Dream Collapse

I wanted to visually represent the hypnagogic state behind your eyelids the moment sleep overtakes you. Also trying to perfect that washing/aura movement effect that visually flows while one is dreaming. My 2nd animation ever and fuck, it takes a while doing every frame. This animation captures the end of the REM sleep cycle and the distortions one may experience during this short time. Often times I'll wake up under sleep paralysis able to barely move my head, and all I can see is my old door. Sometimes shadows would knock, open it and enter. All this whispering, hissing and distorted feedback as I'm trying to wake up, and those metallic buzz crescendos...

Anyway enjoy! :> I'll go back to doing regular concepts for a while. It's been fun learning animation.