Facing the impossible task of blooming without breaking.
When Immah falls to her sudden death, her soul splits into Aril — all mind — and Root — all heart. Cast as a dancing tree, they return to the Homisphere, hoping to spark a Bell Flower and find freedom… while watching over those Immah left behind, struggling to fulfill her final wish.
Made in blender
Aril is a fully independent, 90–100 minute animated feature — currently in preproduction, with all visuals created in Blender.
I’m sculpting assets, building the world, and refining the budget one step at a time. This autumn, I’ll be at the Blender Conference to share the journey and connect with others bringing stories to life.
1980. I’m four years old.
I imagine the pain I’ll cause my family if I leave them behind — feeling guilty for wanting Blackbird to take me back to Eternalmoor, to leave behind my stupid cancer-might-return meat-sack body-costume.
I don’t know how to share the grandness of my inner world without hurting anyone.
I love Blackbird madly. I can’t remember a me without him. I want him to explain the world to me. He refuses.
I love my family equally.
I long to experience everything, I long to stay untouched by the drama. I pull from Blackbird’s ink, sharing my musings only with him. I write about Aril, and her tangled thoughts. I write about Root, and her curious heart. They both live inside me, debating.
This movie is born from those musings — a tender meditation on the elusive somethingness called: meaning.
/The Storyteller
Devlogs on youtube
Go behind the scenes of Aril‘s preproduction. Follow the sculpting of assets, budgeting decisions, project management tricks, creative struggles, and the occasional epiphany. Raw, real, and hopefully useful — especially if you’re building something weird and ambitious too.