely well done short in every way.
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u/vabren 6d ago
Only certain people will really get this, but I hope this is similar for our pets. I just lost one of my cats suddenly and I've been so worried her last moments were of me calling her name and screaming for my husband. I truly hope she only felt the hands of love instead of desperate attempts to resuscitate.
Personally, I think this will be the only time I ever get true peace. I'm here cause I promised my cats I'll love them and keep them safe for the rest of their lives, but man, I really do look forward to the end of all this living madness. I'm so fucking tired. I want to go to bed and fade away.
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u/QaptainQwark 6d ago
Iāve been very suicidal for a while now (month since last attempt) and this is probably the first thing thatās given me a semblance of positive hope for the future, I donāt know how to explain it.
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u/meteoricSkate 6d ago
Lovely... Made me cry a little thinking of the times I've done that with my baby.
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u/Tamadechi 6d ago
I saw this in Tik Tok. It touched such a raw and sensitive part of my soul. Amazing work, the way it conveys such a core memory for a lot of us, just, wow
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u/Oofdude333 6d ago
This 100% happen to someone, not literally, but similarly. Kinda odd that it's happening somewhere around the world, everyday...
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u/LovingAftereffects 6d ago
death isn't anything, it's nothing, when you die there will be none of you left except what other people remember of you. That's okay, it's happened to anyone who has ever lived, and will happen to everyone someday. From nothing we were born, from nothing we are bound to return.
Sometimes I think about what unfinished things I will leave behind for others to find, I wonder if people will still stumble onto my writing, if my art will outlive me a little.
Think about what you want people to think about when you are gone, and think about what kind of service and body care brings you the most peace. Talk to other people about what you want so that if you die they don't have to scramble to figure out what you'd want for them to do.
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u/Skwellington 7d ago
I have severe death anxiety but this was very sweet