In this story of kindness, friendship, and the fear of being left behind, a friendship takes flight as a mouse that wants to fly and an injured bird cross paths.

Final film from the School of Visual arts. I directed, background painted, animated, and did about half of the cleanup/coloring myself! The rest was handled by my awesome team in the credits. Thank you to Colin Andrew Grant for the fantastic score, and thanks to SVA for the two grants that helped me produce this film!

And thank you all so much for watching. This was a huge labor of love for me, and I’m so glad I finally get to share it!

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31 Comments

  1. comment answering some frequently asked questions!!

    – can I repost this?
    – NO. Unless you're doing some sort of analysis (reaction video, discussion video,) just posting a small clip, or we otherwise came to an agreement, I do not give permission for Wings to be reposted anywhere. the only "official" places Wings is posted are YouTube, Vimeo, and my personal facebook page.

    -what are their names/genders?
    the mouse is Nutmeg and the bird is Bluebell, and they're both girls 😀

    – what program did you use?
    – TVPaint!

    – how long did this take?
    – about a year! It was my senior thesis film at SVA

    – how did a string end up wrapped around the bird's wing?
    – i dunno, it happens sometimes with fishing line

  2. This is what existence is!, the same is manifesting in various creatures and when you find that one, the pain of others will not look different than our own. Beautifully presented in this animation!!

  3. It's so sweet and I like it! It brought happy tears in my eyes at the end 😄 It surely touches everyone's heart because it talks about how it feels like when dreams are achieved and the feelings are on point. And the humanity of the gratitude the bird shows is the highlight of all. No words are needed to show happiness like this.. 😊

  4. He llorado tanto con esta hermosa historia y animación ❤🥰, felicidades por tan hermoso arte.

  5. Thought of life:
    You never know when your kind behaviour turns to be a dream come true..that u just admired to..❤

  6. I always wanted to fly. When I was little i tried making flying machines and pretend i could soar over my neighbors house. I love the mouse's green scarf!

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