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  • The Little Prince and the Pilot

    “As the little prince dropped off to sleep, I took him in my arms and set out walking once more… It seemed to me I was carrying a very fragile treasure.”

    The final animation I made for a February 2023 Instagram Storybook challenge based on “The Little Prince”. Music: Diaphanous by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt)

    These Storybook Challenges are devised and organised on Instagram by Australian artist and illustrator Monty Lee and they have been a great learning tool for me. The community taking part is very supportive and I have enjoyed them greatly, although they do cause me a degree of hair-pulling and sleepless nights wondering how I will devise puppets, scenery and events. Long may the series continue. There is another challenge coming up soon for which I have been invited to be part of the cohost team. So …. more of that later.

  • The Little Prince and the Fox

    “You have hair the colour of gold,” said the fox, “the grain, which is also golden, will bring me back to the thought of you, and I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat. “

    Sixth animation made for an Instagram 2023 Storybook challenge based on “The LittlePrince”. Music: The Wonders Of Science by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt)

  • The Little Prince and the Desert Flower

    “One never knows where to find humans”, said the flower to the prince. “The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult.” The fifth animation made for a 2023 Instagram Storybook challenge based on St Exupery’s “Little Prince”.

    Music: The Wonders Of Science by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt)

  • The Little Prince and the Snake

    “The little prince was beginning to be afraid he’d come to the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the colour of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.” Fourth part of my stopmotion animation made for an Instagram Storybook challenge based on St. Exupery’s “Little Prince”.

    Music: The Wonders Of Science by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt)

  • The Little Prince and the Lamplighter

    3. “The fifth planet was the smallest of them all, there was just enough room for a street-lamp and a lamplighter.” The third episode made earlier this year for an Instagram Storybook challenge based on St. Exupery’s “Little Prince”.

    Music: Diaphanous by Shane Ivers – silvermansound.com (Excerpt)