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You Tube version : www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoWVHf…

This is my first real film submission here on DA. I finally got the rigth to post movies ^_^
So here's "Traces" my final year film created at La Poudriere (France).

Traces was in competition in the Anima Mundi film festival in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in the Krok Film Festival (Ukraine) and also in Anima film festival in Bruxelles.
Traces obtained the price of runner up in the Animex film festival in the 2D computer graphics category.

Animation technique is all 2D with the help of a morphing software and composited in After Effects.

Producer : La poudriere
Music : Studio MS
Script and animation : Me ^_^
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Comments: 152

Porygon2tails [2014-10-17 15:40:19 +0000 UTC]

He's an alien I just know it and the crashed ship is from Earth. >=3

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Savtsov [2014-06-16 05:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting, and stunningly animated ...

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sykosan In reply to Savtsov [2014-06-16 15:41:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^_^

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raging-akujiki [2014-05-01 18:57:54 +0000 UTC]

Sylvain (or so I shall call you from today, because every time I mention you to my mates, I call you "Sykosan"), this is quite a film!  The imagery is stunning.  Great use of animated shadows too!  I love your 2D/3D looking animations, but to imagine that you did this back in 2002??  That's something!  Much respect for you and your craft.

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sykosan In reply to raging-akujiki [2014-05-02 06:41:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh gosh yes, that was a while ago. And to be honest I haven't made another short film since then. It's killing me I gotta say. I'm starting to think that I need to get a job outside of animation to start doing my own thing again. Time will tell. Glad you dig man.

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raging-akujiki In reply to sykosan [2014-05-03 05:49:11 +0000 UTC]

Trust me, I know the sentiments.  As is why I said, "Now or never," to myself a month ago, and am finally making my film!  When you get back to it, you got the whole world on your side man.  Your skills don't lie!

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Entity-1 [2013-12-13 16:19:35 +0000 UTC]

is this 3d or 2d i can't tell because it is soo good

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sykosan In reply to Entity-1 [2013-12-14 17:43:14 +0000 UTC]

All 2D. Thanks ^^

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Entity-1 In reply to sykosan [2013-12-15 10:02:12 +0000 UTC]

how thats amazing

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fabianfucci [2013-12-13 00:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Well done, but I didn't get it.

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ChibiShay [2013-12-12 19:03:01 +0000 UTC]

This was incredible!
So much emotion in such a short film, it was beautiful.

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sykosan In reply to ChibiShay [2013-12-12 19:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^_^

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ChibiShay In reply to sykosan [2013-12-12 20:16:03 +0000 UTC]

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Ardate [2013-09-09 17:05:57 +0000 UTC]

Donc tu as fait l'école de la Poudrière pour atteindre ce niveau ? C'est une école d'animation ? (Je vien sotut juste d'entrer à l'école Bellecour, et j'aimerais me spécialiser dans l'animation !)

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sykosan In reply to Ardate [2013-09-10 21:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Oui. Mais La Poudrière est moins un école pour faire de l'anim qu'une école pour être réalisateur d'animation. L'accent est mis sur l'écriture, le storyboard et la gestion du projet plus que sur l'anim. La meilleure école d'anim 2D pure en France reste encore les Gobelins à Paris.

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Ardate In reply to sykosan [2013-09-10 22:32:47 +0000 UTC]

Ah je vois, mais malgré ça tu as un niveau très impressionnant, on dirait de la 3D avec la fluidité de la 2D ! Tu as réussit à trouver un métier ?

Haha oui bien sûr, mais je n'aurais jamais un niveau suffisant (ni l'argent) pour entrer aux Gobelins !

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darkslyer7raven [2013-04-18 14:32:10 +0000 UTC]

am just speechless....i have no words to say, you did use TVpaint for this or after effects?

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alchemighty [2012-04-30 05:31:59 +0000 UTC]

I have a short attention span...but I'm glad I stuck with the film. The alien surprised me - or should I say the 'nonhuman' surprised me, humans could've been the aliens there... >,< Anyway, it was a good twist and I liked the beauty of the film. I agree with ZeroMidnight - definitely breathtaking!

