The crew at Deep Sky in Portland, Oregon, are on a mission to cozy up your January with this gentle in-house film called It’s The Little Things, the first installment of an upcoming animated shorts anthology.

Deep Sky AD/creative lead Gaby West: “To match the style developed by the illustration team, animation lead Jack Ellis and animator Adam DiTerlizzi combined the best of traditional and modern animation techniques. Custom brushes were developed specifically to match the delicate and vintage-inspired illustration style, pushing Adobe Animate past its typical vector-based medium.

“Animation production was a highly coordinated team effort between not only 2D animators and illustrators, but also the 3D team who helped create complex visual effects without sacrificing the quality of hand-drawn animation, while intimate sound design created a deeper ASMR-inspired experience.”
 
 

 
Production: Deep Sky
Executive Producer: Jared Hobbs
Producer: Maddie Loftesnes
Creative Lead: Gaby West
Concept Design: Barret Thomson, Gaby West, Finn Sylwester
Illustration Lead: Finn Sylwester
Illustration: Barret Thomson, Hayley Purvis, Matthew Seely
Animation Lead: Jack Ellis
Animation: Adam DiTerlizzi
3D Viz: Israel Arias
Marketing Director: Max Richards
Marketing Coordinator: Aida Baird

Sound Design: Blake Boxer