Greed Propels a Surreal Battle in Delightful Animated Short Bad Seeds

Two "plants" with T-rex heads, tiny top hats, and bird and frog bodies face off in this image from animated short Bad Seeds.

The set-up for Claude Cloutier’s animated quick Bad Seeds could be very easy: two hungry carnivorous vegetation wage a turf battle over the flies that enter their shared airspace. But the execution—a surreal sequence of attractive drawings that change because the battle heats up—is just sensible (and infrequently hilarious). Check it out!

Hat-tip to Short of the Week for sharing Bad Seeds, in addition to directing us to this Sqwigly interview with Cloutier through which he explains a bit about his course of: “The film consists entirely of drawings made with India ink and brushes. These were then digitized and colored by computer,” the filmmaker advised the location. “As an illustrator, I like exploring different styles and techniques, but I’m particularly fond of line art … this style is reminiscent of aqua fortis engraving, or pen-and-ink drawings in books or 19th-century newspapers. Gustave Doré and John Tenniel, the most famous illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, are major influences on my work. I decided on this type of drawing for Bad Seeds because it evokes the first printed editions of fables and classic fairy tales. My challenge with this film was to bring together the complexity of engraving-style drawings—which, by definition, are static—with the movement animation allows.”

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