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sykosan In reply to alchemighty [2012-04-30 06:26:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the story ^_^

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alchemighty In reply to sykosan [2012-04-30 23:39:14 +0000 UTC]

Definitely

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Karr420 [2012-03-01 17:19:39 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work dude!

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Antivertigo [2010-09-14 20:28:12 +0000 UTC]

That was amazing, simply amazing. I wish there was more story to it, because I'd love to continue watching it.

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sykosan In reply to Antivertigo [2010-09-15 06:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ! I'm afraid that's all there is ^^

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Elizelda [2010-09-06 06:15:50 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me a little of the opening sequence of Kaze no Tani no Naushika: very nice, the smooth animation, colours and isolation gives me chills.

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sykosan In reply to Elizelda [2010-09-06 14:29:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the compliments ^_^ Miyazaki is my hero

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HolyFrap [2010-09-05 14:16:21 +0000 UTC]

This made me sad

but only because you conveyed the emotion of emptiness beautifully.

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sykosan In reply to HolyFrap [2010-09-06 14:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Sorry it made you sad ^_^ Glad you liked it !

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Beliaranzo [2010-09-05 07:57:34 +0000 UTC]

This exceeds the word Awesome!

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sykosan In reply to Beliaranzo [2010-09-06 14:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Really ?! Thanks a lot.

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Beliaranzo In reply to sykosan [2010-09-06 15:00:31 +0000 UTC]

^

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25thquarterking [2010-09-05 06:22:51 +0000 UTC]

Best Short Film I've seen!

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sykosan In reply to 25thquarterking [2010-09-06 14:27:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow ! thanks ^_^

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drbeefcakes [2010-09-05 05:42:09 +0000 UTC]

damn, I wish I was half as good as you

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sykosan In reply to drbeefcakes [2010-09-06 14:27:06 +0000 UTC]

keep at it ^_^

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ZeroMidnight [2010-09-05 03:59:47 +0000 UTC]

Breathtaking, I loved it.

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sykosan In reply to ZeroMidnight [2010-09-06 14:26:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^

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FakeKraid [2010-09-05 02:00:11 +0000 UTC]

Haaaah. Excellent twist there.

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sykosan In reply to FakeKraid [2010-09-06 14:24:36 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks ^^

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sahmIam [2010-09-05 00:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Really nice!

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sykosan In reply to sahmIam [2010-09-06 14:24:15 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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Of-the-Leaves [2010-09-04 22:05:08 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful eye candy and it also gives the viewer something to think about. I absolutely love it.

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sykosan In reply to Of-the-Leaves [2010-09-06 14:24:06 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear you say it, that was indeed the intention ^^

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Of-the-Leaves In reply to sykosan [2010-09-06 16:49:51 +0000 UTC]

Great success, then. :)

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kING13Freak [2010-09-04 21:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Great imagery - love the concept / feel.

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sykosan In reply to kING13Freak [2010-09-06 14:22:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

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kING13Freak [2010-09-04 21:33:57 +0000 UTC]

Great imagery - love the concept / feel.

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Kayanya [2010-09-04 20:12:33 +0000 UTC]

I love the shooting stars
Nice animation, nice colours. Question: what exactly is the story about? why does the alien go to an abandoned space craft (?) ? did they crash there and the others died?
Hehe. Keep up your good work!

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sykosan In reply to Kayanya [2010-09-06 14:17:33 +0000 UTC]

It's an alien who finds a wrecked human spacecraft for the first time.

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Kayanya In reply to sykosan [2010-09-06 19:10:04 +0000 UTC]

ah ok, thanks for the explanation (this also was a new thought I had hours or even days later when thinking about it again^^)

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wassimo-des [2010-09-04 20:00:43 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm
that's not good really not good

but daaaamz that's amazing

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