Night duel: spectral oni against a human knife.
Blue Oni
Cesar AugustoStreetwear folklore in indigo and rain. One film and the boards that built it: character sheets, the lantern street, the cracked eye.
Parts of the project
Companion stills that explain the world: characters, sets, process frames. Each part has its own title and caption.
Alley and close-up: threat and fracture in one frame.
In the alley the amulet ignites and the night steps back.
Ink version of the cracked eye and the tear.
Over the pool, the mask waits for whoever dares to touch it.
Action sheet of the blue Oni: four poses.
Full turnaround of the Oni armour.
Expression sheet of the protagonist.
Him at the centre of the lantern street. Rain continues.
Protagonist turnaround: hoodie, amulet, jeans.
Eye close-up: water, blue crack, silence.
Kneeling in the street; the oni stands behind him.
Tokyo street in rain and lanterns. No one passes.
On the train window, the oni and the man share one face.
Character sheets lock the vocabulary; stills test it. Motion derived from locked boards. Credits: Cesar Augusto AI disclosure: Generative boards and motion; selection, sequence and story by the artist. Tool: Dreamina Model: Dreamina video
More like this
Swipe sideways through kindred works. A fixed set — nothing is appended as you go.