For the podcast episode Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me I focused on how narrator Ed Gavagan was able to find meaning in even the worst circumstances.

The sequence starts at the ‘end’ of a journey—the aftermath of a sinking, abandoned home. We follow a raven traveling throughout. Its exact motives are left unclear until the end, where we realize the raven has already made its home amidst the rubble. It was never a symbol of bad omen, but of new beginnings.

In earlier storyboards I explored how the house could be damaged in visually dynamic ways. Ultimately, I didn’t want to focus on violence and destruction, but the healing that comes afterwards.

The soft, grainy texture was important to create a sense of delicacy and sensitivity when portraying Ed’s harrowing story.

With each pass of my frames I focused on the idea of a flawed, imperfect state. Edges blur together and the type is handwritten in a messy chickenscratch. Nothing is perfect, but it’s home.